Is this moving company legit?

Paste a mover's quote, emails or website text; get FMCSA red flags and what to verify before you book.

What it does

Buying, selling or renting, almost every move ends with hiring movers. Before you pay a deposit, paste the mover's quote, emails or website text into any chat AI. It checks them against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's moving-fraud red flags (an estimate given sight unseen, no written estimate, cash or a big deposit up front, blank papers to sign, no address or registration info, "Movers" instead of a company name on the phone) and gives you FMCSA's steps to check them out, including looking up an interstate mover's USDOT number at protectyourmove.gov.

Copy-paste prompt

No bot needed: paste this into Grok, ChatGPT, or Claude.

I'm thinking about hiring this moving company. Here's what I have:
[paste the quote, emails, texts or website text]
My move: [local, within my state / to another state], about [size, e.g. 2-bedroom apartment], around [date].

Please:
1. Check it against FMCSA's moving fraud red flags: estimate over the phone or online without seeing my things, no written estimate or "we'll price it after loading," cash or a large deposit before the move, asking me to sign blank documents, no copy of the "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move" booklet (for interstate moves), no local address or registration/insurance info, or claims that everything is covered by their insurance.
2. List each red flag you find and quote the part that raised it.
3. Give me FMCSA's steps: get written estimates from several movers based on an in-person look at my things; for an interstate move, look up their USDOT number and complaint history at protectyourmove.gov; check whether they're the actual mover or a broker; for a move within my state, check with my state or local consumer affairs office.
4. Remind me: on moving day, the company name and USDOT number on the truck should match the paperwork.
5. Give a plain verdict: looks OK so far, be careful, or walk away.

Don't tell me to click links in their messages. You're a checklist helper, not a lawyer.