Well isn't this great... Now my phone number is available to every nut job ... :angryfire:
CTV.ca | Do-not-call list made situation 'worse,' says group
After its launch last September, Canadians added more than 2.7 million phone numbers to the national do-not-call list.
But now, with nearly 6 million numbers registered, many Canadians who signed up are feeling duped because they're receiving more telemarketing calls than ever before.
That's because the do-not-call list may have gotten into the wrong hands.
To access the list, a telemarketer simply has to go to the National Do Not Call List website, enter the appropriate information and pay a small fee.
The problem is, anyone can pose as a telemarketer and obtain the list. If they're willing to break the rules, they could then call the numbers, which are all recent.
And if that list makes its way to a telemarketer outside Canada, the CRTC does not have the jurisdiction to stop them from calling Canadian numbers.
CTV.ca | Do-not-call list made situation 'worse,' says group