The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned
its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates awaiting
their results against fraudsters who deploy various methods to dupe them.
The JAMB board disclosed this in its Vol. 1, No 17 weekly
Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to the newsmen on
Sunday in Abuja.
JAMB also advised candidates to jealousy guard their
Registration numbers, as well as Profile Codes to avoid falling victims to the
scam.
The board also said that the fraudsters, once establishing
the information needed, open up a line of communication with the candidates to
dangle enticing offer to award them with higher scores in the yet to be
released results.
“Candidates are to note that their Registration numbers and
Profile Codes are essential data that should not be disclosed to unauthorized
persons.
“What these fraudsters do is take advantage of candidates’
naivety and subsequently obtain their registration number with which they print
their examination notification slips with candidate’s numbers and other vital
data.
“These fraudsters then use the information to send messages
to same candidates disguising as officials of the board or persons who have
special information, access, and capacity to inflate scores, among other things.
“We, therefore, urge candidates to see their registration
numbers and profile codes as security data similar to that of the ATM pin the number which admits them to make a withdrawal from their bank accounts.”
The board further urged candidates and parents to disregard
messages or calls from any such, who claim to have access to classified
information.
However, the board said that security operatives have
apprehended some of the fraudsters while still on the trail of others.
JAMB also said that it would make public when the 2019 UTME
results are ready.
It also said that the mode through which candidates can view
their results have been communicated to them.
The board had earlier said candidates can simply send
RESULT, via SMS, to 55019 using the same number that was used for registration.
The result, it said, would be replied as an SMS shortly
after.
This process, the board explained, was simplified to
preclude exploitation by Shylock business centres and cyber cafés who often
take advantage of candidates.
The 2019 UTME was conducted nationwide from April 11 to
April 18 with over 1.8 million candidates.
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