Driver tricked out of $600 in truck driver appreciation scheme

A truck driver was tricked out of $600 in a truck driver appreciation scheme by a group of people at a truck stop in Florida last week. 

The incident occurred at about 3:05 p.m on November 19th in Ormond Beach, Florida. 

According to Observer Local News, a man knocked on the cab of a 34-year-old truck driver and told the driver that there was a group of people at the truck stop looking to show appreciation for drivers through a $300,000 jackpot and a matching gifting system. The individual said that whatever amount of money the driver showed them would be matched and gifted back to him. 

The driver then went to the ATM and withdrew $600. When the driver showed some of the men the cash, they began throwing playing cards on the ground, stating that the driver had lost as they grabbed the cash from his hand. The truck driver then became agitated and started yelling, so one of the men directed the driver to go and speak to one of their wives parked on the other side of the lot. When the driver turned around to look for the woman, the men left. 

The driver soon encountered one of the men again and engaged in another altercation. When some of the other men involved showed up, they slapped the driver’s phone out of his hand and then left in a white Chevy Impala with an Ohio license plate. 

The driver contacted police and told police that he had been tricked, relaying the story to officers. No further information has been released.