Advance Scam!
Be very careful, advance scams are popping up all over the place. It used to be in California, then on the east coast, now, if you are giving advances without knowing the carrier you are just begging for trouble! Even if you find the carriers on a load board.
Advance scams have become so prevalent that you must check out each carrier very carefully, if not, you will end up losing a lot of money. Every day more reports are coming through the pipelines, even when things seem so legit! The carrier calls in loaded, you give the advance, you never see the load again!
Make sure you know the company you are dealing with, even double check their phone and fax numbers, make sure they are out of the same region that is on their authority.
GET CALLER ID
DO NOT DEAL WITH COMPANIES WITH “PRIVATE” NUMBERS!!!
