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Fake Business Compliance Letter Scam

Fake Business Compliance Letter Scam Reports & Reviews – Page 20 (432)

- Stevensville, MT, USA

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

- Council Grove, KS, USA

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.

- Conyers, GA, USA

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.

- Huntsville, AL, USA

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.

- Billings, MT, USA

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

- Fort Scott, KS, USA

Mailed a 5102 form to file the annual BOI

- Harvest, AL, USA

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

- Natick, MA, USA

Official-looking letter mailed to my small business,

- Medicine Lodge, KS, USA

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.

- Ogallala, NE, USA

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

- Boise, ID, USA

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

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!

- Austin, TX, USA

received a letter in the mail claiming to be a "Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting" asking for $119 and to make check payable to "Annual Records Service"

- Houston, TX, USA

Received a letter stating "Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting, Form 5102. Form 4022"

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- Linthicum Heights, MD, USA

Beneficial Ownership Filing

- Hermitage, TN, USA

Received a letter from Annual Records Service demanding $119 for ownership information about our business. The letter claimed the information was mandatory and subject to a fine if not provided.

- Denton, TX, USA

Letter was dated 9/24/2024. It was received sometime the week of September 30 while I was out of town. It had a must reply by date to avoid possible penalties by October 8. It was an official looking form 5102 titled Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting with no email or phone contact info or website and no explanation of what the form was for. Also had a statement reference to being Pursuant to the United States Corporate Transparency Act Enacted by Congress as well as a statement about some dire financial and jail time penalties for not responding by the deadline. It is basically a blank form that says fill this out and send in $119 or you will be in trouble. At the bottom of the form in small print I found a statement---Your signature is your acceptance for the Annual Records Service to act as your paid preparer to file this BOI on your behalf. Whatever a BOI is.

- Rigby, ID, USA

Sent form 5102 claiming that I need to send $119 to Annual Records Service by 9/13/2024 or be fined $500 for each day that the violation continues. Wanting me to report my LLC and all of the information.

- Rockingham, NC, USA

I received an offical-looking form requiring me to send a $119 annual filing fee for my business. An envelope came with it for mailing a check to the "Annual Records Service."

- Minneapolis, MN, USA

I received an official looking letter with a return envelope. The letter was titled 2025 Safety Manual Order Form. it had a customer ID number and Business ID number. It asked for a response by 10/25/2024 and stated "Government fines and/or civil actions may be imposed for failing to meet safety requirements.

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