I was working breakdown last night for our company when I recieved a call for payment on tire repair for one of our company vehicles. Names where mentioned saying that payment was authorized but this was a dispatcher that is not on call at that time of the night. The person asking for payment also stated that the driver was still there and was a getting a DOT inspection which we do not do over the road. We do this service in house. This person had information on names of office employees and unit number information that was correct but did not have our procedure that we follow that set off RED flags as to be a bogus call. Caller did not have the driver name or phone information.
Start with 1 of our trucks DID receive roadside assistance today but told me he was fixed and back on the road. This guy an hour later Called me to get a tcheck number to pay for my drivers repairs due to an inspection at dot weigh scale to many things didn't add up I refused to state if my driver had enough cash on him since they can't take credit or debit after 5pm.
He assured me our driver wasn't being ticketed but still being inspected and talking with dot official.
So I again said yeah I don't know you. I don't care who you are. When my driver (who's name you won't give me) calls me we will settle up the bill.
I then called my driver who had the breakdown he was fine and en route. So called my husband and explained all of it. He called number back while I called all other drivers to check on them. All were fine. I checked area code it was California.
When I got back to the office almost 2 hours after original call my husband had to spoke to guy.
He gave a truck number of one of our guys & said he was still being inspected and the bill was final (tripled from amount I was told) asking my husband for payment. They said they were located in Stockland, GA. Our truck they were referring to was on west side of GA on 75 north.
We are calling then tomorrow to send them out for a false repair. When they call to "find" our exact location well.......
I was working breakdown last night for our company when I recieved a call for payment on tire repair for one of our company vehicles. Names where mentioned saying that payment was authorized but this was a dispatcher that is not on call at that time of the night. The person asking for payment also stated that the driver was still there and was a getting a DOT inspection which we do not do over the road. We do this service in house. This person had information on names of office employees and unit number information that was correct but did not have our procedure that we follow that set off RED flags as to be a bogus call. Caller did not have the driver name or phone information.