Fraudulent US Department of Transportation Letter

[ODOT Info - A&E Consultants]

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ALL MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEAMS
PROCESSORS. 
PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS AS APPROPRIATE.
A fraudulent letter supposedly written by the U.S. Department of
Transportation is making the rounds in Oregon every few months. The
letter targets contractors and suppliers and tells them that in order to
make future procurement decisions, the contractor or supplier needs to
provide an authorization to release financial information and then asks
that they provide the name of their bank, account number and a signature
from a company officer.
These letters and the accompanying form are sent to businesses in Oregon
by fax and the letter directs the recipient to fax their financial
information back. In the last year, I have provided warnings to all of
ODOT's prequalified contractors and sent this information to the
Associated General Contractors and our Department of Justice.
The U.S. Department of Transportation keeps a listing of these letters
as they make the rounds around the country. The following link will take
you to the US DOT website showing the history of these letters.
	
http://www.dot.gov/ost/m60/fraudulent_letters.htm
If you work with contractors or suppliers on a regular basis, you may
wish to alert them to this fraudulent activity and advise them to ignore
the letters.
Thank you,
Wynnette Gentemann
Interim Chief Procurement Officer
(503) 986-2987

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