The Freight Scam Circus: Now Playing in Florida

[TaskSwap]

Ladies and gentlemen, grab your popcorn and strap in — because I just got front-row seats to the greatest excuse show on earth.

Our star performers:
South Florida Brokers LLC (DOT #3426608, MC #1109092).
2303 Stirling Rd, Building 3, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Now, if you’re a carrier, you know the golden rule: We haul the load, they pay the bill.
But apparently in Florida, that rule is more of a… “loose suggestion.”

Act 1: ​

We deliver. We invoice. They smile and say, “Our terms are 30 days.”
Okay, fine. We’ll wait.

Act 2: ​

Day 31 arrives. We call.
“Oh sorry, the accounts person is on holiday for two weeks.”
Because apparently, payroll runs smoother with a margarita in hand.

Act 3: ​

Two weeks later, they claim: “The check is in the mail!”
Somehow, this check must be traveling by horse and buggy, because it never, ever arrives.

Act 4: ​

We ask for proof. They say, “Funds wired.”
Cool, show me the remittance?
…crickets.
I guess the wire also took a vacation — permanent one.

The Side Characters (Because Every Scam Needs Extras) ​

• Brandon @ Junction Craft → “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” (Except… bro, it’s your freight.)
• Jamie & Wendy @ Rational Brands → Sent emails warning people not to pay South Florida Brokers. Hero move? Maybe. But when it came time to help us carriers? They vanished faster than free beer at a truck stop.
• Diversified Transfer & Storage – SLC → Delivered there, called, emailed… zero response. I guess “Diversified” refers to the number of excuses they have.

The Grand Finale ​

Now all three — broker, shipper, consignee — are ghosting me like I just asked them to help me move on a Saturday.
Carriers did the work. Freight got delivered. Everyone got paid… except the people who actually made it happen.

The Moral (aka The “Don’t Be Me” Warning) ​

If you see these names pop up:

• South Florida Brokers LLC
• Junction Craft
• Rational Brands

Do yourself a favor: run like your ELD just ran out of hours.
Because the only thing you’ll haul with these folks is… excuses.

Share this with your fellow carriers. If we can’t get our money, at least we’ll get some laughs before the next shady broker tries the same playbook.

 

[BrokenAxle]

wow sorry that happened to you the laughing was the way you presented it

 

[Freight Broker]

Maybe act 5 is you filing on their bond..

 

[BrokenAxle]

write a lovely review on broker snap shot

 

[loaders]

The closing act to this drama should be, as suggested above, filing on their surety bond. As a licensed freight broker, they are required to maintain a 75K surety bond. Find out who issued the bond and make a claim for nonpayment. That should bring the curtain down to thunderous applause!

 

[JACKBURTON]

The closing act to this drama should be, as suggested above, filing on their surety bond. As a licensed freight broker, they are required to maintain a 75K surety bond. Find out who issued the bond and make a claim for nonpayment. That should bring the curtain down to thunderous applause!

Until they realize they have no surety bond to make a claim against.
Then cue the Monty Python foot with accompanying fart noise.

 

[loaders]

Until they realize they have no surety bond to make a claim against.
Then cue the Monty Python foot with accompanying fart noise.
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According to the information on Safer, they are a licensed broker, with a surety bond in place. As much as I love Monty Python, the foot and the fart sound may have to wait for the next shady broker drama.

 

[JACKBURTON]

According to the information on Safer, they are a licensed broker, with a surety bond in place. As much as I love Monty Python, the foot and the fart sound may have to wait for the next shady broker drama.

Hope you're right sir.

 

[loaders]

Hope you're right sir.

According to the FMCSA website, there are two South Florida Brokers. one in Hialeah and the other in Ft. Lauderdale. The Hialeah outfit isn’t authorized, but the other one is. Taskswap, if you’re following your post, you should contact the bond holder and start a claim.