[Shotimes] Fw: Prevent Telemarketers from calling your cell phone

[Mark Mucher]

Good one, Ian!

(Hint to all - always check Snopes.com before you forward warnings, etc.)

Thanks,

Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:05 PM
To: Al Fitz; _SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fw: Prevent Telemarketers from calling your cell
phone

Not quite true:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

Ian 

--- Al Fitz <alfitz@alfitz.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: afitzsmith@aol.com
> To: renesmith@gmail.com ; chas.tebo@verizon.net ; tacaltan1@yahoo.com 
> ; alfitz@alfitz.com ; AMACHERLAW@VERIZON.NET ; aeaverysr@aol.com ; 
> david_senior@moma.org ; davidmikles@bellsouth.net ; kfradet@rjfs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:23 PM
> Subject: Prevent Telemarketers from calling your cell phone
> 
> 
> I got the following e-mail from a friend:
> 
> JUST A REMINDER... 31 days from today, cell phone numbers are being 
> released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale 
> calls.
> YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS...
> 
> To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 
> 888/382-1222  or the web site WWW.DONOTCALL.GOV .
> It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of 
> your time.  It blocks your number for five (5) years.