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Cellphone Telemarketers?
Posted By:
John Ordover
Dec 13, 2004
 I have been getting various emails forwarded to me warning me that telemarketers will soon be able to get ahold of my cellphone number and that I should sign a petition (or call my congressman) in protest of this.

It could be real, I supposed, but with the cutthroat competition between cellphone companies and with no word of this coming to me via real news channels, I'm wondering if this is a hoax?

John
Category: Email-Hoax; Replies: 4

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Paul
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 06:31 PM
Maybe you could share some of those e-mails so that we can search the www for clues.
Suki
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 06:46 PM
This mentions cell phones and telemarketers.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
John Ordover
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 07:48 PM
Thanks - I just added my cell phone numbers to the DO NOT CALL list. smile
Ga
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 08:23 PM
check snopes as always. This is a hoax.

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