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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:12 PM
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Just Got My First Robocall Sales Pitch on my Cell Phone! Who has that Do Not Call List # ?
And a fuckin Life Ins. call at that....

Grrrrrrrr!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:12 PM
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1. i signed up, they still call...
Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 06:13 PM by spanone
don't have the # but you can google it
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:13 PM
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2. https://www.donotcall.gov/
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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:15 PM
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3. Bless You! n/t
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:43 PM
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6. That will give foreign companies your cell phone number
I had no problems with my cell phones receiving junk calls until after my number went on the (Canadian equivalent) site.
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 07:17 PM
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7. Canadian list got sold - not the U.S. one
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=76518

Foreign Telemarketers Using Canada's Do-Not-Call List as a List of Verified Names to Call


Canada's do-not-call registry, which millions of people signed up for in the hope of getting some relief from phone sales people, has backfired with those on the list being exposed to even more telemarketers.

The list is made available to companies for a negligible fee so they know who not to call but some companies are using it as a call list. Fines of up to $15,000 apply for misusing the list but enforcement is difficult as many call from overseas.

"That's just perfect for any telemarketer, because these are good names which they would otherwise have to pay money for to verify," said Bruce Cran, president of the Consumers' Association of Canada.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:37 PM
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4. I got one a month ago from Speigel. I WISH I could buy something from
them right now. :(
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 06:42 PM
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5. Here's what really happens
The list is given out to anybody who wants it.

Foreign companies are not bound by US (and Canadian) laws about do-not-call lists so they use those lists to target your cell phone.

Gee thanks.
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