Momo challenge

Mumbai police

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WhatsApp

Mexico

After the Blue Whale Challenge that took over a hundred lives across the globe, a new life-threatening trend has picked up on social media. Identified as, the new challenge is gaining popularity on social media. Thehas issued a warning regarding the dangerous challenge.The police took to Twitter to raise awareness about the deadly game saying, " How about interacting with us on the widely know #Dial100 than on unknown numbers, to beat the challengers in their own game!” They also started the hashtags trend #NoNoMoMo and #MomoChallenge and wrote a catchy statement which read- “Not all Momos are meant to be consumed”."The Momo challenge was started, but is now spreading via Whatsapp. Momo is a social media account on, Facebook, and YouTube, which is using the image of a horror artwork called Mother Bird by Link Factory to induce curiosity among children, challenging them to communicate with an unknown number, as per media reports.The creepy account appears to be connected to three numbers in Japan,, and Columbia. If a user refuses to follow the game's orders, Momo threatens them with violent images.In this challenge, children are encouraged to engage in a series of violent acts that end with suicide.According to reports, a 12-year-old girl in Argentina, who committed suicide was a victim of this challenge.