PSA: official-looking document scams

by Jay, San Diego, Thursday, April 02, 2026, 10:13 (56 days ago)

I received a very devious and well-designed form (via regular mail) purporting to be a filing notice from the CA Secretary of State office about my LLC. It looked kind of like this, but the disclaimers were even tinier.

https://bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/be/forms/customer-alert-solicitations-statement-of-informati...

It looks exactly like a 501 for filing business statements of information, complete with a fee of $250. This is something you can submit via the CA website for $25.

The CA office has a page all about these scams: https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/customer-alerts/misleading-statement-informati...

Tax season is nigh -- keep an eye out for scams like this.