Albania\u2019s State Police has issued a warning against a dangerous online game called \u201cJonathan Galindo\u201d and calls on parents to show particular attention to protect their children.<\/p>\n
The virtual game is similar to other online hoaxes such as Blue Whale Challenge and Momo, blamed for claiming the lives of hundreds of minors in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cJonathan Galindo\u201d, also known as \u201cCursed Goody\u201d is a character described to be wearing a mask resembling \u201cGoofy the dog\u201d and is interrelated to the Blue Whale Challenge.<\/p>\n
Anonymous users create profiles under the name \u201cJonathan Galindo\u201d and by using different images of Cursed Goofy send messages to women and children through various social media platforms, asking them if \u201cthey would like to play a game\u201d, referring to the Blue Whale Challenge, similar to the Momo Challenge.<\/p>\n
If the user rejects their invitation, they usually threat them by claiming that they will publish their personal details.<\/p>\n
If the user accepts the invitation to play, the challenge may last up to 50 days with 50 various stages which consequently may lead to suicide.<\/p>\n
To clarify, the image on this article does not necessarily show that a user is part of this challenge, as it can be used by different users for completely different purposes. The images used in the profiles of these accounts originate from the stylist Samuel Canini and date at least to the years 2012-2013.<\/p>\n
John Gallindo is currently an unidentified character, but the first profile with this name is believed to have appeared on TikTok, during autumn 2019.<\/p>\n
From that time, several similar profiles have suffered on other social medias including Twitter, Instagram, Discord. They usually send messages to other users encouraging or threatening them to participate in the challenge.<\/p>\n
Currently, according to sources from the police department, the most affected age group are 10-18 years old.<\/p>\n
The state police issued an appeal to all parents regarding monitoring their children especially in cases when:<\/p>\n
So far, the Albanian state police has not evidenced any cases in Albania but calls on citizens to cooperate with law enforcement authorities if they suspect a person they may know is in danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Albania\u2019s State Police has issued a warning against a dangerous online game called \u201cJonathan Galindo\u201d and calls on parents to show particular attention to protect their children. The virtual game is similar to other online hoaxes such as Blue Whale Challenge and Momo, blamed for claiming the lives of hundreds of minors in 2016. \u201cJonathan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n