Momo Challenge Warning to Parents
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Momo Challenge
We want to advise you about a popup some of our students are seeing when on the Internet. This popup usually has some sort of grotesque picture that kids are having trouble forgetting. When it pops up, the kids are clicking on it and being taken to YouTube where they watch the videos. At some point, the student is asked to message a phone number and it takes them in to WhatsApp. Once they have the phone number, it sends the user a challenge and if they don't follow through with the challenge, it threatens and scares them.
Please, please monitor your students when they are on the Internet and devices. The following Facebook page link is from retired Detective Rick Floyd who spoke to our 5th graders about Internet safety. Additionally, there are links to articles that will provide you with more information.
https://mobile.facebook.com/Rick-Floyds-Internet-SafetySecurity-1208338992573473/
Thank you. If you have additional concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us. Please help us keep our students safe.