We received the following email from NAPFTDS
 
ROEHL Phone Call Scam
 
ALERT!

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College received a phone call this morning from a gentleman named Michael Brown. He said he was a recruiter with ROEHL and needed 4 drivers. He gave his phone number as 256-265-8430. The message received from the college recruiter was 'health care AUT' in Alabama.

Mike White of Wiregrass stated that they had a 2006 graduate by the name of Michael Brown that worked for ROEHL until 2011. Mr. White called the number and the individual answered the phone as Michael Brown and it was not their student.

After confirmation with ROEHL, it was indeed a SCAM.
 
Thanks for the heads up Crissie

CVTA received the following email from Teresa Miller at Covenant Transport:
 
I just received a call from Kirk Vance with United States Truck Driving School in Denver CO. A man going by Michael Hayes has called him saying he is with Covenant Transport and asking form student information. The phone number Michael Hayes gave him was 423-855-5755. I advised Mr. Vance with USTDS this is a scam and not to give him the requested information.
 
Thanks for the heads up Teresa.

From Joanie Barber at Georgia Driving Academy
 
A scam with a twist  

I just wanted to let you know that we received a call today that I think is probably a scam.  A man called and said he needed 4 drivers immediately for Roehl, said his name was Jerry Ellis and that he had more flexibility to bring someone on board than our normal recruiter.  After I hung up I tried to verify with Roehl that he was in fact an employee and was told he does not work for them.  He called me back and I asked where he was located and he said "Peachtree St., NW," I then told him that Roehl did not have him as an employee, he then said "well let me call them and have them call you."  His phone number is 404-686-6117.

Thanks for the heads up Joanie

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.

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.

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