Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is cautioning truck drivers a few “very convincing” fraudulent email requesting numerous private info not required on company varieties.
A current alert from FMCSA states that the email prompts recipients to finish a offered type to guard info from attainable fraud. The email comes both from [email protected] or [email protected] – neither of that are professional, agency-affiliated addresses.
The message features a risk {that a} delayed response in offering info comparable to a social safety quantity, Department of Transportation PIN, certificates of insurance coverage and driver’s license might lead to a advantageous. This “is also not an FMCSA practice,” the company says.
FMCSA reminds stakeholders that its communications “relating to information requests of this type would either request you to log into your portal account” or “come directly from an FMCSA dedicated mailbox.
“While these emails typically end in a ‘.gov,’ we encourage our stakeholders and customers to verify any email or communication they feel to be suspicious with the appropriate agency.”
