Member Alert - 7.17.2012

From Dean Cochran, Director of Driver Recruiting, TransAm Trucking, Inc.

The scammer is at it again.

We have received a few calls from truck driving schools the last two days stating that a Mark Henderson is making calls claiming that he works with TransAm and is looking for students and to have them call him at 786 459 3896. Then he ask the students to wire him $250.

Please don’t ever give his number to your students or give him your students number. It is a scam that he has been working for many years now just switching the names of the trucking company every few days.

Member Alert - 6.28.2012

From Marlene Dakita, PTDI

John Hancock, Director of Training and Driver Recruiting at Prime Inc., has advised that someone claiming to be Roger or Michael Strickland is posing as a Prime recruiter. The phone number associated with this scam is 786-459-3896.

Member Alert - 4.9.2012

From Marlene Dakita
Professional Truck Driver Institute

John Hancock, director of training and driver recruiting for Prime, Inc., has reported another recruiting scam.

Someone representing himself as David Palmer, director of operations for Prime, is contacting students and asking for a $400 up-front fee to be brought to Prime for a job, paid in good faith that they want a job. This scammer's voicemail at 386-212-0831 even answers to this name and title. Please stress to students that this is not Prime and that they never would operate in this manner.

Member Alert - 4.3.2012

The Jacksonville school has had scammer calls to 4 active enrolled students over the weekend and today. All 4 victims are staying at the Motel and the scammers seem to know their room numbers when they call. They claim to be with Covenant Transport and are asking for family member emergency numbers. One scammer gave his name as John Davis. One gave his name as Ed Jordan.

Please be on the lookout for scammer calls and do a reminder to your active students to do the same.

Thanks to Kenneth E. Whittington, Vice President, Career Path Training Corp.

SCAM ALERT - Mar 28, 2012

We received and email from Crissie Moffett of NAPFTDS, one of hermembers, Janet Griebel, received a scam call and we would like to share the information with you.

Central Tech Truck Driver Training received a call from a gentleman named Wayne Bishop who said he was a recruiter for Crete Carrier. They checked with Crete and they said he was not with them at all. He didn't leave a number for anyone to call, but was calling asking about schools in this area.

Please be aware of a potential new scam getting started.

Thanks to Crissie and Janet Griebel for the heads up!

SCAM ALERT - Feb 27, 2012

From David L. Johnson, America's Driving Force

I hope that this finds you all doing well. Even though we are not members ( I wish) I just thought that I would share this with you.

We had a call from Johnny Griffin who said he was with Willey Sanders and needed drivers. The phone number he gave was 850-597-2262. When a student called him back he wanted $400.00. The student hung up and reported it to me.

David L. Johnson
Director
America's Driving Force

Notice to Carriers: DOT Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training

In recent months, we have received numerous inquiries regarding companies using aggressive marketing tactics to sell supervisor training to employers who may be subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s drug and alcohol testing requirements. Please note that the FMCSA is not familiar with these companies nor the training they are offering.

49 CFR §382.603 requires supervisors of CDL drivers to take 60 minutes of training on the symptoms of alcohol abuse and another 60 minutes of training on the symptoms of controlled substances use. The purpose is to qualify supervisors for determining when reasonable suspicion testing is needed.

The FMCSA does not certify trainers or training companies, nor does it pre-approve the curriculum presented. Employers are responsible for meeting the training requirement of 49 CFR §382.603 including ensuring that any training company/entity that they purchase training from provides training in the physical, behavioral, speech, and performance indicators of probable alcohol misuse and use of controlled substances. It is up to the employer to select which training to attend, keeping in mind the aforementioned guidelines.

SCAM ALERT - Nov 16, 2011

From: Christopher G Antonik

"Looks like we've got another scammer. I just got a call from someone claiming to be from Western Express looking for drivers. He said his name was Jody Vance and hung up on me when I asked for his job title. I called Western Express, and they said that they had no one by that name, and I was the second school that called about him."

Forwarded by Crissie Moffett, NAPFTDS

SCAM ALERT! - Oct. 14, 2011

From Maralyn Chavez, Western Pacific Truck School

SCAM ALERT!

We received a call today from a man, "Willard Peabody", who informed us that he was at the terminal in downtown Los Angeles and wanted to know how he was supposed to get to the school.

We told the caller we did not have a school in that area. He then informed us that John D. Western had signed him up for Western Pacific Truck School in Georgia and gave him a discounted price, if he paid up front. He also said that 8-9 others were also there waiting at the terminal trying to get to the school.

We asked the caller for a phone number, and were provided with two numbers. One number was supposed to be for John D. Western and the other was supposed to be a cell phone of one of the others waiting at the terminal. The number for "John D. Western" had an outgoing message that said "not taking calls at this time". The other number was an unassigned MagicJack phone number.

Maralyn Chavez

Western Pacific Truck School

Scammer Alert August 26, 2011 Third Notice

From Todd Hyland, Placement Director, Smith and Solomon

USA Truck called me this morning to make me aware of a scammer posing as a USA Truck employee. He is using two aliases, James Hayes or Joe Tucker. The number he is giving out is 615-975-9326.

He is calling schools asking for names/numbers of graduates. He is then calling these grads and telling them he has a job for them at USA Truck. Students just need to wire him money via Western Union.

If you get a call from someone claiming to be with USA Truck you can call 479-471-6671. That is their recruiting department. They will be able to verify whether the person is a USA Truck employee or not.

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