Last verified: 5 October 2026. Items marked CONFIRMED were read on established news and education portals today. Items marked EXPECTED depend on the AISSEE 2027 information bulletin, which NTA has not released yet. This is a seasonal safety guide, not a report of a new incident.
October is notification month for AISSEE, and that makes it scam season too. The form is EXPECTED to open this month (Buddy4Study, Collegedunia and AglaSem independently converge on October 2026), and every admission season the same frauds resurface: lookalike “apply here” websites, Telegram channels selling “leaked papers”, and WhatsApp “officers” offering guaranteed seats for cash.
NTA has spent years fighting exactly this. The agency has repeatedly warned candidates about fake websites, fraudulent paper-leak claims, and people falsely posing as NTA officials (CONFIRMED — The Times of India, Telegraph India, DNA). When rumours of a paper “leak and sale” circulated this year, NTA called them “false, fraudulent, and intended to mislead”, describing the sellers as organised rackets whose objective is to extort money from anxious families (CONFIRMED — WebIndia123, quoting NTA’s public statement).
1. A website that looks like NTA but isn’t. Fake portals copy the NTA layout and rank in search results or arrive via forwarded links. NTA’s own advice: type the official website address manually into your browser rather than tapping links shared via SMS, email, or social media (CONFIRMED — Free Press Journal). It is a basic step, and it defeats most phishing pages.
2. “Leaked AISSEE paper” for sale. No individual, coaching institute, or Telegram channel has access to the question paper before the exam — NTA has stated this categorically (CONFIRMED — Telegraph India). Anyone selling “confirmed questions” is selling fiction.
3. “Guaranteed seat” or “direct admission” offers. Sainik School admission runs strictly on AISSEE merit, followed by medical fitness and e-counselling (CONFIRMED — site canonical facts). There is no management quota, no backdoor, and no official who can “arrange” a seat. Money paid here is money lost.
4. Messages from “NTA officials” asking for OTPs, fees, or details. NTA has been explicit: it will NEVER ask for OTPs, personal banking details, or payments through any message (CONFIRMED — Free Press Journal, DNA). Its official WhatsApp channel is broadcast-only — if a message asks you to reply, share an OTP, or click a link, it is not from NTA. Genuine messages carry the blue verified tick next to the name “National Testing Agency”.
5. Fake deadline panic. “Link closes tonight, pay now” is a pressure tactic, not information. Real dates — opening, closing, correction window — are announced only in the official information bulletin. As of today, that bulletin is not out (CONFIRMED), so any “last date” doing the rounds on WhatsApp is invented.
October will bring the real notification — and the fakes always arrive first. The families who stay safe are not the most tech-savvy ones; they are the ones who check the official bulletin before believing anything else. Our rumour-check from yesterday and the form-readiness checklist are the two pages to keep open this month.
Has the AISSEE 2027 application form been released? No. As of 5 October 2026, NTA has not released the AISSEE 2027 information bulletin. Any website or WhatsApp message claiming the form is already open is misleading — check only the official NTA AISSEE portal.
Can anyone sell me a guaranteed Sainik School seat? No. Admission to Sainik Schools is strictly through the AISSEE written exam, medical fitness, and e-counselling on merit. Anyone offering a guaranteed seat for money is running a scam.
How do I know a website is the real NTA AISSEE portal? Type the official portal address manually into your browser instead of tapping links from SMS, email, or social media. NTA itself advises this — it is the simplest defence against lookalike phishing pages.
Where can I report a fake AISSEE website or message? Report it through NTA’s official helpdesk channels listed in the exam bulletin, the national cybercrime reporting portal, or the PIB Fact Check Unit — NTA has run dedicated reporting mechanisms for exactly this kind of fraud.
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