A WhatsApp account called "Momo" is supposed to send scary messages to users.
WhatsApp: horror account Momo is supposed to send spooky messages, voice messages and pictures. What's behind it? This is until now known to "Momo".
- An account called "Momo" with a horror profile picture suddenly appears in the Whatsapp contact lists of many people.
- Users post on the net that they were simply contacted by the account
- Momo's profile picture shows a spooky mix of girl and raven.
- Reports and videos on the Internet say that if you write "Momo" on WhatsApp, you should rewrite it, send voice messages and even call.
- Spanish police have already warned against contacting "Momo".
- Some people would have even received shocking photos of "Momo" on WhatsApp.
Looks like a horror movie: Suddenly, an unknown number appears in the WhatsApp contact list. The profile picture seems disturbing: the face of a deformed woman that reminds a raven. With black hair, it reminds Samara, the girl who comes out of the TV in the movie "The Ring" and scares people to death. It looks like a deliberately staged Internet phenomenon.
Or is there anything else in history? Are they possibly data thieves who use the WhatsApp "Momo" account to spy on the smartphone? Do you use the hype surrounding the mysterious account in the hope that as many people will contact it? In Spain, the police have warned against contacting the number or storing it. We still do not know who is behind the profile.
¡NOT aggregation of a "Momo"!
If you are putting yourself on the agenda. +8143510 *** for more than one rostro of una mujer. It is the ultimate viral WhatsApp moda between teenage girls. #NoPiques brome o ataque of ciberdelincuente ❓ Mejor pasa of agregar. #VeranoSeguro pic.twitter.com/qVofD2JZpM
– Civil Guard (@guardiacivil) 19. July 2018
In fact, the WhatsApp account "Momo" appeared in the Hispanic world . Meanwhile, Momo is also a problem in England and Germany. Many information sites detect the phenomenon of horror. German Youtubers have posted videos allegedly in contact with "Momo". The most successful clips have been clicked more than a million times in a few days. The Youtuber PrankBrosTV supposedly show what happens when you write with the account: Pretty scary things. But more on that later.
But what's really behind the WhatsApp? "Momo" seems to be from different places. Meanwhile, three numbers circulate in the net with the mysterious profile picture. One of these figures comes from Japan. This profile "Momo" has a Japanese area code and the description includes Japanese characters. The German translation reads: "People call me L". Another number, which should belong to "Momo", has a Colombian area code, another number is probably from Mexico.
WhatsApp-Account "Momo": The profile picture shows a Japanese sculpture
So can be taken for granted: The profile picture of "Momo" shows a weird sculpture that really exists. According to the Knowyourmeme page, which reveals fakes on the net, the character was created by the Japanese company Special Effects Link Factory. As evidenced by Instagram users, the sculpture could also be seen in a Japanese art exhibition in the "Vanilla Gallery" in Tokyo. Stop modern art. It sometimes seems strange.
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The original sculpture has not only the distorted face seen in the image of the profile "Momo", but also the bird's paws with claws. Maybe the sculpture is supposed to show a harpy, a hybrid of Greek mythology that has the shape of a winged woman. Someone has probably spotted the image on the web and turned the scary head of the sculpture into a "WhatsApp" profile.
The Tech site publishes "Momo" on WhatsApp: This is what happened
The techbook tech page has all three The "Momo" numbers are already circulating on the net. The result: "The number of Mexico does not have a WhatsApp, we badume it's a fake.The other two figures work.In his profile picture, the scary smile really pops up."
So TechBook wrote the existing "Momo" profiles: "Hello Momo" is the short message. And then come … Attention! Drum roll … Nothing happens! Until now, there was no answer, writes the editors. "It could also be because the status of the Momo numbers tells us how long the sinister profiles were no longer on WhatsApp Online." The Japanese Momo was online for the last time on July 11, the Colombian Momo there does not even the second hook handle our message, so the most improbable is that we always get an answer. "
YouTubers document the supposed contact with WhatsApp's account" Momo "
On the Youtube video portal, the phenomenon of "Momo" has now developed a crazy momentum. The most successful clip with a scary profile comes from the "PrankBrosTV" channel. Both boys Marvin and Kelvin show the so-called "Momo" numbers and do exactly what the Spanish police warned: They record the numbers in the smartphone and try to contact them via a WhatsApp message.
In fact, the news comes in a profile, as evidenced by two gray hooks. And suddenly, they get an answer with Japanese characters. The boys are chasing the answer through google translation. The result is the message: "I'm dead." As the cat progresses, they also receive a voice message with interfering sounds. Everyone can decide for themselves the reality of images. The creators of "PrankBrosTV" ask users a positive rating. If as many users as possible like the clip, they promise, they will still do it with "Momo" in touch.
And that's it: after more than a million views, they also download the following video. If it's a smart campaign to increase the reach of their channel, you have to congratulate both guys for their creativity.
The second video "Momo" uploaded on Sunday works a little weird already. As Marvin and Kelvin write again with "Momo" via Whatsapp, one of the brothers gets a selfie, which he recorded in the bathroom. Where "Momo" has the picture, they can not explain. Creepy!
The clip now has nearly 500,000 views. Of course, users can decide again if the brothers should continue to contact "Momo". "Make sure you give us a boost if we want to play that." If users have special questions for "Momo", Marvin and Kelvin want to pbad them on to their mysterious interlocutor. I bet the next clip will be uploaded soon? You do not stop a successful social media campaign even if it's just gaining momentum …
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