On the same day thousands of truck drivers were to be notified about possible eligibility in a $28 million class action settlement against New Prime Inc., employees of the Springfield, Mo.-based trucking company allegedly told the drivers to ignore the email because it was a “phishing scam.”
According to court documents, the settlement notice was sent on Oct. 5 to about 40,000 individuals with most of them receiving it via email. An emergency motion filed on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts claims that Prime employees sent the following communication through Prime’s app and through the Qualcomm system to every truck in the Prime fleet:
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According to court documents, the settlement notice was sent on Oct. 5 to about 40,000 individuals with most of them receiving it via email. An emergency motion filed on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts claims that Prime employees sent the following communication through Prime’s app and through the Qualcomm system to every truck in the Prime fleet:
*** Fleet Message Please Read ***. There is a scam happening with an email phishing attempt to gather your personal information claiming to be a part of a lawsuit. Please do not click the link in the email. This is an attempt to snatch your personal info. Any and all lawsuit settlements would need to be sent by official mail outlet, not an email from a stranger.
Prime tells drivers settlement notice is a scam, emergency motion alleges
Prime told the trucking company’s drivers to ignore a $28 million settlement notice because it was a scam, an emergency motion alleges.

