"The site features IEBC branding and a form that requires prospective applicants to provide details, including their name, phone number, email address, date of birth, and gender. Users are thereafter prompted to validate their applications by stating their names. Subsequently, they are instructed to share the link with five groups or 15 friends on WhatsApp for their applications to be considered successful."
"Even though the website features IEBC branding, it is not legitimate due to several inconsistencies. First, the site has a suspicious URL inconsistent with official IEBC URLs, which typically end with ".or.ke". The legitimate IEBC website can be found here: "https://www.iebc.or.ke/." Further, the site does not indicate the advertised positions and qualifications, and thirdly, it requires users to share the link in WhatsApp groups, a common red flag for online scams."
A website impersonating the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission requests personal details and asks applicants to validate by stating names and sharing the link with five WhatsApp groups or 15 friends. The site uses IEBC branding but operates on a Blogspot subdomain rather than the official .or.ke domain and omits advertised positions and qualification requirements. Whois data shows the official IEBC domain was registered on 29 September 2010. No corresponding vacancies appear on the official IEBC website or verified social accounts. IEBC flagged the site as fake and advised the public to disregard it on 15 January 2026.
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