About this episode
Transportation and Fake Truckers. Troy chipped his tooth in church. Ruthann is still getting birthday wishes and oh yeah, trucking news. These are some of the things TalkCDL talked about on this weeks episode of the trucking podcast. CDLlife.com recently ran a story about two men that tried to steal a load of nuts right from the processing plant in California. The two men went as far as to find a couple of truckers online just to steal their names. They then made up phony paperwork to pose as a legitimate trucking-company picking up a load. Tune in and hear TalkCDL’s opinions on this story or head over to CDL Life and read all the details in full. TRANSPORTATION AND FAKE TRUCKERS Scammer posing as hot chics on TalkCDL’s Facebook page. Ruthann brought up the recent activity on social media pages. The scam goes like this. A con artist sits behind his computer posing as a very attractive woman. He starts up conversations on blogs that have many truck drivers interacting. He/she asks an unsuspecting trucker if he would like to be friends. Eventually finding a lonely desperate truck driver, the scammer begins his assault. The ultimate goal is to get money sent to him via the desperate lonely trucker. If you are approached on the internet by a very attractive woman, do not fall for it. There has been many men that have fallen prey to these scammers. A man was recently arrested carrying illegal drugs in his semi-trailer. O=Caught at the border on the Laredo TX area, the man fessed up. Once in custody he told authorities that his wife had been kidnapped and the kidnappers were forcing him to run drugs into the USA. Of course the mans lies all came to an end when authorities were able to contact his wife, at her home, safe and secure. This story also came from CDL Life and you can read all the details at the link provided. https://bit.ly/nutthieveshttps://tncradio.livehttps://bit.ly/KidnappersBad Benny Killer in a truckPot, Truckers & the New T680ERandom Aussie Trucker calls inHow insurance companies grade truckersTransporting a Child, Bad Trucker! Stupidity at its best!