Rule #1 if you live in the NY/NJ area:
Avoid all Russians. Period.
If you have to, hire your own truck and go down to where the Spanish-speakers hang around waiting for day-jobs.
Or don’t move.
But do not — repeat NOT — ever deal with anyone with a Russian accent (or even the HINT of a Russian accent) on a moving job.
They are THIEVES.
I know of someone who moved from Michigan to Oregon and ended up finding out the movers were scammers. They held all her things in a secret place so they could get more money. I got in touch with my friend in Michigan who is a PI and he was able to track down her things and get them back to her. He tricked the scammer guy into fedexing the key to her belongings so my friend could take pics of her belongings and reassure her these are hers (LOL!!) before she paid more money that he was asking for. Once the guy sent the key, my investigator friend sent him a link to this:
Who is Yosef Ashdot, aka- Joseph Ashdot, Accurate Movers & Josh Avramovich of Reliance Relocation?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2FySLMxNc