All mobile phone numbers to be released next month
Posted by: paradox
12th Dec 2011 09:10pm
This is for Australian phone numbers
REMEMBER: Mobile Phone Numbers Go Public next month.
REMINDER all mobile phone numbers are being released to
telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls.
YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
Below is a link where you can enter your phone numbers online to put
an end to telemarketing calls. Don't just delete those calls
otherwise you will find that you have been signed up for all sorts
of extra services that you didn't want or know about. Like special
chimes, music etc.
Click here........
<https://www.donotcall.gov.au/>
PASS THIS ON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN...
Please make sure you exempt your own number as soon as possible!!!
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babs
makes me glad I don't own a mobile !!! bad enough home phone pests. Barb Switzer
CAT17
Hi again, a bit more info on the "donotcall register" I emailed them to get more and correct information - here is the address:
enquiries@donotcall.gov.au
maybe I will get the details soon and can let others know.
sherri
Hi Paradox - I googled the information that you gave me
this is the link that I found
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311670
Below is what the site said...
ACMA is aware of an email currently circulating providing misinformation about mobile numbers being made 'public' in the near future. It advises that as a consequence mobile users will be charged for calls made by telemarketing companies to their mobile service.
While the email refers to the Australian Do Not Call Register website, it appears to have originated in North America a number of years ago and has been intermittently circulating since that time. The reference to consumers being 'charged' arises from the different charging regime for mobile calls in the USA, where often charges are incurred by mobile phone users for calls they receive. This charging regime does not apply in Australia.
The Australian Do Not Call Register has strong mechanisms in place to protect the privacy of registrants. The numbers on the Do Not Call Register are never provided directly to telemarketers.
Consumers can list their Australian fixed line and mobile numbers on the Do Not Call Register, provided the numbers are used primarily for private or domestic purposes, on www.donotcall.gov.au . Consumers can also register by phoning 1300 792 958.
Under the Do Not Call Register Act 2006, telemarketers can check their calling lists against the Do Not Call Register. If a telemarketer calls a number on the Do Not Call Register, they may be in breach of the Act, and may face penalties.
ACMA recommends recipients of the email delete it and not forward it on to other email users.
Here is a version of the email being circulated:
"REMEMBER: Mobile Phone Numbers Go Public next month.
REMINDER.... all mobile phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls.
YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
Below is a link where you can enter your phone numbers online to put an end to telemarketing calls...."
this information is from march 2009 ...and the myth had been round for a couple of years before that even.
CAT17
Thanks sherri for the info will check it out. Thanks to paradox too.
paradox
sherri, the reason you are still getting charities calling you is probably the same as for NO JUNK mail stickers on your letter box. Politicians and charities are exempt from the laws prohibiting unsolicited mail from being put into your letter box. It is obvious who made the law. hahaha. The only recourse you have is to complain to the originators as you have done.
sherri
that's ok Paradox - I have been caught out too! - the reason why I learnt to check things out before I repost.
And yes, - re the Do Not Call Register....I was registered for a while till I learnt that it does not block all calls - I still get the 'charity calls' - which I class in the same category.
It does sound mean, but I consider that cold calling people for any reason is an invasion of privacy, and I have started telling callers that I have now added their particular charity to my personal do not support list. - even for organisations that I have previously supported. There are more good charities out there than I could possibly support, so I choose to only support those who behave ethically.
Since I started doing this, (and telling the telemarketers that too), there has been a dramatic decrease in pestering phone calls! Funny that!
paradox
Further to your research, thank you for your reply. I have passed your advise on to my email friends and will be checking their emails out from now on. So far because of the many trusted email accounts on this mailing list I had no reason to double check anything. Goes to show, there is always a first time. I apologise if I have misled anyone and humbly beg your forgiveness.
paradox
sherri, Hi there. While your research is correct in part it is nevertheless advisable to register your phones with DO NOT CALL as I have experienced first hand how some companies exploit every loophole to trap the unwary. I'd forgotten about that until a friend sent me the reminder. Sorry about the link it was past my normal bedtime when I posted this.
sherri
I had not heard about that - would like to know more about that, but you forgot to put in the link.
How will I be charged for receiving sale calls? - I am not charged for regular calls unless they go through to message bank.
Also, I can just imagine what would happen if people find that they are charged for extra services that they did not sign up for! The telecomunications ombudsman is going to be VERY busy!