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Is Redline Fleet Disposal a scam?

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Verdict

Do not send money.

Multiple objective indicators and reported payments, with verification still running. No safe way to transact.

Buyers paid
$61,800
Buyers on record
3
Domain age
6 months
Company
Redline Fleet Disposal
Address
Lists an industrial unit outside Joliet, Illinois that is a shared mail and virtual office address
Phone
(630) 555-0198 (answered during business hours)
High RiskOpened Jul 8, 2026Updated 13 days ago

Redline Fleet Disposal advertises Freightliner and Peterbilt sleeper tractors as a leasing company's end-of-term disposal, at prices 35 to 40 per cent below comparable fleet sales. The DOT and MC numbers printed on its paperwork belong to a working carrier in another state that has no connection to it. Three owner-operators report paying deposits totalling $61,800, none of which produced a truck. Verification is still running and no criminal finding has been made, but there is currently no safe way to transact with this seller.

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Machines advertised

Asking prices against real market value for the same year, hours, and specification

MachineAskingMarketUnder

2021 Freightliner Cascadia 126, 410,000 miles, DD15, 12-speed automated

Photos taken from Photo set matches a live listing on a national truck sales platform

$58,000$94,00038%

2020 Peterbilt 579, 498,000 miles, PACCAR MX-13

$54,500$86,00037%

2019 International LT625, 522,000 miles, A26

$39,000$61,50037%

A machine priced this far under the market is not a bargain, an estate sale, or a liquidation. It is the mechanism that gets a deposit sent before anyone drives out to look.

Red flags

Objective, checkable findings behind this verdict

  • DOT and MC numbers on the paperwork belong to an unrelated carrier in another state
  • The insurer named on the certificate of insurance has no record of the policy number
  • Deposits are requested before a VIN is released, and the VIN is withheld until payment clears
  • Buyers are asked to split payments into transfers under $2,500 to avoid bank review
  • The Joliet address is a virtual office with no yard, no parking, and no directory listing
  • Domain registered March 2026 while the site describes a fifteen-year leasing operation
  • Bank beneficiary is a Florida LLC with no filed link to any Illinois entity

How the deal ran

What happened, in order

  1. Mar 22, 2026

    Domain registered

    Privacy-shielded, cloud VPS hosting.

  2. Apr 30, 2026

    Listings appear

    Nineteen sleeper tractors published, photographs traceable to two national platforms.

  3. Jun 2, 2026

    First reported deposit

    $18,500 wired to hold a 2021 Cascadia before a VIN had been released.

  4. Jul 8, 2026

    First report filed

    Filed after the carrier behind the printed DOT number denied any connection.

  5. Aug 19, 2026

    Insurer responds

    The insurer named on the certificate confirmed it does not recognise the policy number.

  6. Sep 12, 2026

    Still live

    Site reachable, phone answered, and deposits still being quoted at the last check.

Buyers who paid

First-hand accounts from people who sent money. Names are shortened at the reporter's request.

Andre

Illinois

$18,500

Had a dedicated lane starting in three weeks and needed a truck fast. The price was below anything he had seen, explained as an end-of-term lease disposal where the residual had already been written down. He asked for the VIN and was told it would be released once the deposit secured the unit, which he accepted because the paperwork carried a DOT number, an MC number, and a certificate of insurance. He wired $18,500. The delivery date moved twice, then a $6,000 title expedite fee was requested. He called the carrier whose DOT number was on the invoice and they had never heard of Redline.

Machine
2021 Freightliner Cascadia 126
Paid by
Wire transfer
Date paid
Jun 2, 2026

K.O.

Georgia

$24,300

Was told the wire desk was down for maintenance and asked to send the deposit by Zelle in increments under $2,500 across two days. His bank later told him that pattern is a common way to stay below the thresholds that trigger a manual review.

Machine
2020 Peterbilt 579
Paid by
Zelle, eleven transfers
Date paid
Jul 15, 2026

Devon

Ohio

$19,000

Completed an ACH authorisation form on the website rather than sending a wire. The debit posted the same day to a Florida LLC. The truck was never assigned a VIN and no bill of sale was ever issued in his name.

Machine
2019 International LT625
Paid by
ACH authorisation
Date paid
Aug 3, 2026

What we checked

Each check, and what it returned

  • Carrier register check

    other

    The DOT number printed on invoices is registered to an operating carrier in Arkansas under a different legal name and address. The MC number does not appear alongside it.

  • Insurance verification

    other

    The insurer named on the certificate of insurance confirmed on 19 August 2026 that it holds no policy under that number.

  • Premises check

    premises

    The Joliet industrial address is a virtual office suite with mail handling and hourly meeting rooms. No yard, no parking, no directory entry.

  • Domain registration

    whois

    Registered 22 March 2026 behind privacy shielding, against a claimed fifteen-year operating history.

  • Reverse image search

    inventory

    At least eleven of nineteen truck photo sets resolve to live listings held by other sellers.

  • Payment structuring

    payment

    One buyer was instructed to send eleven Zelle transfers under $2,500 rather than a single payment, defeating the bank's review threshold.

Everything this seller used

Names, numbers, and accounts on record. Search any of them before you deal with a new site.

