The Better Business Bureau said people reported losing $730,000 to moving scams in 2021. It’s a 216% increase in monetary losses compared to 2020.
BOISE, Idaho — With the month of May known as one of the busiest moving seasons of the year, it is celebrated as National Moving Month. To help keep people and their finances safe, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning people of rising moving scams.
BBB Communications Manager Rebecca Barr said nearly 1,100 complaints were filed with the BBB against moving companies around the U.S. in 2021. Barr added people reported more than $730,000 lost to moving scams to BBB Scam Tracker. It’s a 216% increase in monetary losses compared to 2020.
Stefanie Salem of Boise is one of those who got in contact with the BBB to share what she calls, “a moving nightmare.”
“It’s changed my outlook on moving companies,” Salem said. “I mean, I always see the best in people but the moving company definitely knew what they were doing.”
Salem said the pandemic changed her whole life. She started working from home and thought she could do that from anywhere. That’s when she and her family moved from Orange County, Calif., to Boise in March 2021.
However, the road to get to Idaho was not easy.
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