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Scammers Targeting UTME Candidates—Here’s the Truth
If you recently received a message telling you to reprint your UTME exam slip for a resit, don’t panic—but don’t fall for it either.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a strong warning, exposing these fraudulent messages as fake alerts from scammers. Even though the texts appear to come from JAMB’s official 66019 shortcode, the board confirmed that the code has been spoofed, meaning cybercriminals are impersonating JAMB to spread confusion.
What JAMB Actually Said
📌 There are NO scheduled resit exams—if you’ve already taken a resit and received your results, you’re done.
📌 Only two upcoming exams are planned:
✅ Foreign UTME (held in nine countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa).
✅ Mop-up exams for candidates who missed the main and resit exams due to biometric failures.
JAMB emphasized that only officially notified candidates will be eligible for the mop-up and that any message outside its official channels is completely false.
How to Stay Safe & Avoid Scams
🚨 Ignore any texts asking you to reprint your UTME slip for another exam—they’re fake.
🚨 Don’t panic—if you’ve written your UTME and received your results, you’re done.
🚨 Always verify UTME-related updates directly from JAMB’s website and social media pages.
Scammers love to exploit confusion, so JAMB’s warning is a wake-up call for candidates to stay vigilant and only trust official sources.
