Case 12 · Motus problem file
ALERT Readout first. Full fix below. This page asks for nothing — no login, no PIN, no email.
FMCSA's September 15, 2026 fraud alert identified the campaign precisely: emails with the subject line 'Notice of Required Off-Cycle Update- Motus email' directing carriers to fake portals. The agency named four fraudulent sites — dot.motusdatasboard.com, dot.motusdatadesk.com, dot.motuswebdeck.com, and dot.motusfunction.com. None is a government address. The real Motus lives at motus.dot.gov, and FMCSA writes the name 'Motus' — never all-caps 'MOTUS,' which is one of the tells the agency itself published.
| Address | Status | Why it fools people |
|---|---|---|
| dot.motusdatasboard.com | FAKE | Copies the portal's look; pushes an “Off-Cycle Update” task |
| dot.motusdatadesk.com | FAKE | Named to sound like a support desk |
| dot.motuswebdeck.com | FAKE | Linked from the “New MOTUS Portal” email button |
| dot.motusfunction.com | FAKE | Poses as a functions/utilities portal |
| motus.dot.gov | REAL | The only Motus. A .gov address — everything else is a costume |
Source: FMCSA fraud alert, September 15, 2026 (via FreightWaves and School Transportation News coverage of the agency alert). New lookalikes can appear at any time — the rule, not the list, is the protection.
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This site's own promise, in writing: AuthorityStuck will never ask for your Login.gov password, your USDOT PIN, or any credential — not on this site, not by email, not ever. Our diagnostic asks only what your problem is. Any message claiming to be us and asking for a login is a fake too.
Four, in the September 15, 2026 alert: dot.motusdatasboard.com, dot.motusdatadesk.com, dot.motuswebdeck.com, and dot.motusfunction.com. New lookalikes can appear at any time — the durable rule is that only motus.dot.gov is real.
FMCSA communicates through the portal, published notices, and its contact channels — not through threat emails demanding confidential information via a 'New MOTUS Portal' button. Treat any such email as the documented phishing pattern until the real portal proves otherwise.
No. USDOT numbers are public records — SAFER publishes them. A scammer including your number proves only that they can read a public database.
The free readout above tells you where you stand. The Playbook works this case end-to-end: the expanded walkthrough, the copy-paste ticket template with the exact fields FMCSA requests, and the escalation scripts for when the queue stalls. The one-page scam-check card (printable): the four named fake domains, the subject line, the capital-letter tell, and the 30-second check — for the office wall and every dispatcher inbox.
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