Unfortunately, creepy chain letters that are specifically intended to scare children and young people continue to circulate on WhatsApp. So again in 2019.

After the hype surrounding the alleged WhatsApp messages from “Momo”, an “old” acquaintance has now resurfaced: the nine-year-old Niko!
This scary message has been circulating both as a computer voice and as text since 2013

Niko on WhatsApp
Screenshot: mimikama.org

The content of the voice message is:

“Hi, I'm Niko and I'm nine years old and I have no hands and my face is full of scars and blood. If you don't send this message to 20 people, I'll come to you at midnight. Don't you believe it? Anna Weinfeld simply ignored it, she didn't believe in it. At 12:00 a.m. she heard strange noises coming from the hallway, she went into the hallway and saw me. She screamed for her life. But well, I killed her and no one saw her again. You still don't believe me? Tim Schnälzer only sent it to 5 people; he himself is in a wheelchair today and can no longer move. Lars Berger sent it to everyone. He has a great family and became rich. If you don't send it on you won't be alive tomorrow, or you can send it on and you'll have good luck. What does your mother mean to you? Without them we wouldn't be us. Send this to 20 people in 20 minutes. If you don't, your mother will be murdered in 5 years. Hurry if you love your mother. A child has proof. He didn’t want to send it any further – 5 years later his mother was murdered.”

The content is fictitious!

We advise you not to spread these chain letters like those from “Niko” and “Momo”. Not spreading it has no negative consequences and nothing bad will happen! It is important that parents and teachers inform children about these circumstances!

Further dissemination only contributes to causing discomfort, fear and insecurity among other recipients and to keeping such messages alive over a long period of time, as can be seen from the current example.

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How should you behave as a parent if your child has received such a message/chain letter?

Many children and young people cannot always classify this message as a joke or chain letter and actually feel threatened and frightened by the message.

  1. Disrupt the chain letter by deleting it
  2. Talk to your child about it and explain to your child that there are people who find it funny to scare other people
  3. Let your child know that you take their fear seriously, but also convey that this fear is unfounded

the LKA Lower Saxony, it is not necessary to file a criminal complaint .


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