When someone goes through the exciting process of buying a new home, one of the final steps to completing the move is to officially change your address. Now, after going through such an extensive home buying process, many people will quickly try and get the change of address done by going to the internet and searching what they should be doing. BE CAREFUL! There are scamming companies out there right now who will charge you anywhere around $17-$24 to process this request. Your local United States Post Office will process this request for $1, and if you have the time to stop by the post office they will process your change of address for no charge.
"Some people report they are charged a dollar at first [on these other sites], but then a short time later, there's another charge for additional services they did not knowingly purchase," says Miranda Perry with Scambook.com
There seems to be one site in particular that is drawing a lot of attention for this scam. There have been approximately 150 customer complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau about: Change-My-Address.com. This site advertises, “USPS(R) Change of Address Form. Fast & Secure Mail Forwarding.” Although a spokesperson for this company has come out and said that they state in several places on the website they are not affiliated with USPS, why go through all this hassle. Please save yourself any trouble and simply visit the USPS Website (CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL USPS "CHANGE OF ADDRESS" REQUEST FORM). Once you go there you can submit your request for $1 or to save any cost at all just visit your United States Post Office and fill out the change of address request free of charge.
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