The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disowned messages circulating online that instruct candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to reprint their exam slips for a resit. Although the messages appear to originate from the boards 66019 shortcode, JAMB has clarified that the code was spoofed and the information is false. In a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB distanced itself from the fraudulent messages and urged the public to ignore them. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board wishes to draw the publics attention to misleading messages being circulated through a spoofed version of its 66019 shortcode, the statement read. These messages instruct candidatessome of whom have already taken the resit examination and received their resultsto reprint their examination slips for another resit. We categorically state that these messages are not from JAMB. There are currently no scheduled examinations. Candidates who have completed the resit and received their results should disregard such fraudulent messages, which are intended to create confusion. JAMB clarified that the only examination yet to be scheduled is the foreign UTME, to be held in nine countries across Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. A mop-up exam will also be organised for candidates who missed the main and resit exams and have been granted waivers, specifically those who experienced biometric verification failures. We urge the public to disregard these deceptive messages. Eligible candidates for the mop-up exam will be officially notified once arrangements are finalized, the statement concluded.
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