Website

  • redline-fleet-disposal.example.com

Trading name

  • Redline Fleet Disposal

Other names used

  • Redline Fleet Services
  • Redline Asset Disposal Group

Salespeople & handles

  • 'Vince Carrillo', fleet sales
  • 'Redline Titles Department', a single shared mailbox

Phone numbers

  • (630) 555-0198 (answered during business hours)

Email addresses

  • fleet@redline-fleet-disposal.example.com
  • titles@redline-fleet-disposal.example.com

Yard addresses claimed

  • Lists an industrial unit outside Joliet, Illinois that is a shared mail and virtual office address

Escrow & transport firms

  • Offers to hold deposits 'in the title office' until the title transfer clears — there is no title office

Licences & numbers claimed

  • Prints a DOT number registered to an operating carrier in Arkansas with a different legal name and address
  • Prints an MC number that does not appear alongside that DOT number in the federal register
  • Supplies a certificate of insurance the named insurer does not recognise

Where it was advertised

  • Truck sales classifieds
  • Cold calls to owner-operators listed in carrier directories
  • Sponsored posts in trucking groups

Payment routes demanded

  • Wire transfer to a business account in a different name
  • Zelle, split into transfers under $2,500
  • ACH authorisation collected by web form

Bank beneficiaries (masked)

  • RFD Logistics Group LLC · Commercial bank, Florida · ••••5514 · US

Crypto wallets

None on record

Real dealers copied

  • Truck photographs taken from two national truck sales platforms
  • A certificate of insurance reproducing a real insurer's template, with a policy number that insurer does not recognise

Related domains

  • redline-asset-disposal.example.com

Bank and card numbers are published in masked form only. Full details are retained for law enforcement requests and are not disclosed publicly.

Is Redline Fleet Disposal legit? Questions buyers ask

Answered from this record, in the words people type before they pay

Is Redline Fleet Disposal a scam or a legitimate dealer?

Do not send money. Redline Fleet Disposal, trading at redline-fleet-disposal.example.com, is recorded by Equipment Scam Report as high risk. Multiple objective indicators and reported payments, with verification still running. No safe way to transact. Redline Fleet Disposal advertises Freightliner and Peterbilt sleeper tractors as a leasing company's end-of-term disposal, at prices 35 to 40 per cent below comparable fleet sales. The DOT and MC numbers printed on its paperwork belong to a working carrier in another state that has no connection to it. Three owner-operators report paying deposits totalling $61,800, none of which produced a truck. Verification is still running and no criminal finding has been made, but there is currently no safe way to transact with this seller. This report was first published Jul 8, 2026 and last updated Sep 5, 2026.

How much money have buyers lost to Redline Fleet Disposal?

$61,800 across 3 buyers who supplied payment evidence. The real figure is higher. Deposits on machinery are large enough to hurt and small enough that most people write them off rather than report them.

When was redline-fleet-disposal.example.com registered?

The domain was registered Mar 22, 2026 through Privacy-shielded registrar, making it about 6 months old. A real commercial truck dealer carrying the inventory this site advertises has a trading history, a licence, and a domain far older than that. Registration date alone is usually the fastest single check you can run.

What other websites are linked to Redline Fleet Disposal?

Related domains on record: redline-asset-disposal.example.com. The same photographs, price lists, and bank details reappear on a new domain within weeks, so check any new site against the identifiers in this report before you deal with it.

Does Redline Fleet Disposal have a real yard?

The addresses given to buyers were Lists an industrial unit outside Joliet, Illinois that is a shared mail and virtual office address. The Joliet address is a virtual office suite providing mail handling and hourly meeting rooms. No truck yard, no parking, and no tenant of this name on the building directory.

Is the escrow company Redline Fleet Disposal uses real?

Buyers were routed to Offers to hold deposits 'in the title office' until the title transfer clears — there is no title office. None of these were introduced by the buyer, and that is the point: an escrow, transport, or inspection company chosen by the seller belongs to the seller. A genuine escrow agent is licensed in its state, listed in that state's register, and is one you found and appointed yourself.

How did Redline Fleet Disposal ask buyers to pay?

Payment routes on record: Wire transfer to a business account in a different name, Zelle, split into transfers under $2,500, ACH authorisation collected by web form. Beneficiaries reported (masked): RFD Logistics Group LLC at Commercial bank, Florida. A beneficiary name that does not match the dealership on the invoice is one of the strongest single indicators of fraud in this trade.

Can I get my money back after paying Redline Fleet Disposal?

It depends almost entirely on speed and route. A wire can sometimes be recalled if you telephone your bank the same day. Zelle, Cash App, and cryptocurrency have no reversal mechanism at all. A card or PayPal goods-and-services payment can be disputed. Call the bank first, file with IC3 and your state attorney general second, and refuse every recovery agent who contacts you afterwards — charging an upfront fee to recover money from a scam is itself a documented scam that targets people already on victim lists.

If you already sent money

The payment route first, the paperwork second

  1. Call your bank now and ask for a wire recall. Do it by phone, not through the app. A wire can sometimes be pulled back the same day and almost never after that.
  2. Send nothing more. Transport bonds, insurance deposits, inspection fees, and customs charges are the same scheme continuing, not a way to release the machine.
  3. Save everything before it disappears. Screenshot the listing, the site, the invoice, and the full message history, and keep the wire receipt.
  4. File with IC3 and your state attorney general, then refuse every recovery agent who contacts you afterwards. They found you because you were reported.
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