JAMB decries activities of fraudulent websites

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB), on Thursday in Abuja, decried
activities of some fraudsters using fake websites to dupe unsuspecting public.
Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar/Chief
Executive, in a statement, said such
websites were being use to solicit
payments for malpractice services in the
forthcoming 2017 JAMB examination.
"Special attention is drawn to the
continuous advertisement soliciting for
payments for malpractice services for the
forthcoming 2017 JAMB examination by;
www.askjamb.com,'' he said.
He added that the website had continued to
advertise help for candidates with JAMB
2017 live questions and planned
malpractice offers to candidates including
help within the examination hall.
He, therefore, called on relevant authorities
to ensure that the websites were brought
down and their perpetuators brought to
justice.
According to Oloyede, JAMB`s attention was
drawn to the existence of such fraudulent
websites in January.
He added that the board had, however,
worked with the National Information
Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to
suspend the domain of some of the
websites.
He thanked NITDA for taking swift action,
but added that there was still much to be
done.
"We would like to note that the following
domains remain active:
www.jambresults.org.ng,
www.askjamb.com and
www.jamborgng.info,'' he said.
Oloyede urged the public to be careful of
the websites, saying that they do not
belong to JAMB.