Register Your Cell Phone Number with the FTC

Date Posted: Oct 14, 2009

Cell phone numbers are going public.  To prevent telemarketing calls to your cell phone number, register your cell phone number with the FTC Do Not Call Registry NOW!  Click on title of these tips to get the phone number to call or Register your cell phone number with the Federal Trade Commission to limit the number of telemarketing calls.  You can do this by going to:   DoNotCall.gov or by calling 1-888-382-1222.  It only takes a few seconds to do this.  You have to place the call from the phone number which you want to register.

The consumer protection section on the FTC.gov website has information on the following:

• Recognize phone fraud
• Report phone fraud
• Telemarketing fraud is a crime
  

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel19.shtm

The FTC is your Federal Consumer Protection Agency to contact..  Use it!