There are many types of scams you can come across when moving, the most common form of scam starts with the potential customer contacting a shipping company and asking for an estimated fee for the action. These carriers can sometimes bid very low for the work to be done, but fraudulent carriers may change their initial bid for the customer to move the goods during the move. The new price may be four or five times higher than the original quote. Fraudsters act knowing that victims will have to pay these high amounts in line with their needs for their personal belongings.