Scam messages circulating – always check the sender's address

Scam messages have been sent in the name of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), asking the recipient to file beneficial owner details. The message contains a link to an identification page. The scam messages and false web pages may look genuine. However, they have nothing to do with the PRH or the online filing service at ytj.fi.

The PRH has recently communicated through various channels about matters related to beneficial owner details and the Finnish Trade Register. Scammers use current topics in their messages, so we ask our customers to be alert.

The sender of the scam message can masquerade as the PRH or the Finnish Patent and Registration Office. Always check the email address from which the message was actually sent. The PRH sends its email messages from an address ending with @prh.fi.

If you suspect that the message is a scam, do not open the links.

If you have fallen victim to a scam, please read the instructions at suomi.fi. If necessary, you should report the offence to the police.

We warn our customers about scam messages on the prh.fi and ytj.fi websites and on the PRH's social media channels. Read our instructions at prh.fi.

The PRH has informed the National Cyber Security Centre at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom of the scam messages.

For further information, please contact

Trade Register Advisory Service
Tel. +358 29 509 5030
Mon–Fri 9.00–15.00

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We work for the benefit of companies and organizations.

We register companies, associations, foundations and other organizations and corporations, as well as enterprise mortgages and LEI codes. We examine and grant patents and register utility models. We also register trademarks for products and services and provide design protection. We oversee and approve auditors and monitor foundations and the collective management of copyright.

We offer our customers advisory services and courses. We give information about companies, organizations, corporations and immaterial rights.

Our office is an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for international PCT patent applications.

Our office comes under the administrative sector of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE), and we negotiate each year with the MEAE on our performance targets. Our office is subject to net budgeting, meaning that about 95% of our expenses are covered by the income we make from our services.

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