“Everything about the job posting seemed legit,” Mwangi told AFP Fact Check in an interview. – Promise of easy money –This particular hoax is far from uncommon in Africa — indeed, UN agencies regularly warn job seekers about fake ads. “Most online job scams aim to con unsuspecting people into sending money and once this money is sent the scammer disappears,” Kenyan cybersecurity expert Anthony Muiyuro told AFP Fact Check. We also encourage members to report anything that doesn’t seem right so we can investigate,” the company told AFP Fact Check. AFP Fact Check debunked dozens of false job claims in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa at the peak of the crisis.

Source: Daily Nation July 20, 2022 06:23 UTC