The State Police through a press release has raised the alarm today after announcing that another dangerous online game has reappeared just like Balena Blu and Momo, games which have led to the suicide of children and teenagers.

The new game is called "Jonathan Galindo" also known as "Cursed Goofy" and is a character described as a man wearing a dog mask "Goofy" and is associated with the Blue Whale challenge. Anonymous users create profiles using the name "Jonathan Galindo" and various images of "Cursed Goofy", then send messages to women and children through social media platforms, asking them if they want to play a game.

If the people who received the messages will accept to play, this challenge can last 50 days with 50 different challenges and in the end the last challenge can lead them to cause suicide. The most affected people are children aged 10 to 18, who are part of the most vulnerable groups in society.

In conclusion, blues call for care, especially children of these ages who navigate the Internet, as he writes that Unit "C" for the Investigation of Computer Crimes in the State Police has not identified any such case in the Republic of Albania and at the same time calls on any citizen who believes or suspects that women or children are in a situation of such danger to notify the State Police immediately and at any time.

Police notification:

Following the work for the prevention and crackdown on cybercrime, Unit "C" for Computer Crime Investigation, in the Criminal Police Department for some time has identified the emergence and development of a new and dangerous virtual game, which is called "Jonathan Galindo ".

To better clarify public opinion, the new virtual game "Jonathan Galindo" comes after some virtual games such as "Blue Whale" and "Momo".

"Jonathan Galindo", also known as "Cursed Goofy", is a character described as a man wearing a "Goofy" dog mask and is associated with the Blue Whale challenge.

Anonymous users create profiles using the name "Jonathan Galindo" and various images of "Cursed Goofy" and then send messages to women and children through social media platforms, asking them if they want to play a game, referring to the Blue Whales challenge, which bears a resemblance to the “Momo” challenge.

If they refuse, the user will threaten to make their personal information public.

If the people who received the messages will accept to play, this challenge can last 50 days with 50 different challenges and in the end the last challenge can lead them to cause suicide.

Also, for the clarification of public opinion, the image used is not an image which must necessarily show that its 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.

The character "Jonathan Galindo" is currently unidentified, but the first profile used for this purpose comes from the social platform "TikTok", in the fall of 2019.

Since the creation of this profile, numerous similar accounts have appeared on all social networks such as: TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Discord and more, sending messages to users of these social networks and encouraging or threatened them to take part in this challenge.

Currently, according to the data available to Unit "C", the most affected persons are children aged 10 to 18 years, who are part of the most vulnerable groups in society.

We call on all citizens to be careful regarding the monitoring of their family members and especially children, in any case, and especially when they notice signs such as:

Children receive messages or posts from "Jonathan Galindo", who is a man who has his face painted as the character "Micky Mouse" or as a dog;

Receive or refer to # f57, # f40 or #ImaWhale;

Extreme changes in their eating or sleeping habits;

Use of long clothing that covers parts of the body well in order to hide bodily self-harm;

Photographing various actions or activities and posting to social media accounts that parents do not know.

Perhaps some of these signs may not be relevant to this challenge, but they nevertheless constitute serious reasons for concern.

In conclusion, we clarify the public opinion that so far Unit "C" for the Investigation of Computer Crimes in the State Police has not identified any such case in the Republic of Albania and at the same time calls on any citizen who believes or suspects that women or children are in a situation of such danger, to inform the State Police immediately and at any moment./GazetaReforma