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Someone Opened An Llc Under My Name. Looking For Next Steps.

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Hey y'all, throw away account here. Location: NV.

A while back, I was the victim of a scam job. I was on the hunt for a remote job with higher pay than my current one. One day, I received an email asking if I was interested in a payment admin position for 40/hr. Being unemployed, I contacted them back to say yes. Fast forward a bit until a bit into the "hiring" process that they pulled the classic move to send me a check to buy my work equipment, thats when I knew it was a scam.

Tbh it was my fault entirely that I fell for a job offer that seemed way too good to be true. I was naive. Especially when the process was sus the entire time through, I only got out of it because I have a friend that works remotely currently and he was the first one to tell me it shows signs of being a scam job.

To the actual meat of the post. During the "hiring" process (this was all through Signal btw, only texts, no calls at any point), they requested all the information that you would expect an employer to request: background form, employment offers letter, bank information, SSN, tax information, etc...

I sent it to them and a while later, I found out it was a scam and cut all contacts. I did my due diligence and froze my credits, contacted my bank to change my bank account number, as well as reported it to the FTC.

It wasn't until 1-2 months later that I received a letter in the mail saying that I have an LLC under my name.I looked up this LLC and sure enough, I am the sole member of it. I did not fill out any form to open an LLC with those guys. So I suspect they filled it out in my name using my information.

I am mostly asking for what steps need to happen to shut this down. I've done a couple of Google searches and they mostly tell me to contact a lawyer and contact my secretary of state. I am currently filing a form to send to my SoS and I haven't contacted any lawyer as money is a bit tight for me at the moment.

TLDR: Nevada. I got caught in a scam job and they filed for an LLC under my name, making me the sole member of it. I've frozen my credit/changed bank info/reported them. I am asking for what steps I need to take to shut down the LLC.

Thank you for your time reading. If you have any questions that I didn't answer, please let me know and I will do my best to answer them!

Edit: Spelling and wording

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