Fifty loads from a name everyone knows
A quote request for fifty long-haul loads came in through our website's contact form, signed as a household-name manufacturer. That's the bait: big volume, a famous name, and a rush.
- Quote request · 50 loads · household-name shipperREVIEW
- Web address registered 8 days agoTHREAT
- Email adds "usa" to the brand name · not an official contactTHREAT
- Phone borrows headquarters' area codeREVIEW
- Lane fits no published locationREVIEW
- Pushes conversation to textTHREAT
How LFS Shield took it apart
1 · Checked the web address
Domain age and registration records showed the site was eight days old. Real manufacturers don't launch last week.
2 · Checked who really sent it
The email added "usa" to the brand name and matched none of the company's official contacts.
3 · Checked the phone and the lane
The phone borrowed the headquarters' area code, and the lane fit none of the company's published locations.
4 · Read the pressure
It pushed to move the talk to text, away from email records.
5 · Explained it in plain English
What it found, why it matters, and the safe next step: contact the real company on a number you find yourself.
6 · Kept the proof
The original message was preserved as evidence.
Nobody quoted. Nobody sent a document. Nobody shared a bank account.
The scammer got nothing.
Read how LFS Shield caught it → The original story on the LFS blog →Part of one circle: Logistical Forwarding Solutions, LFS AOS, LFS Compliance Pro and Freight Broker Complaint, all fighting the same fraud.
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