Two Hoboken moving company owners reported yesterday that a company is advertising using their names but using their own phone number to directly receive the calls, police said.
The owner of Tommy's Moving said he found out after speaking to a customer who complained about her service and realizing that he had never spoken to her before, reports said. She told him she called his company's "other" number - a phone number he didn't recognize, reports said.
He searched for "Hoboken moving company" on Google and found a company that had been using his company's name since at least May, reports said. He called the number listed on the site and arranged for the movers to come to his Willow Avenue home, where he took pictures of the company's truck, which bore a Brooklyn address, reports said. The movers sped away in their truck when the Hobokenite tried confronting them, reports said.
The Willow Avenue resident also called the owner of L & L Movers after seeing that the company was also using the name of the Wharton man's company, reports said.
The L & L Movers owner investigated and found a company called Diamond Van Lines had been using his name, reports said. When he called a number listed for the company, he confronted a man who answered, reports said. The man on the phone accused the business owner of ""stepping" on him and hung up, reports said.
Both men have spoken with an investigator for Consumer Services and plan to pursue the matter criminally, police said.
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