How To Add Myself To The Do Not Call List

Stop telemarketers by registering with the National Do Not Call Registry.

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Stop annoying telemarketing phone calls by calculation your telephone number to the National Do Not Call Registry, operated past the Federal Trade Commission. Y'all can add your land line telephone number and your cellphone numbers. Telemarketers are required to update their lists each calendar month, and so you may not encounter an immediate improvement. Within thirty days, the number of telemarketing calls y'all receive should decrease by 80 percent.

By Phone

Step i

Phone call the National Do Not Call Registry at 888-382-1222 (TTY: 866-290-4236). At the prompt for English, press "ane."

Footstep 2

Press "1" when the recording asks whether you are calling to register your phone number. Yous must be calling from the number y'all want to register.

Stride 3

Website

Pace one

Use the Do Not Call Registry website in the Resources section for an optional way to annals your telephone number on the listing. Fill in your phone number and email address and press "Submit."

Step 2

Confirm that the information is correct on the next folio, then click on "Register." Click on "Modify" if the information is wrong, and enter the correct information. Click "Submit."

Step 3

Open your electronic mail and look for an e-mail from register@donotcall.gov. Open this and click on the link provided to confirm your registration. Yous must do this within 72 hours, or your number volition not be registered. If you don't receive an e-mail after a few minutes, check in your "Junk" or "Spam" electronic mail folder.

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