Just received a call from 818-914-6789 after filing for an FMCSA MC number. Thought it was weird that the Feds would work on Saturdays. She scammed us into thinking we had to pay $75 to finish our registration when it was a service we could have taken care of ourselves. Said it was a one-time fee.
I filed an application on line with the DOT about 11pm Saturday night and 2 hrs later (1am) this woman call me pretending to be from some kind of DOT authority (confusing name) if you don’t pay attention they make you believe that is the DOT calling you, except for the fact that at 1am Sunday the DOT will never call you. Using the word authority right away she goes into the scamming mode talking about “YOU NEED THIS” “YOU NEED THAT” “GIVE ME YOU CREDIT CARD NUMBER” LOL
If you file any application on line for the DOT or FCA you will get calls from companies trying to sell you services that you might not need or you can do it yourself. Read carefully the requirements on line and do not give in to the pressure right away to give them any credit card number.
OMG I agree. I believe that she means well but doesn't know how to communicate at all. She called and gave me her information, I called back and asked a few questions and she was completely defensive. She gave me the name of the company that she partners with because I didn't see her company name on the list at the fmcsa website, I looked up the website and called that # there. It turns out that she's an independent contractor that partners with them. It appears that she gets paid $45 for each application that she processes, because she told me that it was $75 but online it's only $30 for the blanket service. She sounds older and I sympathize with her, she's trying to make a dollar but not quite good in her information sharing and communication skills. I went with the same company that she partners with http://www.aprocessagents.com/ I had a much better experience speaking to the owner over the phone.
This was THE MOST ARROGANT phone solicitation I have ever received in my life. The woman was forcefully trying to make me pay for the FMCSA BOC3 agent registration. After asking her a question about the BOC3 as well as the phone calls I was suddenly receiving she replied, "If you want the phone calls to stop just do what I say." I asked her to further explain the BOC3 agent agreement. She replied, "Screw you - whatever." Then hung up. I thought I was being Punked!
Same thing happened with me too. She called and tried to scare me that I will start receiving threatening letters from DOT within 10 days if I do not file it right now. My phone, line gives a squeaking sound sometimes due to some wire problem and it happened right on this call, I just kept on saying hello, hello but she had vanished. Thank you phone. LoL