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Another common one for new LLCs is threatening, official looking letters telling you you need a workplace safety poster or you will go to jail/pay monstrous fin
by ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
Another common one for new LLCs is threatening, official looking letters telling you you need a workplace safety poster or you will go to jail/pay monstrous fines.
The law is real but only applies in very specific circumstances and the letters come from companies graciously offering to sell you overpriced posters.
It freaked the hell out of my partner when we got that, had to explain to her at 3AM that we weren't going to lose our business over a poster. That kind of stuff really rattles your bones when you've got so much going on already with a new business.
- ahelwer 5y agoOh yes I got that one! It really does work as a sort of DDOS attack against new businesses, you're trying to get all this stuff sorted out and the scammers know how easy it is to sneak in one more form to be filled out & fee paid.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoWhat really stunned me was that in our state, the official website even has a statement letting you know about these fraudsters... but apparently they can't actually shut them down or stop them from mailing every new LLC? It's incredible how ill equipped we are to shut down scammers who have a nice downtown Chicago Loop address.