No municipality is hiring in bulk right now
Image courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post circulating in multiple WhatsApp groups falsely claims that an unidentified “municipality” is hiring 70 workers The post was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check on 26 November 2023 to be verified. The WhatsApp message states that the post was retrieved from a public Facebook group titled […]
No, there is no ‘poisonous’ bottled water in Namibia
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post circulating in WhatsApp groups falsely suggests that there is chemically contaminated bottled water being sold in Namibia The post, which is accompanied by an image of three bottles of water branded ‘Coral Dew’, warns against consuming any bottled water with “DEW” in its name, as it […]
No number plate robberies have been reported in Namibia
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post in WhatsApp groups has resurfaced a false claim about rampant ‘number plate robberies’ The post that was widely shared and forwarded reached Namibia Fact Check in early September 2023 and claims that robbers or hijackers remove car number plates and then lure potential victims by claiming […]
Viral airport recruitment posts are jobs scams
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp Viral social media posts falsely claim that the Namibia Airports Company is recruiting staff for a variety of positions The first post (image below), which appeared in WhatsApp groups, was first forwarded to Namibia Fact Check on 18 September 2023, but continued circulating through October 2023. The viral post […]
No, the UN is not recruiting via a UNICEF portal
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A post claiming that the United Nations is recruiting via a UNICEF application portal circulated in WhatsApp groups for most of September 2023 The scams just keep coming via WhatsApp at the moment, with September 2023 seeing numerous scams being spread via the platform. One of those that landed […]
SCAM ALERT: There is no Global Mega Yearly Promotion
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A message congratulating a WhatsApp user on winning $550,000 was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check to verify The message was received by the WhatsApp user twice on 15 September 2023 from different numbers. The two messages (screenshots below), that were forwarded to Namibia Fact Check, were received six minutes […]
No, the World Food Programme is not recruiting via a WhatsApp post
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp The viral post falsely claims that the World Food Programme is busy with a mass recruitment drive worldwide The post (image below), that has been widely shared in Namibian WhatsApp groups in September 2023, states: “*MASS RECRUITMENT AT WFP 2023 JOBS*. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME(WFP). The 2023 RECRUITMENT form is […]
Real teaching post used to scam job seekers
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A screenshot warning people to be careful of a message offering a teaching post in the Omusati region has been viral in WhatsApp groups The message that has been screenshot-ed informs the receiver of the message that they have qualified for an interview for a teaching post in a […]
TikTok is not giving away 30GB to users
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post falsely claims that TikTok is giving away data to users for 60 days to celebrate its 6th anniversary The post (image below) was shared across social media platforms and was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check in early August. The post states: “Congratulations to all TikTokers, Free […]
No, there is no German government grant for Namibians
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A post claiming that the German government has an education fund giving grants to Namibians went viral on WhatsApp in August The post claimed that there was something called the “German Government Education Fund for Namibia” that gave out between “150,000 – 550,000” grants “Strictly for Students within and […]