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Fake Business Compliance Letter Scam

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- Fort Worth, TX, USA

I recently registered a business in Texas. I received a letter by mail with no website or phone details or anyway to contact someone. It appeared to be a Form 5102. It claimed I needed complete the "Mandatory Beneficial Owner Reporting" form and include payment of a filing fee of $119 payable to Annual Records Service at 1030 15th ST NW #366 Washington DC 20005-1503. It included the name of my company and the address at which it is registered. There was nothing on it indicated any part of the government or agency which might have sent the form and there was not letter in addition to the form. There was an included return envelop but with no prepaid postage.

- Excelsior, MN, USA

Official looking form 5102 Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting. “Pursuant to the United States corporate transparency act enacted by congress.”

“Penalties for non compliance: $500 each day …fined up to $10,000 and /or face 2 years imprisonment”

- Littleton, CO, USA

Its saying if I dont fill this mandatory beneficial ownership reporting form 5102 annual records service 438790 and mail a check or money order for $119.00 by 2/20 today is 2/18 I will be held accountable for non compliance at $500 a day until I comply or $10,000 and 2 years imprisonment

- Smyrna, GA, USA

Received a form via US postal mail on 2/18/2025 labeled as Form 5102 Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting. It looks very much like an IRS form, stating a filing fee of $119 was due by 2/20/2025. Has statements referencing The United States Corporate Transparency Act, Penalties for noncompliance, and perjury. Requests names, addresses, EIN. The very bottom line, in tiny print states "Your signature is your acceptance for The Annual Records Service to act as your paid preparer to file this BOI on your behalf." Most would never see this disclaimer.

- Saint Paul, MN, USA

Form 5103 sent in mail to Michael Recycle LLC asking to send a check or money order for $119 to Annual Records Service

- Austin, TX, USA

01/15/2025, Received form 5102 - Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting from Annual Records Service, 1030 15th St. NW #366, Washington DC 2005-1503 requesting filing fee of $119 expected to respond by 02/06/2025 using check or money order payable to Annual Records Service. The form is official looking with statements of "Pursuant to the United States Corporate Transparency Act Enacted by Congress..." and sectioned in two parts. At the bottom of the form, there is bar code labeled for Internal Use Only (I did not test it). Also a penalties of perjury statement at the bottom of form. The form looks legitimate.

- Huntsville, AL, USA

The letter sent to me indicates that "US Businesses are required to report their beneficial ownership information". The filing fee is $119.00, and the form is marked 5102.

- Nelsonville, OH, USA

We recently created an LLC and the scammer mailed us a letter addressed to our LLC and registered address with "Form 5102 Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting"

- Greenbelt, MD, USA

This is not a real company; they are posing to be a government company. I changed my card, and they still took money from my new card.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Ask for a check or money order payable to Annual Records Service for Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting.

- Baltimore, MD, USA

Almost immediately after I started my business, Annual Records Service sent me an alleged 5102 reporting form titled Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting claiming I needed to send $119 within a few days or would be faced with a civil penalty of $500/day, $10K in fines, and two years imprisonment. Signature of the form meant acceptance that the fake company Annual Records Service would act as the paid preparer to file the form.

- Berthoud, CO, USA

Received letter through postal service with blank form 5102 Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting from Annual Records Service. Party requesting form to be completed and a check or money order payable to Annual Records Service in the amount of $119.00. Envelope provided with the following address to be mailed: 1030 15th Street NW #366, Washington, DC 20005-1503. No address indicated on the form to send the payment, however. Disclaimer has a fulfillment date for filing and failure to remit payment can result in civil penalties of up to $500 for each day the violation continues or has not been remedied, which could increase to $10,0000 and/or 2 years of imprisonment.

- Boulder, CO, USA

Simply go to the postal address and arrest anyone with that P.O. Box - I'd gladly upload an image of this to prove this but apparently this is already well known, so why haven't they been arrested?

- Austin, TX, USA

Pretends to be official mail from a federal government agency called “Annual Records Service” demanding completion of a form titled “Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting” and marked “Form 5102”, and demanding payment of a filing fee. Includes a summary of a law regarding beneficial ownership reporting and of the penalties for non-compliance.

- Lebanon, PA, USA

I got a letter in the mail asking me to send credit card info to acquire a required “labor law poster” for my small business for $108. It says I can get fined up to $7,000 for not having this poster, and when I look up the address of the business it is just a strip mall. There’s no phone number for the business provided either which I think is odd.

- Austin, TX, USA

The document this company sent appears to be from the government stating the this form needs to be sent in by 1/30/2025 which is the date I received it. I am aware that a BOIR needed to be sent in and I may have attempted to send it through this company, but I already did it online so I knew something in g was incorrect.

This “company” searches for public companies who have just started and need to file a BOIR. They then send an official looking document stating they must submit this document with payment before a quickly approaching date. THERE IS NO FEE IF YOU DO THIS YOURSELF. There are so many companies looking to trick you into into using them to submit the paper work.

- Smithfield, NC, USA

Received. A form 5102 in the mail that looks like an official form requesting $119. The forms title is mandatory beneficial ownership reporting with my reporting entity, business name and address. The form also says pursuant to the United States corporate transparency act enacted by Congress, us businesses are required to report their beneficial ownership information. A reporting company is any corporation limited liability company or any other entities created by filing of a document with the Secretary of state or similar office in the United States. A beneficial owner is an individual who either directly or indirectly or exercises substantial control over the reporting company or owns or controls at least 25% of the reporting companies. Ownership interest except entities, inactive entities, dissolved entities, non-profits, penalties for non-compliance companies who willfully provide false information or neglect to report by filing deadline can face a civil penalty of up to $500 for each day that the violation continues or has not been remedied. In addition, they can be fined up to $10,000 or face up to 2 years imprisonment. Then there is the form to fill out that includes all of the business information including the EIN number, a signature, a date, and then the filing fee. A request checks or money orders be made payable to annual records service.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

Attempts to appear as an official service for registering BOI information with FinCEN.

- Baxley, GA, USA

I received a form in the mail titled Form 5102 from ANNUAL RECORDS SERVICE. After close examination I realized it to be a potential scam and after further research I concluded that my suspicion was correct. I advise everyone to go directly to their Sec. of State website to pay any required fees associated with their business.

- San Pedro, CA, USA

I received Form 5102 in the mail from the Annual Records Service requesting $119 to file the Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting form. There was no number or website so I decided to look online to see if this was legitimate and it is not. The form asks for a check or money order to be mailed to Annual Records Service, 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington DC 20005.

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