Fake Business Compliance Letter Scam 2026 Reports & Reviews

Fake Business Compliance Letter Scam Reports & Reviews (441)

- Nampa, ID, USA

Scammer's phone (000) 522-3471
Scammer's address 1030 15th ST NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Sounds the same as the scam alert. 500.00 a day fine, additional 10,000 fine up to 2 years in prison.

Looks pretty official. I went to IRS.Gov to look up form and found there was no form 5102. Then I started digging deeper and discovered the scam out there.

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- Nashua, NH, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Letter received through US mail. Looked very official with bar codes and form number similar to other IRS forms. Very convincing. Only real flag was the payee name for the requested amount: Annual Records Service

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- Cumming, GA, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Form 5102 Annual Records Service form received via postal mail requesting information about owners of an LLC and a filing fee to return form with $119.

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- Essex Junction, VT, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th Street NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

My practice received a single page "form" in the mail labeled Form 5102 indicating that I must complete and return it in order to avoid up to $10,000 fine or 2 years of imprisonment. It requested my name, EIN for the business, address, and payment. There was NO notation on the form about it not being an official government document. Instead, it indicated that US Businesses are required to report their beneficial ownership information, and that this has been "enacted by congress".

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- The Villages, FL, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th st. NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Received by US mail

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- Stevensville, MT, USA

Scammer's address Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Rcvd official looking for 5102 telling us we needed to pay mandatory 119 for Beneficial ownership reporting.

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- Bedford, TX, USA

Scammer's address Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

RECEIVED A FORM 5102 requesting payment for mandatory beneficial ownership reporting.

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- Cartersville, GA, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th st NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Found a envelope in my mailbox stating it's the form 5102 and it says Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting asking for $119 no website is in the paper

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- Caddo Mills, TX, USA

Scammer's phone (999) 999-9999
Scammer's address 1030 15th Street NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Received a letter (form 5102) in the mail from the "Annual Records Service". The form indicated this was a mandatory beneficial ownership reporting service and a fee of $119 was required. It looks legitimate, even stating the US Corporate Transparency Act requires businesses to report their beneficial ownership information. There is no phone number, no website listed. The return address on the envelope is Annual Records Service 1030 15th ST NW #366 Washington DC 20005-1503. I do not have an a business or LLC.

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- Conyers, GA, USA

Scammer's phone (000) 000-0000
Scammer's website none
Scammer's address 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

My business received a form to pay an annual records service fee of $119. It mentioned $500 for each day of violation and can be fined up to 10,000, and face up to 2 years imprisonment if not paid.

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- Huntsville, AL, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Asks for identifying information from business (EIN, etc) and threatens fines of up to $500 per day if not in compliance. Looks legitimate upon first glance.

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- Council Grove, KS, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Letter in mail - looks possibly real for Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting - and Businesses do have to do this - except it can be online and is FREE. I had already done so I thought this might be fake and it is.

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- Billings, MT, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Form 5102 from Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting. Asked to fill out the form and respond by 10/23/202 - missing full year. Form is empty and the filing fee is $199. Make payment to Annual Records Service. There is a warning that no payment could end in civil penalties, $500/day, up to $10k, and 2 years imprisonment. Address to send paperwork and check is to 1030 15th St NW #366, Washington DC

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- Fort Scott, KS, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15TH ST NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Mailed a 5102 form to file the annual BOI

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- Harvest, AL, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th ST NW #336, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

They sent a letter threatening 2 years in prison if I didn’t send money by 5 days

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- Natick, MA, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th st NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Official-looking letter mailed to my small business,

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- Medicine Lodge, KS, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th ST NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

The outside envelope mail stamp reads “mailing from zip code 27407” permit #34, which is Greensboro, NC. No US government information is listed: department, address, website, etc. This supposedly originated from Annual Records Service 323066.

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- Ogallala, NE, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th st BW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Sent a form 5102 demanding paymeny of $119 or face $500 daily fines and imprisonment

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- Boise, ID, USA

Scammer's website none
Scammer's address 1030 15th St. NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Initial means of contact Not applicable

I received a single form and a return envelope in a plain, window business envelope with no return address. The form is titled "Mandatory Beneficial Business Ownership Reporting". The directions says, "Complete the form below and return. Make Check or money order payable to Annual Records Service." The "filing fee" is listed as $119 and a paragraph called "penalities for noncompliance" details fines and possible imprisonment for failure to comply. A return envelope was addressed to "Annual Records Service, 1030 15th St. NW #366, Washington, DC 20005-1503

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- Birmingham, AL, USA

Scammer's address 1030 15th St. NW #366, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Country United States
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

I have a one-person LLC. I do PR/communications. I received an envelope with no return address. Top right says "Mailing from zip code 27407" and "presorted first-class mail U.S. Postage Paid Permit #34. Looks very official minus no return address. Inside was "Form 5102" a "Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting" form to complete the form and make check or money order payable to the "Annual Records Service."

Has a very official looking bar code in the top right and bottom right corners and a few official-looking codes on the top right and bottom left corners. The red flags for me are as follows:

-The "Respond By" date says "10/14/202" so the year wasn't fully listed making me think it is a typo or a scam

-The paper is regular printer paper without fine-print information on the back the way other official forms have

-The emphasis on "penalties for non compliance" (which should be hyphenated) of up to $500 for each day the violation continues or up to 2 years of imprisonment

-No website or phone number to call

-The form, when folded doesn't fit into the smaller envelope, the way it would if a mailing house did the mail job.

-The "Place Stamp Here" square on the return envelope looks like it was developed in a Word document

-When I searched the mailing address for the check, the first link to come up was this ScamPulse.com scam tracker

-I’ve been in business for 4 years and have never received any mail from an Annual Records Service

I had the form filled out and the check filled out as well almost ready to send and all of these things just didn't add up for me, so I am not going to send. So scary!

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