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Police visited a YouTube vlogger after fans thought she had been kidnapped by ISIS
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Police visited a fashion vlogger's home on Tuesday night after some of her fans thought she had been kidnapped by ISIS, The Daily Mirror reports.
A conspiracy theory about YouTube star Marina Joyce started trending on Twitter after she posted a video advertising clothes for a company called Stylewe.
Fans noticed some strange things in the video, and the situation escalated when Joyce sent a tweet asking fans to meet her in East London at 6.30 am.
First, let's look at the evidence:
You can see someone off-camera holding a script.
YouTube/Marina Joyce
And they seem to be ordering Joyce around.
YouTube/Marina Joyce
There are some scary-looking bars blocking Joyce's bedroom window, but fans thankfully realised that they are, in fact, blinds:
YouTube/Marina Joyce
YouTube/Marina Joyce
Listen closely at the start of the video (around 13 seconds in) and, some fans claim, you can hear Joyce whisper "help me."
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These quirks made Joyce's fans think that she had either been kidnapped (possibly by ISIS) or that she was on drugs. #SaveMarinaJoyce began trending on Twitter as fans panicked.
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https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/758084240114327553
People are saying Isis are behind this...I am speechless #savemarinajoyce
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I can't get her whisper saying "help me" out of my head and I'm in tears. I'm so scared rn, someone please help her #savemarinajoyce
Things got worse when she sent a cryptic tweet asking fans to meet her in East London at 6.30 in the morning.
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https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/758072430145462273
Meet me Bethnal Green at 6:30am if you would like to join partying with me at that event ^-^ bring a friend so you dont get lost
Some other famous vloggers warned fans not to attend the meetup:
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https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/758110930735603713
Please do not go to Marinas meet up! Stay well clear and do not got to this meet up. Let police handle this.
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https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/758106252127895552
Please please do not attend @MarinaJoyce7's meet up tomorrow morning. I'd hate for anyone to be in danger #savemarinajoyce x
Joyce's fans were even warned not to attend a morning rave in case it was connected to her video.
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I've seen many tweets from people telling others that this is the event? If so, please do NOT go x pic.twitter.com/eLPvSGKkZW
The Daily Mirror reports that some of Joyce's concerned fans actually visited the 6.30am meetup and streamed it live online, but "the stream showed a black screen with occasional banging in the background."
Things got so bad that Joyce's fans contacted the police who visited her home to check that she's safe.
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Officers have visited YouTube user Marina Joyce. She is safe and well. #ETeam #savemarinajoyce
And Joyce has now tweeted to reassure fans that she's fine.
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https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/758213689635844096
#savemarinajoyce
Im TOTALLY fine guys, i am feeling very good today and its actually so heartwarming to see so many people care about me
But not everyone believes it.
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https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/758237164509376513
she's not okay, please save her 🙏😫
honestly scared for her #savemarinajoyce
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