A Facebook post claims the World Health Organization is looking to hire community enforcement workers to help create awareness of Covid-19 in Kenya.
It reads: “JOB AT WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) – Kenya free application. Help us fight CORONAVIRUS by working for three months as a Community Enforcement Worker by educating the public on Covid – 19. NO JOB experience needed 8,000 personnel are required in Kenya salary of KSh35, 000. Application is free.”
The post links to a Google form where applicants are required to fill in their credentials –name, date of birth, ID Number, phone number and email address.
The form says the requirements include “having a secondary education and attained grade C- and above, be 18-45 years old, have a working mobile phone number and also a working phone”.
Is the WHO advertising jobs on Facebook? We checked.
On 2 April 2020 the WHO’s Kenya office tweeted a screenshot of the Facebook job ad with “FAKE NEWS” stamped on it.
The tweet reads: “Fake jobs advert alert!”
In these difficult times, beware of scammers trying to cash in on the coronavirus crisis. – Grace Gichuhi
It reads: “JOB AT WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) – Kenya free application. Help us fight CORONAVIRUS by working for three months as a Community Enforcement Worker by educating the public on Covid – 19. NO JOB experience needed 8,000 personnel are required in Kenya salary of KSh35, 000. Application is free.”
The post links to a Google form where applicants are required to fill in their credentials –name, date of birth, ID Number, phone number and email address.
The form says the requirements include “having a secondary education and attained grade C- and above, be 18-45 years old, have a working mobile phone number and also a working phone”.
Is the WHO advertising jobs on Facebook? We checked.
‘Fake jobs advert alert’
On 2 April 2020 the WHO’s Kenya office tweeted a screenshot of the Facebook job ad with “FAKE NEWS” stamped on it.
The tweet reads: “Fake jobs advert alert!”
In these difficult times, beware of scammers trying to cash in on the coronavirus crisis. – Grace Gichuhi
For publishers: what to do if your post is rated false
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do?
Click on our guide for the steps you should follow.
Publishers guideAfrica Check teams up with Facebook
Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media.
The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
You can also help identify false information on Facebook. This guide explains how.
Further Reading
[email protected]: The challenges of working across Africa
Misinformation knows no borders and Africa Check often responds to similar false claims from country to country.
Add new comment