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Snapchat fans have reported issues with sending and receiving snaps as well as server issues.

Independent website Down Detector has received thousands of reports that Snapchat is down.

The outage tracker monitors social mentions around certain topics to track outages across the world.

It is reporting issues in the UK, US and other parts of Europe.

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The Snapchat Support Twitter account has posted to say they are looking into the issues.

"We're aware of the issue and working on a fix with Google," the company said.

Thousands of angry users have taken to Twitter to complain after being unable to use the popular service.

Some wrote how they worried they'd been blocked from their contacts.

Others were fuming that their conversations were cut off mid-sentence.

One user tweeted: "You don’t realise how much you take something for granted until it’s gone :/ #SnapchatDown #SnapchatNotWorking".

One simply said: "Send help".

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While another posted: "Of course it's Snapchat Down on a Monday as if Monday's are not annoying enough".

A third said: "If you don’t go on Twitter to see if everyone else’s snapchat ain’t working your not normal #SnapchatDown".

Some users were worried about losing their streaks – which are collected if you continue a conversation for a certain amount of time.

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The app, which will still open, allows you to take pictures, and check old stories, but will not let many users send photos and videos or add them to their story.

Another user said: "Been signed off my Snapchat for 20 minutes and I think I might actually cry".

"My snapchat won't let me load ANYTHING.

"I can't log back in."

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This isn't the first time Snapchat has faced issues.

The service had major problems last month and people were unable to send snaps for hours.

And the app went offline in June leaving fans unable to send messages.

The tech company has been working on new features to get more people spending more time on the app.

This includes the new Snap Map, which broadcasts your location by presenting you as a cartoonish Bitmoji on a digital map.

Other social networks have experienced issues recently.

Earlier today Facebook went down for hundreds of users in the US.

And last week Whatsapp experienced a major outage that affected thousands of people across the world.

Daily Star Online has contacted Snapchat for a comment.