The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has advised the general public to ignore a “fake list of school fees” currently being circulated on social media, saying it did not originate from the institution.
The warning was given in a statement by the public relations officer of the university, Foluso Ogunmodede.
Ogunmodede attached a copy of the fake list of fees.
It reads in part: “Internal Memo, this is to inform all student (sic) the amount of school fee payeable (sic) for 2020/2021 academic session”, and stated: “Freshers, Arts, social science, management science and education sundry fees, 130,500.
“Fresher’s sundry fee for faculty of law, 190,500; Returning: science education, agriculture and engineering sundry fees; 69,500, final year, final year clearance fee, 10,000, academic transcript (foreign) 50,000, withdrawn but transferred students, 5,000, admission screening fee, 2000, mass communication practical fee, 10,000 change of course form, 7500, clearance processing fee, 10000, change of course fee, 2500.
“Payment should be made through wema bank draft issued in favour of Federal University Oye-Ekiti registration closed (sic) by 15th September, 2021.”
Ogunmodede warned prospective students and undergraduates of FUOYE to ignore the list and its fake fees.
He noted particularly that part of the telltale signs that the document did not originate from the university is that it is full of spelling errors – which he stressed exposed the ploy by internet fraudsters and scammers hell bent on defrauding unsuspecting students of FUOYE.
“We also wish to state further that the fake list was designed by these fraudsters and scammers who could have created a fraudulent means on the internet with which to syphon the funds that unsuspecting members of the public would be making into the source they indicated on the fake list, which is a bank draft in favour of FUOYE through the Wema Bank.
“For the avoidance of doubt, FUOYE does not collect any payments with bank draft. ALL PAYMENTS are made through the Remita platform in line with the financial regulations of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“More importantly, the amount payable by each student, new and old, is auto-generated by the university portal upon the provision of required information by the students,” he said.
He therefore warned members of the public and students of FUOYE not to fall victims of the plot and antics of the scammers, “as the university management will not recognize any bank draft or document from the source they quoted in their fake list.”