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Fake Business Compliance Letter Scam Reports & Reviews (451)

- Gastonia, NC, USA

Recently opened an LLC and this company is acting as the government to get money from new business owners. Form 5102 “Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting.” Says I need to complete the form and mail a check or money order to “annual records service.”

- Chickasha, OK, USA

A threat on the enclosed form with an immediate due date or face severe consequences of fines and jail time

- Surprise, AZ, USA

Mailer asking to fill out what looks to be an official government form 5102 and to send a check for $119 payable to "Annual Records Service"

- Leesville, TX, USA

Form 5102 Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting form. States:

Complete the form below and return. Make check or money order payable to Annual Records Service.

Return envelope included. Your signature on this form is your acceptance for the Annual Records Service to act as your paid preparer to file this BOS on your behalf.

- Rouses Point, NY, USA

Received mail to my business which is only 6 weeks old. Received in Virtual Mail via Earth Class Mail (owned by LegalZoom). Only contents in envelope is a "FORM 5102" asking for check or money order to be sent to ANNUAL RECORDS SERVICE, 1030 15TH ST NW #366, WASHINGTON, D.C., 20005-1503. I google Annual Records Service and the ScamPulse.com Scam Tracker with this company was the top result. They are asking for "Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting" which I had already filed before the end of 2024 with the legitimate government website before they "extended" its mandatory status indefinitely a couple weeks ago.

- Oxnard, CA, USA

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1979 handbook and violations of OSHA, fines and penalties.

- Livingston, MT, USA

Received a letter in the mail stating I needed to fill out Form 5102, Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting with filing fee of $119. I never heard of this before so a looked it up on the internet finding that it is a scam. I am wondering if the mailing address can be investigated to stop this scam in the future.

- Columbus, OH, USA

A form came on Jan 10, 2025 claiming I needed to respond by Jan 9 with a filing fee of 119.00. If I neglected to, I would be fined 500.00 per day. I would be fined 10,000 and or face up to 2 years imprisonment.

- Arlington, WA, USA

Impersonated an official Beneficial Ownership Reporting business. Purported to be a filing service to provide BOI on company behalf. Letter contains threats of fines, or jail time for non-compliance.

- Salina, KS, USA

Form 5102 Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting notice that came after the due date on the statement. Severe penalties of 500.00/day late fee and/or jail with an additional 10,000 fine if continued non-compliance. Looks legitimate and had me worried but decided to look it up with all of the scams circulating.

- Leland, NC, USA

The phone number I listed is mine. The paperwork mailed did not include a phone number or email address. This is the 4th notice all from UPS but from different box #numbere and different addresses. This needs to stop. If it wasn’t my attorney warning this would happen I would have paid

- Lubbock, TX, USA

We received a fake form 5102 attempting to collect $119.99. The mail was sent after the "URGENT RESPOND BY DATE" of 12/26/2024 in an attempt to rush us to pay fees for a "Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting" for our organization. This was almost sent for payment; however, our legal department caught it and investigated.

- Hartville, OH, USA

Received blank form 5102 (also stated Form 4022) and titled Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting. This form requested company and beneficial owner information to be filled out then mailed with a check or money order payable to Annual Records Service for $119 to Annual Records Service at 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington DC 20005-1503. It also lists penalties for noncompliance as civil penalties of up to $500 for each day of violation, fine up to $10,000 and or up to 2years of imprisonment.

- Cumming, GA, USA

It has form that says 5102: Mandatory beneficial ownership reporting.. It says you just pay or risk penalties for non compliance

- Jamaica Plain, MA, USA

Requested that we pay money for Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting form.

- Round Rock, TX, USA

Form 5102 looking like an official IRS form and requesting money and business ownership details.

- Lilburn, GA, USA

They send me a form 5102, top left corner. It asks for Beneficial Owners information such as full name, address, EIN #, phone, email, and company title. What scares me is when they have this warning:

PENALTIES FOR NON COMPLICANCE:

Companies who willfully provide false information or neglect to report by the filing deadline can face a civil penalties 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 and/or face up to 2 years of imprisonment.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Letter received in the mail that included our business name and address.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

Sent a blank Form 5102 and requested a $119 filing fee

- Westport, CT, USA

Formed a new LLC recently. This scam mailer has an official looking form (“Form 5102”…the formatting is quite good) that cites that all new US businesses must report the beneficial owner or else face penalties (which is true). The form has a $119 filing fee, check payable to the Annual Records Service, located in Washington, DC. My lawyer already filed this information, so the scammer is just using the publicly available name and mailing address of my LLC to attempt to get me to pay a filing fee again. DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SCAM. Just throw it in the trash or recycling bin along with your other junk mail.

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