Anybody heard of paying USA Truck $200 to "hold your place" at orientation?

Have any of you paid to have your place held at orientation to work for a trucking company?

I got a call from Sage School asking me to call a supposed recruiter from USA Truck. I reluctantly did so but I hated the guy - pushy, rude, walked around my questions; even said they paid the highest at 28 cpm. I asked for time to do a bit of research, which he did not like at all. He says "Research? I've told you everything you need to know--NOT! Meanwhile, this guy calls me back 6 times wanting to know if I've made a decision. Oh yeah, I made one right after I looked 'em up on TTR.

Meanwhile....this morning I get a call back from the school informing me that another student had sent $200 via Western Union to this guy to "hold his place" and make sure he showed up for orientation.

Western Union is a huge red flag to me but this thing still leaves me curious - could this possibly have been legitimate? Are they now charging people to attend their orientation?

 

This "recruiter" was using a cell phone with 615 area code - USA Truck doesn't have a terminal in that area code but when called they said they did have a satellite office and that they had so many recruiters they could not possibly verify if this guy was one of theirs!

Anyway, my sentiments exactly; if it looks like a scam, talks like a scam, etc. it is a scam!

Thanks to all, just wanted to make sure my instincts were still good.