Several “desperate” admission seekers have lost billions of naira to
fraudsters who use the internet to dupe them. Studies have shown that
the group of people that is most susceptible to internet fraud is the
desperate or the greedy. While the desperate would go to any length to
get what they want, including parting with the little resources at their
disposal at any point in time, the greedy ones are forever obsessed
with the acquisitive tendency until they are dispossessed, in the
process, of huge financial and/or investment assets.
Cloned websites which scammers present as that of most sought-after
Nigerian Universities are now live as Post-UTME of various public
universities are about to start. An unfortunate scenario is currently
playing out whereby some candidates have been made to part with as much
as N25, 000 each ostensibly to be eligible to take part in the
post-UTME screening test of some universities! On this phantom site, the
applicants were told that their respective institutions of choice had
released the cut-off mark for the 2015/2016 admission exercise and
advised to start “processing” their applications.
Note of Warning to Admission Seekers.
No public varsities in Nigeria will ask you to pay “processing fee” for
admission. The only pre-admission charge is very meager and it is for
registration for the post-UTME test. It’s always between N1,500 –
N5,000. And in any case, it will not be paid into an individual’s
personal bank account.
It is obvious that it is this allure and desperation by admission
seekers to enter the University that scammers have continually
exploited. However, prospective candidates and their parents and
guardians should not allow this allure to becloud their sense of
reasoning to the extent of falling cheaply for fraudsters!
A stitch in time saves thousands! Candidates, be wary!
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