Racehorse Owning Accountant Contractor

Criminal, that what he really is. After receiving a request for proposal, an online merchant picked up the phone and called “Shawn” at West Coast Contracting Services. The conversation was about 10 minutes long and the fraudster was reasonably well informed of the industry he was attempting to steal product from. Things didn’t add up, though. The destination address was very strange, the fraudster himself answered questions about the order but even with the sounds of playing children in the background, things just didn’t add up. For instance, when asked why his email address ended in @Accountant.com, the online fraudster decided he was the accountant for the contracting company. RIIIGHT, nice try. The card used over the phone ended up being reported as fraud. The merchant was out the chargeback fee and a % of the transaction for the CC fee (no refundable, even for fraud). Fortunately, there was too many red flags and the merchant never shipped the product. We hope the data provided will help you avoid the Racehorse Owning Accountant Contractor.

Data:

  • Email Address Used: westcoastcontractinginc@accountant.com
  • Business Name: WEST COAST CONTRACTING SERVICES INC.
  • Phone: 6232555743

Outcome:

Within a few days of the initial call with the fraudster, the true owner of the credit card used informed the system that the transaction ran was fraudulent.

Matthew Charlton – The Merchant of Fraud

matthew charlton fraud logo

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