IEC warns of phishing scam
JOBURG – IEC says it is not conducting any electronic voting survey.
The IEC has urged people to be on the lookout for an email scam which seeks to solicit personal information (commonly known as phishing) from voters, allegedly as part of an electronic voting survey on behalf of the electoral commission.
A statement released by the commission explained that the emails are being distributed by the ‘Independent Elections Council’ using the email address elections@IEC.co.za and has ‘Electronic Voting Testing Phase’ in the subject field.
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,” reads the statement.
Recipients are advised not to respond to the email or to open any hyperlinks within it.
