My cell phone rang this morning. Caller ID showed 866 498 5357 as the caller. I don't know anyone from that number… but since I do give out my cell phone number as a way for potential clients to contact me, I decided to answers.

And got a recording – of some woman telling me that I could consolidate my credit card debt or up my numbers or some other crap.

All I had to do was push "1" to talk to a live operator.

So I pushed 1, and got a cheerful young female who wanted to help.

I politely asked her to take my name off her registry.

Click – the phone was dead.

Enter the Conundrum:
Here's the thing though – this is just one of a few telemarketing calls I've gotten on my cell phone in the past few days.

The Federal Trade Commission wants me to know that Telemarketers may not call cell phone numbers:

Federal Communications Commission regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers.
-- From the FTC Website.

And, you can file a complaint if you are getting calls.

Only problem is: you can't file a complaint if your # isn't in the registry.

EndGame:
According to our well-funded government: Telemarketers can't call my cell phone. So there's no need to file a complaint, since they can't call me.