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title: "Rate confirmation"
url: https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/rate-confirmation
description: "A rate confirmation is the broker's load agreement sent to a carrier, setting the agreed rate, pickup and delivery details, accessorials and payment terms for a single load."
---

# Rate confirmation

**Definition:** A rate confirmation is the broker's load agreement sent to a carrier, setting the agreed rate, pickup and delivery details, accessorials and payment terms for a single load.

Also called: Rate con, Load confirmation, Carrier confirmation. Category: FMCSA & freight.

The rate con names the broker and carrier with their MC numbers, the load and reference numbers, pickup and delivery windows, the line-haul rate, accessorials such as detention or lumper reimbursement, and payment terms, sometimes including quick pay options. The carrier signs and returns it before the load moves.

For a factor, the rate con is the evidence of what the debtor owes. It is also the easiest document to forge: amounts get inflated, loads get invented, and broker letterhead gets copied onto a [lookalike domain](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/lookalike-domain). Because [fuel advances](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/fuel-advance) are often funded on a rate con alone, a fake one costs money fast.

> **Red flag: Red flags** A broker contact email that doesn't match the broker's real domain. A rate well above what the client usually earns on that lane. A carrier name or MC that doesn't match your client. Edited fields, inconsistent fonts, or a PDF whose metadata shows it was modified after the broker sent it.

Confirm the load and rate with the broker using contact details from your own records, and compare the rate con with the [bill of lading](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/bill-of-lading) and POD. See [fake rate confirmations, BOLs and PODs](https://carrierkyc.com/guides/fake-rate-confirmations-bols-pods).

## Related

- [Fake rate confirmations, BOLs and PODs: how factors catch them](https://carrierkyc.com/guides/fake-rate-confirmations-bols-pods)
- [Bill of lading (BOL)](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/bill-of-lading)
- [Fuel advance](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/fuel-advance)
- [Verification call](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/verification-call)
- [Broker impersonation](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/broker-impersonation)