Every moving scam leaves fingerprints in public records. Here is the five-minute routine that finds them.
Type the company name or USDOT number. You get license status, broker or carrier, fleet size and four years of federal complaints in one card.
Every legal interstate mover must print a USDOT number on quotes and websites. No number, no deal. A number that belongs to a different company name is an even bigger red flag.
A company quoting nationwide next-day pickups with 2 registered trucks is not doing that work itself. Fleet size is in the report.
Ten "loss and damage" complaints at a huge carrier is normal friction. Two "hostage goods" complaints anywhere is a walk-away sign. Categories tell you how a company fails.
Binding means the price is the price. Non-binding means delivery-day charges are capped at 110% of the estimate. Verbal quotes mean nothing.