IEC warns of phishing scam
JOBURG – Emails requesting personal information from the "Independent Elections Council" are a phishing scam, IEC warned.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has warned voters of an email scam requesting personal information “allegedly part of an electronic voting survey on behalf of the IEC”.
This type of scam is commonly referred to as ‘phishing’.
“The emails are being distributed by the ‘Independent Elections Council’ under the email address elections@IEC.co.za and have ‘Electronic Voting Testing Phase’ in the subject field,” IEC spokesperson Kate Bapela said.
Bapela added that the link provided in the email requests login details and the interface resembles that of the Electoral Commission’s website but it does not use the same Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
“These emails and this website are fake and have nothing to do with the Electoral Commission. Recipients are advised not to respond to the email or to open any hyperlinks within it,” she said.
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