DOT Authority DOT Filings Misleading representation of a company and acting as an official agency. Impersonating a Federal Agency FORT LAUDERDALE Internet

On Thursday 4/17/14 I called my local BMV agency as to inquire about obtaining my USDOT registrations. I was out of my office and not on a computer. I was given the number 855-364-5305 I promptly called it. I also want to bring attention to the fact that if you call this number from any number besides a CELL Phone, it will give you a disconnected or not in service recording... it only works when you call from a cell phone. Since my BMV officer gave me the number I assumed it was an official agency. I called at 5:01 the person answered the phone as "DOT authority", it did not occur to me that I was speaking with a private agency.

She was quick to help me collecting my information, including CC, business info, address and contact info. That 1st round of cost was $300.00 which I understood to be the USDOT registration cost, ONLY to find out this was to be a FREE filing!! and does only take a few minutes to obtain a number. But within a few minutes I got several emails (smart phone email) confirming my USDOT number but Large warning letters indicating I DID NOT have ICC or MC authority if I was to transport out of state which I intended to do and clearly explained to the agent. I then called back to inquire as to the warnings of non-compliant registration.

I then found out I needed to pay an additional $400 for my MC Number Now finding out this cost from FMCSA is $300.00) in addition to my USDOT AND $187.00 for a required UCR filing Again an urgent email requiring me to pay this fee. I found out the cost to register is actually only $76.00. Still at this point I completely thought I was talking with an official Government agency, nothing gave me an indication that I was not. I DID begin to question why they could only look me up each time I called by the last 4 digits of my CC number instead of my new DOT number, I found that to be odd.

Now several days later and doing some investigatingI'm so upset that I have been lied to and defrauded out of $887.00 for something that should have only cost me $376.00 Further more I have had to call the ACTUAL FMCSA Authority to get my information corrected, as it was listed wrong! This fraudulent company was so quick to help me and get my CC info that they neglected to correctly list my correct carrier, contact and authority information. This company played on my lack of knowledge of fees and process, they did not identify themselves as a private company. Other than filing a small claims action against this company for deceptive services, bait and switch, lying to me and impersonating a federal agency, I feel I have no other recourse. My stupidity cost me $887.00 I hope my report here will help a person who otherwise might be duped by this nefarious company.