[Histonet] Not False! Cell phone numbers go public next month

[Peter Carroll]

Yes, it is false. I'm afraid you've confused the toll-free number for 
the long-existent FCC's "Do Not Call Registry" with some other magical 
"government number". Here is another link indicating that your "warning" 
is a persistent email hoax: 
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cell_directory.htm

Akemi Allison-Tacha wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is not false information!!!!  I just called the "government 
> number" from my cell and registered.
>
> Akemi Allison-Tacha BS, HT (ASCP) HTL
> Histology Manager
> Associated Pathology Medical Group Laboratories
> 105A Cooper Ct. Los Gatos, CA 95032
> Direct: 408.884.2718
> Cell: 408.335.9994 
> W: E-Mail: aallison-tacha <@t> apmglab.com
> P: E-Mail: akemiat3377 <@t> yahoo.com
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 6/12/09, Peter Carroll /<carrolpb <@t> umdnj.edu>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Peter Carroll <carrolpb <@t> umdnj.edu>
>     Subject: Re: [Histonet] Cell phone numbers go public next month
>     To: "Akemi Allison-Tacha" <akemiat3377 <@t> yahoo.com>
>     Cc: "histonet" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
>     Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:06 AM
>
>     This is false information.
>
>     I really wish people would take half a second to verify the false
>     rumors they're helping spread around the internet before sending
>     this tripe to everyone else... especially as an off-topic post
>     spammed to a public mailing-list.
>
>     Read more about the truth behind this rumor:
>     http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
>
>
>
>     Akemi Allison-Tacha wrote:
>     > Hi All,
>     >
>     > Happy Friday!  This is a little off the histology subject, but
>     for those of you who have cell phones, might find this beneficial.
>     >
>     > Akemi Allison-Tacha BS, HT (ASCP) HTL
>     > Histology Manager
>     > Associated Pathology Medical Group Laboratories
>     > 105A Cooper Ct. Los Gatos, CA 95032Direct: 408.884.2718
>     > Cell: 408.335.9994 W: E-Mail: aallison-tacha <@t> apmglab.com
>     </mc/compose?to=aallison-tacha <@t> apmglab.com>
>     > P: E-Mail: akemiat3377 <@t> yahoo.com
>     </mc/compose?to=akemiat3377 <@t> yahoo.com>
>     >
>     > FYI
>     >             Folks!
>     >             REMEMBER:
>     >             Cell Phone Numbers Go Public next month.           
>        All
>     >             cell phone numbers are being released to
>     telemarketing companies and
>     >             you will start to receive sales calls.
>     >
>     > YOU WILL BE CHARGED
>     >             FOR THESE CALLS             Even if
>     >             the message is saved on your phone, you will be
>     charged for the
>     >             minutes to listen to it.             To
>     >             prevent this, call the following number from your
>     cell phone:
>     >             888-382-1222
>     >                         It is
>     >             the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a
>     minute of your
>     >             time. It blocks your number for five (5) years.
>     >             You must call from the cell
>     >             phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot
>     call from a
>     >             different phone number.
>     >
>     > HELP OTHERS BY
>     >             PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
>     >
>     >
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