Scam Check by BE Logistics

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Check before you pay.

Scammers now use AI-made photos of trucks and loads, fake permits and borrowed company names to take deposits. Scam Check will let you upload a photo, permit or phone number and see what checks out. Until it opens, these five steps help protect you.

  1. Run the photo through Gemini

    Save the photo from the chat, open the free Gemini app or gemini.google.com, attach it and ask: Was this created with Google AI? Yes means the photo was made or edited with AI. No only means Google's AI wasn't used, so keep going.

  2. Look closely yourself

    Zoom in on the number plate, brand names, mudflaps and door stickers. Garbled or misspelt letters are a giveaway. If you got several photos of the same truck, the wheels and axles must match in each.

  3. Ask for a live video call

    Ask them to walk around the truck on a live video call and show the number plate up close. A photo with today's date written on paper is not enough any more: AI can fake that too.

  4. Check the papers

    Ask for the vehicle's registration certificate or licence disc, and the permits for the load. The plate must match the truck on the call, and the owner must match the business you are paying.

  5. Protect your money

    Pay no deposit until the call and the papers match. Pay only into an account in the same business name. If they refuse a call or papers, or rush you, walk away.

A real example

Two photos of a loaded charcoal truck, sent as proof, both carried Google's hidden AI watermark. One showed a mudflap reading "VGEKO" instead of a brand name, and a different number of axles from the other.