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Received a letter in mail from Fast Filing Services informing me that my Virginia State Corporate Registration fee was due and that I should use the Fast Filing website in order to pay my fee and even put it on auto pay for coming years. Some confusion as I thought my fee was up to date, letter said final notice (although I had no previous notices) and the amount was higher than the normal state fee. I figured state had raised fee and had farmed out the collection to a private entity. Letter offered to take payment by check, by using a QR code, or by going directly to website. Letter even had a warning that another company had been sending out a scam letter and not to be fooled. Letter offered a $20 discount if completed by a 2 week deadline. When I tried to do the payment with credit card, I kept getting blocked and after a 3rd attempt, my credit card company sent me a fraud alert. I backed out of the paytofile.com website, contacted my credit card company who said they had put restriction on card as it was "unusual" but cleared me to pay. At this point, I thought to check if this scenario was legit an discovered that they are a phishing scam. Luckily, I was able to avoid. The whole thing was very legit looking, they included my corporation name as well as the registration number. Glad I stopped in time! .css-1w6dufj{-webkit-box-flex [BBB Scam Type: Phishing] [Business: FAST FILING SERVICES LLC] [Location: VA, USA- 22182]

Fast Filing Services attempted to collect annual registration fees for VA Corporate Entities by mail or save $20.00 by filing and paying online at paytofile.com. [BBB Scam Type: Government Agency Imposter] [Business: Fast Filing Serives] [Location: VA, USA- 22407]