No reports of criminals posing as Home Affairs officials in Namibia
Image: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post in Namibian WhatsApp groups claims that criminals are posing as home affairs officers to rob homeowners The lengthy post that was “forwarded many times” before reaching Namibia Fact Check for verification on 13 February 2024 reads as follows: “HIGH SECURITY ALERT: Beware, the bad guys are […]
No, there is no Youth Development Grant for 2024/25
Image: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral WhatsApp post claims that the Namibian government has approved a N$10,000 grant for all youth and citizens The post states that applicants for the grant have to be between the ages of 18 and 35 to be eligible. The post was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check five […]
The N$5000 youth credit scheme ‘grant’ call is a scam
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral WhatsApp post misleadingly entices Namibian youth into a scam by dangling a youth credit scheme ‘grant’ Phishing scams are running rampant on social media and messaging platforms. One of the latest encountered by Namibia Fact Check in January 2024 is one calling on Namibian young people […]
No, HiFi Corp is not selling tech in N$55 boxes
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / Facebook Viral social media pages are claiming to be HiFi Corp pages that promote cheap electronics ‘mystery’ boxes One of the pages (image below) on Facebook and Instagram claims that South African home electronics and appliances retailer HiFi Corp is running a promotion in Namibia through which “lost and […]
No, MTC is not selling iPhone 15 phones for only N$55
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / Instagram A viral post on Instagram falsely claims that MTC Namibia was selling iPhone 15 Pro mobile phones for N$55 during December Namibia Fact Check first spotted the post on 28 December 2023, when it had already attracted 159 likes and 32 comments. It continued to circulate on Instagram […]
No, there is no African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum grant
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral message falsely promoting an “empowerment grant” from an entity that denies offering such a grant has been circulating in WhatsApp groups for months The post containing the false grant claim was first forwarded to Namibia Fact Check in December 2023 and then six times more through […]
Misleading ministerial claims on SIM registration
Image: Namibia Fact Check / IPPR We checked statements about biometric and ITU requirements from a recent government media statement Everyone using a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card to access telecommunications and internet services in Namibia were required to have registered their SIM card with their service provider by 31 December 2023. However, on 29 […]
No, Namibia Breweries is not mass hiring
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A WhatsApp post falsely claims that the company is looking to appoint hundreds of people and provide them with free accommodation The post has been circulating in WhatsApp groups since early November 2023 and claims that Namibia Breweries is looking to recruit 543 people. The post was forwarded […]
No, Steers is not promoting a ‘Pack Famaly’ meal
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / Facebook Fake meal promotions on social media are used to scam people into giving up their personal information online Cyber criminals are now using fake fast food promotions to trick people into revealing their personal information. This scam came to light recently when a phishing scam masked as a […]
No, Hage Geingob is not giving away free data to supporters
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A social media post falsely claims that Namibia president Hage Geingob is giving away 10GB of data to his supporters This is another one of those obviously false claims or easy-to-spot scams. The WhatsApp post, which was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check twice in mid to late November […]