JAMB Alerts UTME Candidates To Fake Messages On Fresh Exams
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has alerted candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to misleading messages circulating via an immitated version of its 66019 shortcode.
According to JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday, the messages instructed candidates to reprint their examination slips for a resit examination, despite some having already sat for the exam and received their results.
Benjamin stressed that the messages were not from the board and are intended to sow confusion.
He assured candidates who have completed the resit examination and received their results that there are currently no scheduled examinations.
He urged UTME candidates and the public to disregard the deceptive messages and be cautious of potential scams.
“We categorically state that these messages are not from JAMB. There are currently no scheduled examinations, and candidates who have successfully completed the resit examination and received their results need not be concerned. Such messages are fraudulent and intended to sow confusion.
“The only examination that JAMB is planning to conduct, which has yet to be scheduled, is the foreign examination held in nine countries across Europe, the Middle East, and certain African nations.
“Additionally, there will be a mop-up examination for candidates who missed the main and resit examinations and have been granted waivers only for 2025 to participate in the usual mop-up for those who experienced biometric failures.
“We urge the public to disregard these deceptive messages. Those qualified for the mop-up examination, as specified, will be duly notified once preparations are finalised,” Benjamin said.
JAMB Alerts UTME Candidates To Fake Messages On Fresh Exams is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
