JAMB sets trap with fake website as 211,000 candidates sit for 2025 UTME mock  

Over 211,000 candidates took part in the 2025 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) Mock on Thursday organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The mock exam was held at approved computer-based test (CBT) centres nationwide as a preparatory step for the main UTME.

Speaking during an inspection at a CBT centre in Bwari, Abuja, Ishaq  Oloyede, JAMB registrar,  announced that the mock results would be available on Friday.

“They will have the results tomorrow. The results will be ready,” Oloyede said.

“Those who finished, we are working now on their results, but we want to compare with the second batch, the third batch, and so on. And see that everything is working well. But later by tomorrow, they will have the results.”

According to Oloyede, the purpose of the mock exam is to assess JAMB’s preparedness for the main UTME and test new strategies to enhance the process.

“The word is mock, and we want to say so far so good. What we want to do is to try some things. As students are getting wiser, we are also getting better….” he said.

“So we are trying to make sure that when we go for the exam, we will have taken experience and taken some lessons from our experience at the Mock level. So, so far, so good.”

Decoy website targets cheating candidates

The registrar expressed concerns over the increasing number of candidates seeking help from fraudulent websites to cheat in the exam.

He disclosed that JAMB has launched a decoy site to identify and track such candidates.

“We need to let the students know that the best way to pass the examination, UTME in particular, is to study,” Oloyede said.

“We are aware of some rogue websites asking people to come and pay that they can help. It cannot work.

“We have also opened our own rogue website. And as of this morning, about 180 students have paid.”

He warned that those attempting to cheat—even before the exam—will face strict consequences.

“To attempt to cheat is already an infraction. So those who paid into that account, looking for questions, we are going to deal firmly with them. We are going to cancel their results, both UTME and DE,” the registrar warned.

He further cautioned candidates against sharing their registration numbers or allowing others to register on their behalf.

“We register students individually. And that is why we tell the students, do not give out your registration number.

“Do not register by proxy. Because some of these schools want to be able to brag that, ‘Oh, my 10 students from my school scored 280.'”

He cited a case where a state governor was misled into celebrating fictitious results.

“There was a state where even the governor of a state was misinformed, and they were celebrating nothing,” he added.

“So this type of thing that people want to cut corners, we are abreast of all this. And we are doing everything possible (to stop it).

“Some of them are paying N30,000 for something that will never work. And to some, when I look at those who have paid to us this money, I smile.”

The 2025 UTME is scheduled to begin on April 25 at designated CBT centres across the country.