All Forum Posts by: David Orr

Yeah.  Justin sent me a generic rollover request form to use (thanks for that!).  I sent it to them and the service rep I talked to is passing it along to her supervisor to take a look at it.  I think it's at least possible they may do the rollover without a problem, but we'll see.

I just wanted to mention that I wouldn't fault them for using an "unsecured Gmail account".  A Gmail account is as secure as any email can be (if the account holder uses a strong unique password, and perhaps also two-factor authentication).  Those "secure message systems" that some banks and others use is mostly just security theater and are no safe.  If he had sent you a link to one of those, that could have easily been part of the scam as well.  

But this is all a good warning for all of us to be aware of this type of scam.

Thanks for the reply. The company that set up my plan documents (Ascensus) doesn't offer their own rollover forms. 

If I give you a call tomorrow, do you think you could help me out with the forms? I'm happy to pay you for your time and help with that.

I have a traditional IRA with SDIRA Services, and I want to rollover all of those funds into my Solo 401(k). The IRA company is giving me a hard time about it because they are expecting a 401(k) company to send them paperwork requesting the rollover, but in this case I'm the custodian/trustee so it's me that is sending them the paperwork. And so they feel like that doesn't seem like a proper rollover, so they want to report it as a distribution.

So what are my options?  Is there a good way to convince them they have to let me rollover the funds into my Solo 401k?  Or should I let them give me a check and call it a distribution, and then is it ok as long as I immediately deposit the funds into my Solo 401(k) bank account?  But if I do that, I think I have to submit some kind of form to the IRS to document that?