NECO Cautions Candidates Against Online Scammers

The National Examination Council has warned
candidates sitting for its examinations against
patronising people who post requests online, asking
them to pay and get leaked answers.

NECO’s Abuja Liaison Officer, Mr. Abdul Mustapha,
who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on
Monday in Abuja, said such online postings were from
scammers.

NAN reports that NECO organises Senior School
Certificate Examination, Basic Education Certification
Examination and National Common Entrance
Examination.

According to Mustapha, such fraudsters cheat
unsuspecting candidates, adding that whoever
patronises them is doing so at his/her peril.

“They have no access to our answers; they cannot get
our answers; they will pretend as if they have seen the
answers but it is all lies.

“Our questions appear in four types – types A to D ;
but what they present to unsuspecting candidates is
just manufactured answers without the type
specifications.

“Again, our questions stop at 50, but theirs continue
from 51 to 100; that is another proof that they have
not seen our answers.

“In one occasion, in our biology exam, the specimen
was an ear but they drew flower in their own fake
answers,” he said.

He said candidates are always shy from reporting to
NECO when they fell prey to scammers, “knowing that
they tried to cheat but ended up being cheated.”

The 2015 NECO SSCE internal examination which
commenced on May 21 will end on July 10.