Have been doing spot market for 7 years and finally got scammed.
A broker called on my posted truck, we agreed on the rate, I picked up and delivered the load.
I do invoicing once a week and my factoring company calls each broker to verify loads after getting the paperwork. One load did not get confirmed, broker had no knowledge about it.
Started digging and here is what I found out. Broker A (the original broker on this load) hired a trucking company called Phoenix (how ironic) to transport this shipment. Phoenix pretended to be a broker B (very legitimate broker out of OH) and hired me to do the load. The scam artist had the same phone number as the legit brokerage, the same looking email and legit looking rate confirmation with TIA logo and all that stuff . Everything checked out just fine
I called shipper and receiver, found the original broker and now we are trying to figure things out so I get paid instead of those scam artists.
