UTME 2025: JAMB raises alarm as scammers clone official messaging kind code 

In an announcement launched by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB revealed that suspected fraudsters are utilizing misleading messages to defraud unsuspecting candidates.

The scammers reportedly merged a numerical variant of UTME, 8863, with JAMB’s official kind code, 55019, to create a deceptive kind code that mimics the Board’s messaging system.

“These messages are being disseminated by suspected fraudsters with the intent to defraud unsuspecting people. 

The perpetrators have exploited the numerical variant of UTME, 8863, and merged it with the Board’s kind code, 55019, to create a misleading kind code that mimics JAMB’s official messaging system.  

Via this fraudulent scheme, they’ve been sending deceptive messages to candidates, falsely claiming to detect manipulations of their JAMB particulars and urging them to contact sure people who will “help” in resolving these fabricated points,” JAMB defined.

JAMB to trace culprits 

The Board emphasised that it has no reference to these messages and confirmed that safety companies have been notified and are actively monitoring the perpetrators.

“We wish to emphasize that these messages are usually not from JAMB. Safety companies have been notified and are actively monitoring the perpetrators behind this rip-off. 

Candidates are strongly suggested to disregard such messages. It is a widespread tactic employed by fraudsters who search to use the examination interval to deceive and defraud harmless candidates,” the board said

It additionally urged the general public to stay vigilant and cross-check all data via JAMB’s verified communication channels.

What it’s best to know 

As a part of broader efforts to curb examination malpractice, JAMB just lately launched decoy web sites designed to lure people searching for to cheat. These web sites, which mimic these operated by fraudsters, had been a part of a sting operation that uncovered no less than 180 candidates who paid sums ranging from N30,000 for leaked examination questions and pretend rating upgrades

Early this yr, the board uncovered no fewer than 585 cast A/Degree certificates in 2025 alone. This included 13 pretend Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) certificates submitted for Direct Entry admission, with 4 suspects already apprehended and helping police investigations.

The Board has since intensified efforts to deal with such fraud via the Nigeria Built-in Submit-Secondary Schooling Information System (NIPED), which was particularly developed to authenticate tutorial data and fight certificates forgery.