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 […]
No, there is no Covid-19 phone scam currently going around in Namibia
A voice note warning of a Covid-19 phone scam is viral in Namibian WhatsApp groups even though the warning appears to be for South Africans In the viral voice note, which is 76 seconds long, an unidentified female voice warns of people calling and pretending to survey the called person on whether they had been […]
No, a ‘World Court of Human Rights’ did not rule on same-sex marriage
A misleading viral social media post rehashes old information about a European court’s ruling on gay marriage The viral post circulating around Namibian WhatsApp groups claims that the World Court of Human Rights based in Strasbourg is the most important human rights court in the world, and that it has established that there is no […]
No, MTC is not giving away 10GB free data
A post falsely claims that MTC Namibia is running a 30-day data give-away to celebrate Namibia’s Independence Day The post appears to have started circulating around WhatsApp just in time for Namibia’s 33rd Independence Day celebration, which was on Tuesday, 21 March 2023. The post was first forwarded to Namibia Fact Check on Sunday, 19 […]