2025 UTME: JAMB warns against deceptive messages from criminal syndicates
By Uji A Iliyasu
Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has alerted it’s esteemed candidates, parents and the general public
of ongoing deceptive messages from criminal syndicates telling candidates of detecting discrepancies in their information with the aim of defrauding them.
This was contained in a release signed by JAMB’s Director of Public Communication, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Wednesday.
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wishes to inform the public about the circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
“These messages are being disseminated by suspected fraudsters with the intent to defraud unsuspecting individuals.
“The perpetrators have exploited the numerical variant of UTME, 8863, and merged it with the Board’s sort code, 55019, to create a deceptive sort code that mimics JAMB’s official messaging system.
“Through this fraudulent scheme, they have been sending misleading messages to candidates, falsely claiming to detect manipulations in their JAMB details and urging them to contact certain individuals who will “assist” in resolving these fabricated issues.
“We want to emphasize that these messages are not from JAMB. Security agencies have been notified and are actively tracking the perpetrators behind this scam,” Benjamin said.
Benjamin advised candidates to ignore such messages, which he said is a common tactic employed by fraudsters who exploit the examination period to deceive and defraud innocent candidates.
“The public is urged to remain vigilant and critically assess the messages they receive.
“Any communication that does not align with JAMB’s official channels or uses suspicious language or instructions should be treated as fraudulent.”