{"id":382241,"date":"2025-09-17T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:49:24","slug":"theofelus-warns-public-against-ai-generated-scam-video-promising-weekly-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241","title":{"rendered":"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video falsely claiming that a Government Investment Platform guarantees an income of N$35,000 per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has observed with great concern the circulation of an Al generated video labelled Government Investment Platform Guarantees Income of N$35 000 per week. These untruthful and deceitful videos are featuring the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare, the Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Natangue Ithete and the Minister of ICT,\u201d Theofelus explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She stressed that the government rejects the claims made in the video, confirming that no such platforms or schemes are offered by the Namibian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe further caution the public against falling victims of disinformation. The public is advised to ascertain the credibility of information by calling the offices directly or refer to the official social media platforms of such Offices, Ministries and Agencies before acting the said information. We therefore, urge the public to be vigilant and refrain from further spreading of such videos and images to curb disinformation,\u201d the minister urged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video falsely claiming that a Government Investment Platform guarantees an income of N$35,000 per week. \u201cThe Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has observed with great concern the circulation of an Al generated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":382245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-17T20:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1173\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"775\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T20:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241\",\"name\":\"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T20:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg\",\"width\":1173,\"height\":775},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=382241#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\",\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income - Informant\u00e9","description":"The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video...","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2025-09-17T20:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1173,"height":775,"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Reporter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241"},"author":{"name":"Staff Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80"},"headline":"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income","datePublished":"2025-09-17T20:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241"},"wordCount":198,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241","name":"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-17T20:00:00+00:00","description":"The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has warned the public not to be misled by an AI-generated video...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Minister-warns-public-of-fake-AI-generated-investment-scheme-Informante-Image-workspace.jpg","width":1173,"height":775},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=382241#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Theofelus warns public against AI-generated scam video promising weekly income"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80","name":"Staff Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=382241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/382245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=382241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=382241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=382241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}