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Archives for the ‘Scammers’ Category

FMCSA closes loophole; tightens noose on rogue movers

By • Jul 2nd, 2012 • Category: Consumer Help, Consumer Protection, FMCSA, Scammers

Recently the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule that strengthens protections for consumers moving their personal property across state lines. Under the new rule, if a household goods moving company and a consumer negotiate a revised written cost estimate for the move, all additional goods or services [...]


Senate relies on industry pros to rout out rogue movers

By • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Consumer Help, Consumer Protection, FMCSA, Hostage Load, MovingScams, Scammers

As part of an ongoing investigation, the staff at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation recently invited representatives of the International Association of Movers (IAM) to join them to answer questions regarding their official inquiry.  IAM is a global association of movers and forwarders based in the shadows of Capitol Hill. The [...]


FMCSA issues new guidance to movers

By • Aug 14th, 2011 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, FMCSA, Rogue Mover, Scammers

On Friday, August 12, 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued regulatory guidance to clarify the appropriate and intended use of blank or incomplete documents under 49 CFR 375.501(d) – Must I write up an order for service? Carriers may require shippers to sign incomplete, but not blank, documents so long as the [...]


Atlas Van Lines rescues customer from copykat scammers

By • Apr 1st, 2010 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, Rogue, Scammers

  In today's highly competitive economy, it seems none of the major van lines are safe from having their brand name sullied by the unscrupulous rogue movers intent on scamming customers by adopting their professional identities. In the latest incident, a customer in Utah arranged her move to the east coast using an internet broker. [...]


“Cagier Cons”

By • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: Hostage Load, Media Channels, MOVE MANAGEMENT, MoveRescue, MovingScams, Protect Your Move, Rogue, Scam, Scammers

In keeping with her goal of making Reader’s Digest a more useful media channel to help “average people getting by”, Mary Berner, the magazines new CEO, is changing the look, feel and content of the “stodgiest of media companies”.    Recently the popular family magazine took aim at the moving industry with a piece entitled [...]