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If it seems too good to be true...

Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by boredsocial, Mar 28, 2017.

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  1. Mar 29, 2017 #21
    TallJoe

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    I've never asked for a fuel advance yet. I hope to stay this way. I can see myself taking it in case of a trust doubt, so that I have at least something from a broker that promises me a great rate to go somewhere that ordinarily pays half that. But It would not be really a fuel advance but rather "good faith" advance.
     
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  3. Mar 29, 2017 #22
    boredsocial

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    That situation is REALLY sketchy. I wouldn't even do that. This is where you guys need to look out. Too good to be true loads can be all sorts of nasty ####.

    A lot of these fuel advance scammers also pretend to be the broker they just got a rate confirmation from and book it with some luckless truck to some random place. They do this so that they can get the load confirmed picked up or get a picture of the BOL from the carrier.

    You do not want to find yourself without a rate confirmation in WA when it turns out your load was supposed to go to NJ. Yeah it's worse for the other guy, but it's pretty ####ing horrific for you too.
     
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  4. Mar 30, 2017 #23
    boredsocial

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    Just so everyone is clear the main reason for the OP was to notify everyone that the FMCSA website is not 100% reliable. Make sure you check the MCS-150 form date and if it has been very recently updated verify it even harder.
     
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  5. Apr 20, 2017 #24
    osumike33

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    I don't know - so many fuel cards available these days, good ones, that I would think someone who didn't have one and needed advance might be a risk. Started with not much but paid $250 a year to NASTC for probably the best card out there and now have 7 of them....just a thought, maybe advances are more prevalent than I would think.
     
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