WhatsApp: The nightmare called Momo arrives. Here’s what it is and how to avoid it

Momo is not dangerous but on Whatsapp, it is creating panic. In this case, Momo is nothing more than a new chain of St. Anthony, accompanied by photos, which in the last hours is creating some headache on the most famous messaging system in the world and its users.

It is presented as a curse that will be inflicted on anyone who does not continue with the sharing of the same and unfortunately in many, for fear, do nothing but run the chain and then play the game of those who really put it originally around.

Who is Momo and what does he do?

So in the case of Momo you are invited to postpone a specific message containing the photo depicting a deformed and monstrous woman to all contacts in the phone book, to avoid being contacted by the same.

The joke at the moment remains so and does not carry viruses or otherwise but the chain would really start from the number (+31 345102539; +521 6681734379) of the girl in the photo, clearly fake, but especially with the possibility that recalling it is drained the credit of its bill.

In this case, thanks to some research it was discovered that the image of the girl forwarded in the various messages is nothing, but a statue exposed to the Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo. In short, any image that runs on the chains of this type that are shared by users for fear of actually incurring in some curse but greatly expanding the whole.

What to do against Momo?

Fortunately, at least at the moment, it seems that Momo does not drive anything serious, so there are no viruses or malware of any kind but simply a horror-style whatsapp find. The advice is still to block the user and not try for any reason to contact him as it is possible that the question is being exploited, even by third parties to perform computer crimes. Not only, the danger is also that by calling one of the two numbers, in addition to sending viruses, see also dry up the remaining credit.

Specifically, it will suffice to receive the message from Momo :

• Open the conversation with Momo
• Cap on the three dots at the top
• Stop on More
• Plug on Lock
• Cap on Report and Lock

Momo is clearly not the only chain making jokes. This trend has already seen other profiles wandering through the meanders of WhatsApp giving rise to chains and catchphrases, often the vehicle of computer scams, attempts to infection through viruses, as well as theft of sensitive data.

The best advice is undoubtedly the utmost attention to strange and special messages, and if you happen to be contacted, absolutely avoid playing games and sharing chains that lead to nothing but rather create chaos on the Net.