Fact-check: Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba didn’t advertise these positions

This job ad is a scam. Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba did not advertise any job position.

Writer: Ochaya Jackson

A Facebook page peddling a job advertisement purportedly from Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba is a scam.

The page, which was seemingly created on 17 November 2023, claimed in a Facebook post that the hotel needs more staff in various departments. The post cited the festive season as the reason for the need for more workers, given the increase in the number of both local and international visitors. 

“WE ARE HIRING! We, urgently need staffs in various departments in our hotel. This has been brought by higher number of visitors from both local and foreign visitations during this festive season. As the managing committee, we came into an agreement to recruit more human resource to help in maintaining the smooth operations of the hotel. The interested candidates to apply via the link online sic),” reads the advertisement. 

The screenshot of the fraudulent Facebook page advertisement

The scam job advertisement also attached a Google form for applicants to use to apply for job positions. 

The screenshot of the Google form.

Claim Verification:

211 Check reviewed the Facebook page, which shared the advertisement critically, and it appeared that the page was created on 17 November 2023, given its profile picture update at 6:35 am. The page had one follower at the time we reviewed it.  

Meanwhile, the authentic Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba’s Facebook page was created in 2017 and has 16,000 likes and 18,000 followers. It has the hotel’s official contact information and the location address, and its reviews date back to 2017. A page review also shows that the hotel did not post such job offers.

Further, the official Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba Facebook page linked on the Hotel’s official website, flagged off the job advertisement as fake and cautioned the public against scammers. 

“Kindly note that someone has created a fake Facebook account with our Facebook page name, giving out fake information about jobs adverts…please don’t be scammed! , it’s not our official account,” reads a statement from Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba, posted on its Facebook page.

This is not the first time a hotel job advertisement scam has appeared on social media platforms. In September 2023, a Facebook page impersonated the Radisson Blu Hotel Juba claiming a job offer on various positions, which 211 Check also debunked as a scam.

Conclusion:

The Facebook job advertisement claiming to be from Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba is a scam. Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba did not advertise for any jobs, and the hotel management termed the job advertisement as fake.

This fact check was published by 211 Check with technical support from Code for Africa’s  PesaCheck newsdesk through the African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA).

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