Morningstar Trucking, MC #1550663

Good evening folks. I've just been offered a good rate from the above broker. TOO GOOD, if you know what I mean.

So I checked them out and they've had their bond for about 7 weeks. They started this year.

So I told the broker that I would need to be paid on delivery. He said he couldn't, but he offered 3-day quick pay at 2.5%. Pretty good. So I said that he would have to put in the ratecon that payment is due in full in 3 days. He said, "No problem."

But I still have that uneasy feeling. What do you guys think?

 

I'm not looking to roll the dice. I just got burned for $3300 eight weeks ago. I will receive an answer from the bond company in about another 21 days or so. This load is a $5500 offer for about 1750 miles. Less than 25,000 lbs. I get that brokers need to start somewhere. But in the beginning, they need to play ball, if they expect the carrier to play ball.

If I'm starting out as a broker, I would understand a carrier's trepidation. So if he wants to get paid COD, I would appease him.

 

Thank you. I suspected as such when I got a link on Amazon Relay from Oshea Transport, instead of Morningstar.

So let me ask you a hypothetical...I go and pick up the load and I realize that they are not the broker. What can I do then? Call the real broker? Or demand payment from the fraudulent one before I deliver? Amazon DOES NOT regularly pay over $3.15 a mile. At least not for long haul. So it can be safe to assume that the original broker got less than would warrant offering a $5500 rate. Am I getting the gist now? Is this how the scam starts?

 

So I'm a little confused trying to understand the steps in the scam. But my lizard brain has almost got it figured out.

But now I see a new monkey wrench in the picture. Oshea Transport is a carrier, not a broker. At least that is what I saw on SAFER. So who is the original broker? Amazon or someone else? Oshea has the Amazon account because I got the link from them. So how did Morningstar get ahold of this? Are they in cahoots with Oshea, or is Oshea oblivious?

 

Yes, but if the 3 days lapse without payment, I can then file on their bond. Can I not?