No, there is no Canada visa lottery
Image: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A WhatsApp post circulating since early July 2023 claims the Canadian government is issuing 50,000 visas via a lottery The post was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check on 6 July 2023 and looks as follows: It’s easy to identify that this is a scam post: The link in the […]
Sponsored post promotes fake UN jobs
Image: Namibia Fact Check / Facebook A viral sponsored Facebook post falsely claims that the United Nations has ‘1000+ Job Opportunities’ The link of the Facebook post was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check at the end of June 2023 for verification. The sponsored post, with a United Nations emblem on it, reads: “are you a […]
No, the electoral commission is not hiring via a ‘recruitment portal’
Image: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A fake post claiming the Electoral Commission of Namibia is recruiting online is circulating in WhatsApp and other social media groups The scam post appears to have been circulating online since the end of June 2023 and came to Namibia Fact Check‘s attention on the morning of Monday, 3 […]
No, the electoral commission is not recruiting staff via a WhatsApp link
Image: Namibia Fact Check / Canva A false WhatsApp post invites applications in what it claims is “onging workers recruitment” by the Electoral Commission of Namibia The viral post appears to have been circulating since early May 2023 and was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check on 17 May 2023. The post states the following: All […]
No, there is no ‘$750 million donation to eradicate poverty’
Image: Namibia Fact Check / Canva An old misleading WhatsApp post about a donation from “Government” and the “World Bank Group” has resurfaced Namibia Fact Check has been monitoring the post, which appears to date back to early last year, when it first came to Namibia Fact Check’s attention on 6 April 2022 (image below). […]
Fake Samherji Fishrot apology circulating
The ‘WE’RE SORRY’ post was simply too good to be true even though it mimicked the company’s website so believably This was a good one, to be honest. It looked so real and authentic that it was almost, almost believable. Everything looked so genuine – the webpage, the website, the links to other webpages mimicked […]
No, Bill Gates is not poisoning your fruit
Photo by Hitoshi Namura on Unsplash The latest Bill Gates conspiracy theory has the tech billionaire and philanthropist peddling toxic fruit in a diabolical plan to kill humanity In the conspiracy theory that has surfaced on social media in late April 2023, Bill Gates is accused of poisoning fresh produce, such as avocados, with “toxic […]
SCAM ALERT: There is no Hage Geingob Hichilema cash grant
A post circulating on social media for most of April 2023 promotes a cash grant scheme that is meant to harvest personal information The post claims that the President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, and the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, have initiated a grant scheme that awards N$3,000 grants to Namibian nationals. The post which […]
No, there’s no recruiting happening for the population and housing census
A false post inviting applications for work during the population and housing census this year has been floating in Namibian WhatsApp groups The post which claims that recruitment for the National Population Census has started has been forwarded to Namibia Fact Check three times over the last month, with the last post being forwarded for […]
No, there is no ‘Hustlers Empowerment Fund’
A WhatsApp post is circulating calling for applications to a ‘Hustlers Empowerment Fund’, which allegedly funds students and business owners The scams just keep on coming. The latest one shared with Namibia Fact Check on 29 March 2023 for verification reads as follows: “Hustlers Empowerment Fund Application Form 2022/2023 Is Out Now Hustlers Empowerment Funding […]