Your Cell Phone Number is Going Public
by Your cell phone number will soon be sold to telemarketers and sales persons. Do you want to receive unwanted calls? This article will provide information to avoid this nuisance.
The family sits down to eat dinner and then the jangle of the cell phone rings disrupting family time, or is it Saturday morning and you think that you will get to sleep in for once, but you awake from a sound sleep to hear your cell phone ringing? A telemarketer is calling you on your cell phone. You thought you were safe because you only have a cell; no land line; right? Wrong!
Cell phone numbers are going public this month. Today is the 28th, so there isn’t much time. Do you pay for your minutes? If so is asking you to pay for a solicitor’s calls fair? Shouldn’t we have the right to determine who we talk to on our time?
Beware that scammers are also making calls to cell phones pretending to belong to the National Do Not Call Registry. Do not answer these calls. They are not from the registry.
Once it protected you for 5 years but now your registration will not expire.
The numbers you register on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. Read more about the law here.
We can stop these calls.
Here are the steps needed to place your cell phone on the do not call registry:
· Take your cell phone and call this number 888-382-1222
· Follow the prompts.
Telemarketers should not call you once you are registered for 31 days.
If they do you can file a complaint at the above website. It costs nothing to register.
Telemarketers scrub your list.
If you are a seller or telemarketer and would like your calling list scrubbed they also offer to scrub your list. Use this link.
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Post CommentMargaret Boseroy
On January 28, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Great useful information. I can’t believe they would release cell phone numbers since we pay for incoming calls as well as outgoing ones.
Dopemop
On January 28, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Nice Share
Judy Sheldon
On January 28, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Margaret, they will shortly and I agree with you. It is not right for them to sell our numbers or to make them public when we pay for incoming calls but we can place our numbers in the do not call registry.
Dopemop, thank you for reading.
girishpuri
On January 29, 2012 at 12:35 am
no and never
Judy Sheldon
On January 29, 2012 at 1:16 am
Girishpuri, lucky you if this is not so in India, but here in the U.S. our cell nos. will be shared shortly. We pay to have our landlines unlisted.
The Reporter
On January 29, 2012 at 1:27 am
There are a lot of unnecessary adjectives in this article. Your information would be easier to read and more concise, if you trim the article down.
Judy Sheldon
On January 29, 2012 at 2:23 am
The Reporter, I see very few adjectives. Are you referring to the word “unwanted”?
Mr Arrogant
On January 29, 2012 at 2:46 am
I like this article.. it was nice reading an article From yu….. <3
I HOPE I get to read more articles from you too in the future…:)
and I hope you too do Comment in my articles. :p
see ya later. n keep touch
regards….
Mr arrogant.
xoxo
Val Mills
On January 29, 2012 at 3:18 am
I’m presuming this info applies to US residents. I’ve not heard of this yet in NZ.
CHAN LEE PENG
On January 29, 2012 at 5:28 am
They have no right to sell the cell phones to other parties. But since we can’t change the fact, we can take steps mentioned here.
avissado
On January 29, 2012 at 7:57 am
OMG…is this true for UK too?
Judy Sheldon
On January 29, 2012 at 11:23 am
Val and Avissado, this is something the U.S. is dealing with currently. I have not heard of other areas dealing with this.
vladimire popovski
On January 31, 2012 at 4:04 am
very interesting article!
Tulan
On February 1, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Thanks Judy, I knew they were going to do it, but I haven’t checked it out. Now You have given me the information. I won’t have to.
Moses Ingram
On February 4, 2012 at 11:18 am
Thanks for this. I haven’t heard of it happening in Canada yet, but I hope not. We pay far to much now.
Judy Sheldon
On February 4, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Chan, it does not seem right that our tel. nos. can be sold.
Vladimire, thank you,
Tulan, I am glad I could help.
Moses, I hope it doesn’t happen in Canada. You are right. We pay too much for these services.
saritajain86
On February 5, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Good job…
FX777222999
On February 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Useful info and very well-written.
CA Johnson
On February 13, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Thank you so much for the warning because I pay for my minutes for my phone.
sylviagaile
On February 15, 2012 at 4:01 am
Oh wow! Thanks for this reminder. I always thought that personal numbers can be that public..
atlanta
On February 17, 2012 at 12:57 pm
great article! I get so tired of them calling me and thanks!
atlanta
On February 17, 2012 at 12:57 pm
great article. I get so tired of them calling me and thanks.
FX777222999
On February 24, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Helpful indeed.
Judy Sheldon
On March 7, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Fx thank you.
valli
On March 28, 2012 at 8:49 am
This is so true! Thanks for your advice.
DS DUBY
On April 16, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Very informative article, thank you!
stevetheblogger
On May 29, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Great article and it is with disappointment that as you report the regulators are going to allow this. Nothing worse than loosing control of your own phone.
Keep the articles coming
Best wishes
stevetheblogger
PS Love your return comment to Mr arrogant good for you