Cargo van dispatcher scams — spot them before you send money

Checked October 2026

The short answer: a real dispatcher earns a percent of loads you actually run. A fake one wants money up front, on your card, before you have run a single mile. Drivers have lost around $1,700 this way — for nothing. Here are the three tells.

Tell 1: money up front, on a card

The pattern drivers report, in their own words: "Never give a dispatcher your credit card or bank account. You will get scammed." The fake offer is a flat fee — $400 a week is the number drivers name — charged to your card, with a cancel rule written to keep charging. Real dispatch does not work like this. Real dispatch gets paid when you get paid.

Tell 2: a fee that is not a percent of work you ran

Real dispatch costs about 5 to 10 percent of the load pay. One real service charges 8 percent of the load, plus $25 a week. Another charges 10 percent of the load. High or low, the shape is the same: no load, no fee. The moment the fee runs whether you work or not, you are the product.

Tell 3: "guaranteed loads"

Nobody can guarantee loads. Freight moves when it moves. The groups and ads that promise guaranteed work to cargo van drivers are the fastest scam channel drivers report. A promise that strong is the tell itself.

The way around all of it

A dispatcher is a middle man standing between you and the companies. The companies' doors are findable. A driver with the company's name, the right person, and the right words can knock himself — and keep the 5 to 10 percent. That is what this book is for, and members get the exact call and email scripts free with their access.