Warning: Your Cellphone Number will Soon Be Given to Telemarketers and Debt Collectors

Does this sound familiar? Many of our readers have commented that they have received an e-mail telling you that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone number database, rest assured that this is not the case.

Robert Paisola, CEO, of Utah Based Western Capital Financial Services, (www.mycollector.com ) stated that telemarketing to cell phone numbers has always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so.

In response to recent e-mail campaigns urging consumers to place their cell phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission issue has recently issued this formal advisory to give consumers the facts.

One e-mail making the rounds says: