THE MOMO "suicide game" that has been linked to the death of at least one child has now appeared on Minecraft and YouTube, it is feared.

The terrifying bug-eyed woman symbol first spotted on Whatsapp versions of vile game appears to have been added to Minecraft by "modders" who create personalised content for the hugely popular online game.

The Minecraft modification adds the macabre avatar for Momo to a character that chases players around holding a mobile phone showing the Whatsapp icon.

Momo is believed to have started on Whatsapp messaging platform, encouraging youngsters to contact a mysterious number that then bombards the 'player' with violent images.

The "controller" then encourages them to take part in a series of challenges which is feared to include a chilling final order for the child to take their own life.

Suspected Momo-related incidents have been reported around the world, with the death of a 12-year-old girl in Argentina being directly linked to the game by police.

There are fears that the appearance of Momo on Mnecraft and YouTube could lead youngsters to investigate the dangerous phenomenon and start playing it themselves.

Alongside the alleged encouragement of suicide, the "game" has also been linked to the theft of personal data, harassment, extortion, anxiety, depression and insomnia.

A cop in the US state of Ohio described how his seven-year-old son was watching Minecraft-related content on YouTube when an ad about Momo popped up.

Lieutenant Dave Carter told WTOL: "It's scary. He began talking about Momo and how weird she looked. So, he ended up looking it up and saw that it was that suicide challenge.

"That came from something simple, that kids all like doing this Minecraft stuff and watching the videos on how to play it and here it comes up in the search."

Cops in Argentina are investigating if the suicide of a 12-year-old girl in the town of Ingeniero Maschwitz near Buenos Aires is linked to Momo.

She filmed a video on her phone shortly before she died, reports the Buenos Aires Times.

Officers suspect someone encouraged her to take her own life and are investigating an unidentified 18-year-old teenager believed to have been in contact with the girl.

A police statement said: "The phone has been hacked to find footage and WhatsApp chats, and now the alleged adolescent with whom she exchanged those messages is being sought.”

They added they believe the teenager's “intention was to upload the video to social media as part of a challenge crediting the Momo game" for the suicide.

Authorities in Europe have also started an information campaign to warn youngsters and parents about Momo.

Parents are being told that Momo could be the next Blue Whale – a vile and dangerous social media game linked to at least 130 teen deaths across Russia.

Blue Whale is a horrifying social media phenomenon where youngsters were encouraged to undertake horrific daily tasks including self-harming, watching horror films and waking up at unusual hours.

The tasks, issued by manipulative social media users, escalate until the 50th day when youngsters are told to kill themselves.

A spokesman for Youtube said: “YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit content that's intended to encourage dangerous activities that have an inherent risk of physical harm or death.

“We remove flagged videos that violate our policies.”

Sun Online has contacted Minecraft developers Microsoft for comment.