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Don't call me! I'll call you! Federal Trade Commission's Do Not Call list: phone calls are less. My personal junk mail, however, has skyrocketed. The backstory: Some 16.9 million phone numbers were registered in the first week alone! The FTC predicts that the list will contain 60 million phone numbers within a year. If you still have not put your name on the list — but would like to — the number is still open. It's 1-888-382-1222. Redesigned Gov. site, offers new stuff, maybe less of useful old stuff. As advertised, www.FirstGov.gov/, the U.S. Government portal that connects you to services and information from federal, state, and local government websites contains a lot of links: For example, a link called "Get It Done Online" enables you to buy a surplus government car, apply for Social Security get a passport application, or buy a National Parks Pass. You can also apply for benefits,get forms, check on tax refund status, or find answers to government questions by e-mail. (We have not tried that, but they say they will. Missing are some of the leading statistics, such as median income — that is, income for folks like you and me, buying power, and other straight info about the health of the nation. Maybe such data is in there, but we couldn't find it. Bad Advice From Unsolicited Callers. The phone rings. It's a stranger. Do you give that person your credit card number? Your PIN number? Buy stocks? Dial unknown numbers? NOT! What stranger would call you with such requests? Crooks -- that's who! An e-mail that's currently making the rounds tells us that people pretending to be AT&T Service technicians, conducting a test on telephone lines, are asking the people they call to touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#) and then hang up. The e-mail goes on to say that when the writer called the telephone company to check it out, he was told that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone number. We did not check, but that could be so. What I find confusing: Why would anybody take advice from a stranger anyway? That will have to do it for this issue... Unless of course you want some MORE HOT TIPS! Don't be a stranger - April May
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