If you're in the middle of NEET-PG counselling right now, you are also, whether you know it or not, a target. In September 2026 the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) issued a formal fraud alert to NEET-PG aspirants, warning of fake calls, phishing messages and agents promising a "guaranteed seat" for money. This follows an earlier, well- documented incident in which personal details of roughly 1.38 lakh NEET-PG aspirants -- names, phone numbers, email addresses, roll numbers, application IDs and even fathers' names -- were reportedly found for sale on a Telegram channel for ₹3,599. That combination matters: a scammer who already has your name, roll number and phone number can sound extremely convincing on a cold call. This post explains what MCC's real allotment process actually looks like, so you can tell the difference in seconds -- and never have to guess.
What NBEMS actually warned about
The official alert groups the risk into three categories:
- Cyber fraud -- phishing emails, fake SMS and lookalike websites built to mimic the real NBEMS or MCC counselling portal, designed to steal your login credentials or payment details.
- Fake agencies and unauthorised agents -- people or "consultancies" who promise a management-quota or "guaranteed" seat in exchange for money. NBEMS's own position is unambiguous: admissions are strictly merit-based through your NEET-PG score and the official counselling process, and no agent or middleman is authorised to allot a seat, ever.
- Identity theft -- attempts to extract your application number, login password, Aadhaar number or one-time passwords (OTPs), which can then be used to tamper with your own application or impersonate you.
The 5-second check: how a real MCC allotment actually works
You don't need to memorise a long list of warning signs. You need to know one fact about how the real process works, because every scam breaks it the same way:
A seat is only ever allotted through your own login on the official MCC counselling portal. Nobody can call, message or email you a seat. There is no phone-based confirmation step, no "processing fee" to unlock your result, and no agent who can see or influence your allotment before you do. If you can log in to mcc.nic.in yourself with your own credentials and see the same seat someone is calling you about, it's real -- because you saw it independently, not because they told you. If you can't find it there, nothing they say on the phone changes that.
What a genuine MCC/NBEMS communication looks like
| Real | Never real |
|---|---|
| You check your allotment status yourself by logging in at mcc.nic.in (or your state authority's own portal) | Someone calls or messages you first to tell you that you got a seat |
| Counselling fees are paid only through the official portal's own payment gateway, at the amount published in the official brochure | Any request to pay a separate "processing," "confirmation" or "guarantee" fee outside the portal, especially by UPI to a personal number |
| Official notices are published on mcc.nic.in or natboard.edu.in, with a dated, signed circular | A screenshot, forwarded PDF or WhatsApp message claiming to be an "MCC notice" with no link back to the official site |
| Every document MCC publishes carries no promise about any individual candidate's outcome -- it's the same document for everyone | Anyone claiming they can personally get you into a specific college or specialty for a price |
If you've already received a suspicious call or message
- Don't share your OTP, password, or Aadhaar number with anyone over a call or message, no matter how much of your other information they already seem to know -- that's exactly what a leaked database lets a scammer fake.
- Don't pay anyone outside the official portal's payment gateway for any counselling-related fee, under any name.
- Verify independently -- close the call, open a browser yourself, and check your status directly on mcc.nic.in. Never click a link sent to you in the same message that's asking you to act urgently.
- Report it to MCC/NBEMS through their official contact channels, and to the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (cybercrime.gov.in) if money changed hands.
Why this matters more during the stray vacancy round
Scam activity around counselling tends to spike exactly when anxiety is highest -- late rounds, stray vacancies, and candidates who are running out of rounds and are more likely to panic at an offer that sounds like a shortcut. If you're refreshing your allotment status anxiously during a stray round right now, that's precisely the moment a "guaranteed seat" call is designed to catch you off guard. The process doesn't change under pressure: it's still login-only, still merit-based, still free of any agent.
Where NEET-PG Help fits in
Every number on this site -- seat matrices, closing ranks, allotment results -- is pulled directly from an official MCC document, and we link back to that exact source on every page. We can't allot you a seat, verify your application, or take a payment on MCC's behalf, and no legitimate site can. If anyone contacts you claiming otherwise -- whether they mention this site, a "partner" of ours, or any other name -- it's not us, and it's not real. Use the Predictor to check what a rank in your category has actually gotten in past rounds, but always confirm your own result only on the official MCC portal.