The "Momo Challenge" is a hoax and an internet urban legend that was rumoured to spread through social media and other outlets. It was reported that children and adolescents were being harassed by a user named Momo to perform a series of dangerous tasks including violent attacks, self-harm, harming others, and suicide. Despite claims that the ...

The image known as "Momo", now apparently being used to torment and horrify children on messaging apps such as WhatsApp, has once again been the subject of a series of warnings.

Feb 26, 2019 · Police and schools are issuing warnings to parents on social media after a popular WhatsApp challenge has resurfaced in the United Kingdom. The "Momo game" or "Momo challenge" gained...

Feb 27, 2019 · With the Momo Challenge, contact is triggered by searching for a special phone number online and sending a text or Whatsapp message. The player enters into a conversation that sends distressing...

Feb 25, 2019 · A number of messages and warnings across the Internet describe an apparent phenomenon called the “Momo Challenge”. Many such warnings claim it is a game where children are tricked into performing increasingly violent acts including self-harm, sometimes even culminating in suicide.

Feb 28, 2019 · Following a flurry of scare stories, some schools have warned parents about the "momo challenge" - but fact-checkers say it is a hoax. The original tale said a character with bulging eyes would...

Aug 4, 2018 · What is the Momo Challenge? Find out how it works, if people have really died from it, and the origin of that terrifying photo.

Mar 1, 2019 · It’s been called a suicide game and supposedly involves the image of an unsettling humanoid-like creature popping up on social media apps like YouTube and WhatsApp and instructing children to do dangerous things and potentially even harm themselves or others.

Aug 2, 2019 · According to Know Your Meme, in July 2018, YouTuber El Deadpool uploaded an attempt to speak with Momo on WhatsApp. Using one of several purported phone numbers on the app meant to connect the user to the creature Momo, El Deadpool messaged and waited for responses in the video.

Feb 27, 2019 · According to the Mirror, users were told to contact Momo via an unknown number. After contact was made, an anonymous person allegedly ordered the child to commit dangerous acts and sends them...