Double brokering red flags every broker should know
Double brokering — a "carrier" re-brokering your load without permission — and carrier identity theft cost the freight industry hundreds of millions of dollars a year according to industry reports. These signs show up again and again.
- Contact details changed recently in FMCSA records (phone, email, mailing address).
- Email domain doesn't match the company, or a free email account for an established fleet.
- Very new authority offering unusually low rates.
- Pressure to move fast or change payment details.
- Dispatcher can't give truck/driver details or ELD data.
- Insurance cancellation or suspension notice on file.
How monitoring helps
Many of these signals appear in FMCSA records before a load goes wrong. Watching your carriers daily means you hear about a suspension notice or insurance cancellation the day it's filed.