Don't get scamed

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by 6wheeler, Dec 8, 2016.

  1. 6wheeler

    6wheeler Road Train Member

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    There is an article in Overdrive that says drivers have been scamed by DOTauthroity.com and DOTfilings.com

    They send me emails asking for money, just a heads up to everyone that has to file a URC
     
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  3. NavigatorWife

    NavigatorWife Road Train Member

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    Must be a fake webpage then I reckon. So much fake stuff going on lately.
     
  4. 6wheeler

    6wheeler Road Train Member

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    Let me reach down here in the floor and read it.
    James Lamb scammed $20 million from thousands of owner operators. The Federal trade commission has filed a complaint against his companies.
    Tricked thousands of truckers in paying unnecessary fees for UCR filings.
    Falsehood of fines if they didn't pay, also giving the impression that his companies was with the URC and the DOT.

    DOTfilings.com
    DOTauthroity.com
    And get this, he has changed his website to,
    UCRregistration.com

    Found in this months Overdrive mag, by James Jaillet.
     
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  5. 6wheeler

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    20 Million is a pretty insane amount o_O. You'd think it'd be shutdown long before it reached $100,000
     
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  7. Ristow

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    I used them last year, no issue. Forgot all about them. This year was ready to file my own when I get a email saying it was paid . This year was a 100 dollar fee tho,so I email them and ask why they filed it. They say I checked the box last year to do it yearly. I didn't and told them as much. They took me off the rotation but I wasn't gonna hassle with unregisterung then doing it again.
     
  8. NavigatorWife

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    Sounds like they could get them for mail fraud. Of course this most likely won't help those who lost money that they paid. I wonder if it is a mirror website of some sort, esp if some have had no problems, and then some are scammed. Thee may be more to the deal than what they are reporting.
     
  9. 6wheeler

    6wheeler Road Train Member

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    I used them last year too, not this year though
     
  10. Quackers

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    Yeah it seems that scamming via email is becoming more mainstream these days.
     
  11. gokiddogo

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    Who needs a service to pay ucr? ucr.in.gov ....real easy
     
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