Matthew Charlton – The Merchant of Fraud

Receiving requests for proposal via email is not totally unusual in business, unless it says something like this:

Hello

I am interested in your (INSERT PRODUCT HERE). I will like to know if you carry it, will greatly appreciate receiving any information, price, and discount for large orders.

Thank you in advance and look forward to reading your Email.

Sincerely,

Charlton.

This seems to be the template for a pretty well known fraud going around the interwebs. A thread from “800 Notes” comes up when you type in the name of the sender or any part of the template. Due to the obvious fraud and well documented cases, this specific email was never replied to by the organization who received it. We still appreciate the submission, someone out there might get stung and having the story out there might help prevent the next intended victim before they get a chargeback for fraud.

  • Email Received at: 9:02am on 8th October 2020
  • Sender: matt.charlton.dist@gmail.com
  • Name: Matthew Charlton Distribution
  • Address: 5609 Green Rea Rd. Charlotte, NC 28226

Action Taken: Email reported as spam