Moving Scam - How To Protect Yourself

How To Protect Yourself

There are ways that you can protect yourself. If you follow these rules you will greatly reduce the possibility that you will be scammed.

1. Never pay any deposit.

Most reputable will not ask for you to pay a deposit up front. All charge will be due prior to unloading either by certified check, money order, cash or if arrangements have been made to pay by credit card. Reputable companies do not tack on additional percentages for credit card use. (Scammers will)

2. Never hire a mover who has not been to your home to give you an in home estimate.

Most scammers will tell you it is not necessary. You are the one who has to opt not to have one. This is the scammers protection.

3. Always get an estimate based on weight. Scammers will use Cubic Feet. Most

companies figure 7 lbs for each cubic foot. You always have the "RIGHT" to have a reweigh at a certified scale close to you. At no additional cost to you.

4. Always check out the mover at one of the consumer sites below and at

http://www.protectyourmove.gov.

5. If you are a victim of a scam or deceptive business practices, please file a

complaint at Protectyourmove.gov and also at the Attorney General office of the States involved in the move and also the Attorney General of the State where the Company is based out of.

It is up to you to make the difference for others not to be scammed. The federal government only has 10 Household Goods Investigators across the nation.