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- Somerville, MA, USA
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Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting Form 5102 from the Annual Records Service.

Trying to obtain the Beneficial Owner information and a check for $119.00 by mail.

Threatened penalty is $500/day up to $10,000 or 2 years of imprisonment.

Received on February 25, 2025 and required response date is February 27, 2025.

One page - no website, phone number, or government office associated. Return envelope included, needs stamp.

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- Fort Worth, TX, USA
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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.

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- Wichita, KS, USA
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I just started a new LLC within 2 months of registering, I received a letter in the mail from the Annual Records Service claiming I needed to fill out a "MANDATORY BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING" form (Form 1502), or be penalized $500 per day after the specified due date. The form however is from Dec. 2023, making it two years old, and has no contact information listed. So I have not responded to the request and decided to Google if this was a scam, which I believe it is. The concerning part however, is that it's made out to my new company and was only just registered. So I'm not entirely sure how they obtained this info so readily.

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- Norcross, GA, USA
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Got a letter saying it qas a Mandatory Beneficial Ownership reporting and lots of penalty threats and requesting $119 via check or money order

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- Tifton, GA, USA
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Received 3 notices, on the same day, addressed to my LLC. Each of them had the same government-looking form inside and demanded a $119 fee.

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- Austell, GA, USA
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got a letter in the mail saying complete for my business mandatory beneficial reporting blank form 5120 with a request for check or money order of 119 payable to annual records services with threat of fines each day its not been received of up to 500usd

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- Pooler, GA, USA
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It states that I must send payment or be penalized for up to $500 daily .

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- Excelsior, MN, USA
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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”

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- Smyrna, GA, USA
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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.

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- Littleton, CO, USA
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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

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- Saint Paul, MN, USA
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Form 5103 sent in mail to Michael Recycle LLC asking to send a check or money order for $119 to Annual Records Service

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- Austin, TX, USA
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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.

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- Huntsville, AL, USA
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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.

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- Nelsonville, OH, USA
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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"

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- Greenbelt, MD, USA
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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.

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- San Antonio, TX, USA
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Ask for a check or money order payable to Annual Records Service for Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting.

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- Baltimore, MD, USA
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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.

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- Berthoud, CO, USA
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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.

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- Boulder, CO, USA
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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?

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- Austin, TX, USA
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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.

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