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I am surprised that logistics security is lax enough to allow for (what sounds like) simple impersonation scams to work. Even before food prices went up, these

by fwlr 4y ago

I am surprised that logistics security is lax enough to allow for (what sounds like) simple impersonation scams to work. Even before food prices went up, these containers must have been worth at least $50k, I honestly would have expected fairly thorough identity checks before handing it over. Perhaps the impersonation is not as simple as the article leads one to believe, though.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
Living in a high trust society is nice, and results in lower costs, money-wise and mentally. Too bad it is a fragile sentiment that is difficult to repair.
- acuozzo 4y ago
  > Too bad it is a fragile sentiment that is difficult to repair. Too many people have a hard time meeting their material needs which creates demand for crimes like this. A prerequisite for a high trust society is that it must be one in which very few (if any!) of its members are in a position in which they don't know where their next meal is coming from. Look at Jack London's struggle to find a meal in "On The Road" for an emblematic example and know now that US citizens are far less trusting of one another now than they were then.
UncleEntity 4y ago
I drive a truck. Most of the time all you need is the pickup number and they’ll either fill up the trailer or give you the paperwork for a preloaded one. Certain shippers just have loaded trailers sitting in a lot and you go grab the bills out of a dropbox and take off with a trailer without dealing with anyone — had someone take my load out of one of those once but, luckily, it was someone from the same company and both loads had the same second stop so it got straightened out before they made it hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. Still a stupid thing to do because they took the wrong bills too and they specifically ask you to read the destination address off the bills when you do a loaded call. Some places ask to see your drivers license, kind of rare though.

by fwlr 4y ago

lotsofpulp 4y ago

Living in a high trust society is nice, and results in lower costs, money-wise and mentally. Too bad it is a fragile sentiment that is difficult to repair.

acuozzo 4y ago
> Too bad it is a fragile sentiment that is difficult to repair. Too many people have a hard time meeting their material needs which creates demand for crimes like this. A prerequisite for a high trust society is that it must be one in which very few (if any!) of its members are in a position in which they don't know where their next meal is coming from. Look at Jack London's struggle to find a meal in "On The Road" for an emblematic example and know now that US citizens are far less trusting of one another now than they were then.

UncleEntity 4y ago

I drive a truck. Most of the time all you need is the pickup number and they’ll either fill up the trailer or give you the paperwork for a preloaded one. Certain shippers just have loaded trailers sitting in a lot and you go grab the bills out of a dropbox and take off with a trailer without dealing with anyone — had someone take my load out of one of those once but, luckily, it was someone from the same company and both loads had the same second stop so it got straightened out before they made it hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. Still a stupid thing to do because they took the wrong bills too and they specifically ask you to read the destination address off the bills when you do a loaded call. Some places ask to see your drivers license, kind of rare though.