By Phillip B. Rarick, Miami Probate Attorney
We endeavor to keep you up on scams directed at Florida businesses and here is another one. Special thanks for this Scam Alert to alert readers Josefina Piedra and Tere Kipp.
If you receive a letter appearing to be an “official” letter from the state of Florida advising that you need to send in about $56 to secure a Certificate of Status for your corporation watch out. This is a scam. The company sending you this letter is called Florida Center of Corporations. It has a Davie, Florida post office box. This company is not a state government agency even though the letter and envelope make it look like one.