Dear foresight469-ga
I notice that you have asked a similar question recently.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=292875
Once again, I believe that this bank does not exist. They do have a
web site, but I consider it to be bogus.
The only reference I can find to the bank on three search engines is a
message board posting which is stored in the Google cache. The bank is
mentioned in an extract from a classic Nigerian Fraud letter, or ?419
letter? as it is more generally known. The money does not exist and it
is the initial approach in a scam to steal money from you.
The bank?s web site is
www.pctbonline.com/
I have not typed it in full as a link as I do not wish Google to index
it further. This is for the protection of later potential victims.
Contact details from the site:
Prudent Chartered Trust Bank,
Plot 2A Ademola Adetokunbo Street
Victoria Island
Lagos Nigeria.
Lagos Nigeria
Tel: +234-805-5222240
+234-803-3218446
Fax: +234-1-7591780
Look at the ?About Us? page and you will clearly see that the picture
of the bank has been altered and the name of the bogus bank added
using Photshop or similar graphics package.
www.pctbonline.com/aboutus.htm
A search of the domain name owner gives a different address:
Registrant:
PRUDENT CHARTERED TRUST BANK
No 1 PCTB Street
Victoria Island
Lagos, Lagos Ng
NG
Domain name: PCTBONLINE.COM
Administrative Contact:
Badmus, Dr. Tunde info@pctbonline.com
No 1 PCTB Street
Victoria Island
Lagos, Lagos Ng
NG
234-8023333300
http://www.whois.sc/pctbonline.com
This is part of the message board posting:
"The banker to my client (Prudent Chartered Trust Bank) has issued me,
being the executor of his Estate, a notice to provide the next of kin
or have the deposit OF HIS FUNDS OF USD22.5M,[TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]"
://www.google.com/search?q=cache:ZXC2XW8PbWkJ:thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/categories.cfm%3Fcatid%3D43%26STARTPAGE%3D11+%22Prudent+Chartered+Trust+Bank%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I have checked the web site of the West African Bankers' Association
which is an association of which all the genuine and reputable
Nigerian Banks would belong and the bank?s name does not appear on the
list.
http://www.wabao.org/waba/bank_nigeria.html
This, and the lack of any other search engine listing, leaves me in no
doubt that the bank does not exist.
Visit these sites for more information on this type of fraud ?
New Scotland Yard - UK
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
Secret Service - US
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
You asked on the other question for the contact details for the
authorities in Holland.
Netherlands Police:
"Contact - If you have to call the Dutch police from abroad, you can
use the following telephone number: +31 - 343 57 8844 (usually this
is: 0031 - 343 57 8844).
You will be connected with an employee of the National Police Services
Agency who will help you further or who will connect you to one of the
regional police forces."
http://www.politie.nl/Overige/English/
The Netherlands Authority For the Financial Markets.
"The Dutch Central Bank answers questions about banks, investment
institutions and foreign exchange bureaus"
Contact numbers on this page
http://www.autoriteit-fm.nl/marktpartijen/english.asp
OR
Email your complaint via
http://www.autoriteit-fm.nl/marktpartijen/english.asp
I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder
Search strategy
"prudent chartered trust"
://www.google.com/search?q=%22prudent+chartered+trust%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=0
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