Someone is using my MC/DOT number

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  1. GuestNY

    GuestNY Bobtail Member

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    Please help advice
    Some one is using my MC and DOT number and my company name and my address, every single day for now about 2 months at least 3-5 different brokers call me telling me that I booked a load with them and they need to know the ETA for the pick up when I tell them is not me because I’m the owner they tell me a guys name and the broker sends me all paperwork that the fraud people filled out and it says my MC/DOT number address company name with computer signatures everything is my on the paperwork accept email address they made up and phone number, now they also have certificates of Insurance with 3 different policies number non are my it doesn’t belong to me I have send it in to my insurance agency’s and they said is fake anybody can tell that is fake but apparently the broker can’t the fraud people take the Loads under my mc dot number than sell it to a different company driver and they take the Loads, now the scam fraud people when they get their money they never answer the phone and that’s how broker finds me on safer website and calls me, the fraud people always every time ask the broker is advance pay as soon as Load was pick up they get paid , now the driver who pick up the Loads sometimes has correct paperwork where to deliver load sometimes has fraud paperwork where ever they want the driver to send for example load was picked up in California supposed to be delivered to Florida but the Load ended up in Texas than the broker calls me asking me what the Load is doing in Texas now they try calling the scammers no answer because they got their money so they sold the Load to a driver who posted their truck as available, than the broker finds me and calls me if they would to their job the broker in the first place go on safer website to check the information and then book a load , now the driver also gets sometimes correct adress where to deliver the load sometimes not because the also give the driver sometimes fake paperwork, the fraud got so much money out of brokers and everyday is different brokers and out there is millions brokers he can only take or scam the broker once and moves to someone else, now I have reported to FMCSA to DAT to police to Insurace to Dat Loads to Trucking Loads everywhere no body can’t do anything the FMCSA said is under investigation now how long is going to take they don’t know I reported this right a way to them 2 months a go and I call them every week to see is there anything but no still investigating it could take a very long time they said to me I don’t know who else to call what else to do , because they still take Loads money almost every day I know that because brokers call me I have a lot of carriers package the broker have send me
    Please please does anyone know it what to do
    and the carrier packed they fill out is not my certificate of Insurance and is not my EIN number on W-9 form .. but will not stop
    and yes I have asked the FMCSA to change the MC and DOT number but what is the point because is public anyone can find online MC DOT number
    Please help
     
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  3. fordconvert

    fordconvert Light Load Member

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    This happened to me when i first started out as an O/O.
    Some jerk had booked loads with Trinity Transport, using my numbers. The day came that i wanted to book a load with Trinity, and they said that I had booked several loads with them and didn’t show up.
    I had a tough time trying to convince Trinity that I’d never booked a load with them before.
    Ultimately, my only recourse was to file a complaint with the FTC. They did actually track down the scum that was doing this via his email address that he’d provided to Trinity. Obviously, it did not match MY email address.
    Other than FTC contacting him, I don’t know what , if anything, happened to his sorry ###, but afterwards, Trinity did allow me to book with them a few times.
     
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  4. Mike250rs

    Mike250rs Heavy Load Member

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    If you have an idea of where the turd is running, a call to the scale houses informing them of the fake (your) numbers he's using might be worthwhile.

    When/if you get his info, sue him.
     
  5. TallJoe

    TallJoe Road Train Member

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    The way the fraud works, as best as I could read through that brick of text, is that the scammer uses the op's credentials with fake documents; effectively assumes the carrier's identity then uses the cash advances, if available. I don't quite understand how the cashing of the advances is possible though...

    I do realize that, unlike settlement checks for finished loads, the cash advances are forwarded by money codes (e.g. T-Checks, Comdata) and those can be cashed at any major truck stop but those money codes are still in the carrier's name.

    Is the verification of the cash recipients there so lax that the whole scam could be effective at all?
     
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  6. Mike250rs

    Mike250rs Heavy Load Member

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    They get fuel advances. Most of the brokering companies require BOL to be sent over before they issue the advance ( comcheck or similar )

    Often the scammers will wait till late at night to call into the company and request the advance hoping to catch them off guard.
     
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    NavigatorWife Road Train Member

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    bossman2196 Bobtail Member

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  9. bossman2196

    bossman2196 Bobtail Member

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    This has happened to me several times like you said the brokers simply need to take the extra time and verify their information Im praying they don’t get a hold of my ein number because this could be reported to irs as income. This is the world we live in deceitful and evil people
     
  10. m16ty

    m16ty Road Train Member

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    All somebody has to do is get your DOT number off the door, or do a quick Google search. Then they can get all your company info to steal you identity. Just about everything they need is right there on the FMCSA website for public viewing.
     
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