Reverse Cell Phone Directory Helps the Telemarketing War

I just read a blog entry online that warns against trusting an (apparently) widely circulated e-mail, with several alarming claims, such as:

cell phone numbers are going public, as soon as next month
all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies, and we will start to receive sales calls
as with any incoming call, these calls will cost us
to prevent this, we must call the National "Do Not Call" list from our cell phone (888-382-1222), which blocks the number for five years."

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consumer alert, there is no such thing as a complete nationwide directory of cell phone numbers, and therefore, there is nothing to release. Besides, the FTC already prohibits telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers, and since automated dialers are the industry standard, we're "automatically" protected from 99.9% of cell-phone telemarketing calls. Or are we?

I have been suffering from telemarketing calls - both automated and direct - for months! I tried registering my cell phone number with the "do not call" directory - to no avail. At least several times a week, I receive messages and calls from various telemarketers. Somehow, they all recently got a hold of my cell number, and FTC ban or not, and I've been paying for these calls. Apparently, they don't much care about breaking the law.

My best bet so far has been tracking them down one by one through reverse cell phone directory lookups. Using the number on my Caller ID, I find contact information for the company and/or individuals who called, and threatened with facts about the broken law, demand they stop.

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