UTME: JAMB launches decoy web sites, identifies 180 candidates who paid N30,000 for leaked examination objects

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) launched decoy web sites as a part of a sting operation to reveal examination fraud, efficiently trapping 180 candidates who paid for leaked examination objects and rating augmentation forward of the 2025 UTME.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this recognized throughout a press briefing in Bwari, Abuja, following a monitoring go to to a Pc-Primarily based Take a look at (CBT) centre.

The board created pretend web sites that mimic these operated by fraudsters.

These websites had been supposed to divert and determine candidates making an attempt to cheat their method by way of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry admission course of.

“JAMB has recognized no fewer than 180 candidates who’ve paid quantities starting from N30,000 and above to those fraudulent websites in trade for non-existent companies, equivalent to “leaked examination objects” and rating augmentation.

“These websites are traps designed to cut back the rising incidence of fraud and corruption among the many nation’s youth,” Prof. Oloyede stated.

Sanctions await offenders 

In keeping with the Registrar, candidates discovered responsible of partaking with these decoy platforms shall be sanctioned in accordance with present guidelines on examination malpractice.

“These candidates will face sanctions that will embody the cancellation of their UTME and Direct Entry outcomes, in addition to potential authorized prosecution,” Prof. Oloyede stated.

• He reiterated that JAMB has a authorized mandate to control the UTME and Direct Entry admission processes and won’t tolerate actions that undermine its integrity.
• Prof. Oloyede additionally emphasised the Board’s continued efforts to reinforce transparency and safety by way of innovation. He famous that the 2025 Mock-UTME, held earlier this yr, served as each a preparatory train for candidates and a testing floor for JAMB’s newest technological enhancements.

“The mock train permits us to guage the effectiveness of newly launched measures geared toward bettering examination conduct and safety. 

“Every year, as we implement new methods to fight examination malpractice, fraudsters additionally adapt their ways. Due to this fact, we should persistently keep one step forward,” they stated

Warning to colleges and candidates 

Prof. Oloyede reminded colleges and most of the people that the UTME will not be a school-based examination and warned towards putting undue stress on college students to attain excessive scores by any means.

“Academic establishments should abandon the pursuit of ‘high-score glory’ and encourage college students to deal with their research,” he stated.

Candidates have been cautioned to avoid platforms providing unrealistic guarantees of success, because the Board has vowed to take strict motion towards anybody concerned in or supporting examination malpractice.