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- Houston, TX, USA
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Received a Form 5102 (Rev December 2023) Annual Records Services) Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting. It read: Pursuant TO THE UNITED STATES TRANSPARENCY ACT, ENACTED BY CONGRESS US Business as required to report their beneficial ownership information. A reporting company is any corporation, limited liability company, or any other entites created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or any similar office in the United States. A beneficial owner is an individual who either directly or indirectly (1) exercises substantial control over the reporting company (President, CEO, COO, CFO, etc.) or (2) owns or control at least 25% of the reporting company's ownership interests. Exempt Entities: Inactive Entity, Dissolved Entity, 501(c)3 Non Profit. Penalties for Non Compliances: 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 year of imprisonment.

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- Lenexa, KS, USA
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Official looking form 5102

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- Bowling Green, FL, USA
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Titled "Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting". Top of the page shows Form 5102 but Form 4022 at the bottom. The instructions begin with, "PURSUANT TO THE UNITED STATES CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT, ENACTED BY CONGRESS. US Businesses are required to report their beneficial ownership information." Requested a filing fee of $119 in the form of check or money order, along with the completed form. The formatting, along with some of the dates being cut off or converted to scientific notation, suggest that this form was created in Microsoft Excel. No phone number or website is shown on the form. Also contains a pre-addressed envelope to the Annual Records Service.

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- Lebanon, NJ, USA
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Received Form 5102 in the mail -- looks like an official document, but it's missing official seals, phone number or contact information which is what made me question it.

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- New Canaan, CT, USA
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Mail - fake tax form

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- Wilmington, NC, USA
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Letter stating that an incorrect business code was used to describe my primary business activity

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- Boone, NC, USA
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Scammer attempted to use "Penalties for Non Compliance" as a method for threatening non payment. Letter states that we could face penalties up to $500 for each day that the violation continues and that we could be fined up to $10,000 and/or face up to 2 years of imprisonment. The form of the letter looks official, like an IRS or government form.

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- Berlin, CT, USA
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I received an envelope with a blank Form 5102 entitled Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting with instructions to complete the form and make a check or money order payable to ANNUAL RECORDS SERVICE for $119 and a deadline one week from the day I received the letter. The form had information detailing the United States Corporate Transparency Act, along with a description of exempt entities and penalties for non-compliance.

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- Missoula, MT, USA
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Received a letter addressed to my business asking for $119 fee for filing my "Membership Beneficial Ownership Reporting" form 5102. The letter looked like an official form but did not have a phone number, or email address to be able to contact someone. It had barcodes top and bottom, but no identifiable logo or government stamps.

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- Alzada, MT, USA
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Form 5102 mandatory beneficial ownership reporting.says to complete form which was mailed then asks for a check or money order payable to annual records service. Says ill be charged 500 a day if i dont pay the $119 or fined up to $10,000 and face 2 years of imprisonment.

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- San Diego, CA, USA
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Form 5102 titled

Mandatory Benefecial Ownership Reporting

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- Friendship, TN, USA
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Form 8061. They said an incorrect business code was used for our EIN and we had to fill out this amendment and send $107 to fix it

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- Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Annual Records Service, Form 5102

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- Olathe, KS, USA
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blank window envelope with no return address. Single 5102 form inside requesting $119. Return envelope enclosed with previously stated address

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- Richardson, TX, USA
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Wanted response by 11/5/2024 citing United States Corporate Transparency Act enacted by Congress and threatened penalties for non compliance via $500 a day fee, $10,000 fine and up to 2 years imprisonment.

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- Dallas, TX, USA
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From Annual Records Service using Form 5102. Received 10/28/2024 with payment due date of 11/7/2024

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- Washington, DC, USA
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sent me a form for information on beneficial ownership of my llc (based in NJ but I live in DC so somehow they got my info). They made it look official and asked to be mailed a $119 check... such a scam. please avoid!

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- Swansea, MA, USA
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Scammer sent our nonprofit school agency, a form titled "mandatory beneficial ownership reporting", from the "annual records service"using our official title of how we are filed with the IRS as a 501(c)(3), asking for $119. The form at first glance looks legitimate, even using the correct font that the IRS uses. Upon further inspection there are parts of the text that are left out such as the last digit of the year in two different places on the form. There is a section to fill out and it even mentions "penalties for noncompliance". It gives a date to respond by, uses language, such as "pursuant to the United States, corporate transparency, act enacted by Congress", and gives an address to make a check or money order payable to "under penalties of perjury". A definite scam that I hope others will not fall for.

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- Coeur D Alene, ID, USA
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The LLC received a Form 5102 from Annual Records Service saying that it is mandatory pursuant to the United States Corporate Transparency Act to fill out the form and send in a filing fee of $119.00. Online site 'reddit' has the same form uploaded for viewing (See Reference). According to the Better Business Bureau, there is no filing fee for registering of any business with Washington DC (See Reference). The mailing didn't have any return address on the envelope either. I'm still researching today, Oct. 25, 2024, ~***** ********* ******* ** ** **** *** ********* ******** ********** ******* ********* ****** ***** ** ***** ** ****** ********************************************************************************...⇄ *** ****** ******** ******* **** ********** ********* *********** ******** *** ********* ******* ***** ** ****** *** ******* *****************************************************

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- Libby, MT, USA
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This came in the mail addressed to my LLC requesting a check or money order for a filing fee payable to "Annual Records Service". This 'Form 5102' claims to be a 'Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting' form for any, ..."corporation, limited liability company, or any other entities created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or any similar office in the United States." There are threats of penalties for non compliance of "$500 each day the violation continues" as well as a "$10,000 fine and/or up to 2 years of imprisonment". At first glance, the letter appears to be official, but at the same time, looks off. The first indication this may be a scam was one the date list to respond by was listed, "10/25/202" which is obviously missing a number. Same goes for a random date listed on the bottom of the letter as "10/11/202". Other indicators were, there was no contact information listed anywhere such as a web address or phone number and a completely different form number of "Form 4022" listed on the bottom of the letter.

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