Freight fraud can appear professional at first glance. NGI encourages all parties to verify identity, authority, insurance, contact details, and documentation before accepting loads, releasing freight, issuing payments, or sharing sensitive business information.
Double Brokering
Double brokering occurs when a party accepts a shipment without proper authority or intent to perform the transportation service, then attempts to reassign the load to another carrier without authorization. This can create payment disputes, cargo risk, and unclear accountability.
Carrier Authority Identity Theft
Fraud actors may impersonate legitimate brokers, carriers, agents, dispatchers, or company representatives using copied logos, spoofed email addresses, altered documents, misleading phone numbers, or carrier authority information that does not belong to them.
Fraudulent Load Postings
Fraudulent postings may copy legitimate freight details or broker identity information to solicit carriers outside approved channels, redirect communications, or obtain sensitive shipment information.
Phishing Emails Impersonating NGI
Phishing attempts may use lookalike domains, altered signatures, false portal links, or urgent language to obtain credentials, banking information, shipment documents, or payment details.
Cargo Theft
Cargo theft can involve false pickup appointments, fraudulent carrier identities, altered rate confirmations, hijacked communications, or diversion instructions intended to move freight away from the authorized route or consignee.
Fake Carriers
Fake carrier schemes may involve newly created identities, mismatched insurance records, suspicious contact details, unverified equipment claims, incomplete documentation, or credentials that do not align with public records.
Payment Diversion Scams
Payment diversion scams attempt to redirect invoices, settlement funds, or administrative payments to unauthorized accounts through fake instructions, compromised emails, or urgent change requests.