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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disassociated itself from widely circulated messages advising candidates to reprint their exam slips for another resit.
The board clarified that the misleading alerts, sent through a “spoofed version” of its official 66019 short code, were aimed at deceiving candidates who had already taken part in the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and received their results.
In a statement issued by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board stressed that these messages did not originate from its official channels.
Fabian stated that “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.”
He further clarified: “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.”
Fabian added: “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.”