Hi there,
Thanks for your question; our search returned the following:
An initial Google Search was run:
://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=standard+trust+bank+nigeria+SWIFT&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
As an initial word of warning, the Standard Trust Bank is listed as
one of the company names used in the infamous Nigerian scams:
http://www.nigerianscams.org/companynames.htm
This is an excerpt from the link below which describes a variation of
the scam:
"At this paper we receive a constant stream of “proposals” by
Nigerians which
are nothing more than elaborate scams. They invariably suggest that we
deposit funds into offshore bank accounts in order to qualify for the
huge
payoffs in US dollars which the sender says he/she is holding in
Nigeria as
a result of some theft from state funds.
The latest, which arrived on the very day the Nigerian High
Commissioner was
fulminating against the Daily News, purports to come from Chief Annie
Okonkwo who claims to be a director of the Standard Trust Bank Ltd
(fax
number 234 1 7596202).
She says she is holding US$6,5 million belonging to the late Roy
Durand, an
oil merchant for the Nigerian government until his death in a
“ghastly” air
accident two years ago. Attempts to trace the family have failed so
Chief
Annie-get-your-chequebook Okonkwo now wants to split the loot with us!
Of course, first she must have our bank account numbers, swift code
etc etc.
It is extraordinary that people still fall for these scams, mostly in
South
Africa which has had less exposure over the years. We have in this
column
drawn attention before to senior Nigerian officials offering vast sums
of
illegally acquired money to share with gullible and greedy recipients
of
their blandishments. Other businesses in Harare report similar and
regular
dispatches from Nigeria."
http://www.1freespace.com/beetee/nov17_2001.html
Here is a link to a list of actual Nigerian banks. Note that Standard
Trust Bank is nowhere to be found:
http://www.portalino.it/banks/_ng.htm
So obviously if this is not a real bank it will not have a SWIFT or
BIC code. Please be careful in your dealings with this institution..
Good luck..
answerguru-ga |
