I received a fax from this number claiming to be the U.S. Department of Transportation, with an "authorization to release financial information" form. It states that U.S. DOT needs to obtain financial information on our bank accounts and requests our bank name, phone number, operating account number, our Tax ID number and the officer names of our company.
received the fax..thought odd they would want secured info to be sent over fax and no contact phone number. Web address correct. Called phone number listed on web site 212-366-4000 and lady told me it is a scam. I asked if anyone has investigated this or tracked the phone number down, she said that it is hard for them to find out who is doing this, because its a fax number YEAH RIGHT!!!!
this number faxed me claiming to be US DOT. we have recently been applying to do work with US DOT, so i fell for the scam :( today my bank called me-someone tried to wire $$$ to another country from our company's bank account. usually im pretty good about spotting fraud- but i didnt see this one coming. They used my fax cover sheet and my signature from the sheet i filled out.
We experienced the same situation. We completed a very official request for the US Department of Transportation Procurement Office & then later a wire transfer request was received by our bank utilizing our letterhead as well as the owner's signature. Luckily our banker called to question the transaction since it was to Russia! BEWARE This situation happened over 1 month ago & we received the same fax this morning...