A Florida mom says she received a gift from her mother for her 8-month-old twins—two fake iPhone toys. Normal, right? That is, until they started asking her twins “creepy” questions.
Megan (@sweetasapeachxo1024) posted a video that received more than 559,000 views. In it, she shared how a simple gift turned into a terrifying situation for her family.
‘You Could Hear Little Voices’
In Megan’s video, she said her mother had purchased some ABC toy phones for her younger children from the TikTok Shop. She explained that “[they] didn’t even have real screens, just had buttons, but looked like an iPhone. … They were super cute, and [my twins] loved them.”
Megan says she gave the phones over to her children, who began playing with them. Later, during their nap, she says she heard a strange voice come from one of the phones. Curious, she listened more closely to the device with her older child.
“You could hear little voices in the background and sounds, and it was saying things like, ‘Where do you live? How many people are in your family in your home? What’s your name? How old are you? What time do you go to school?’” she said.
She told Subplot News that “The buttons did not prompt those questions. The phones were left alone and just started playing those recordings. It’s almost like the sellers did it to be malicious.”
She also says in the video that she sent a video of the phone’s pre-recorded messages to her mother. She says her mother told her that she’d report the situation to TikTok. Megan marked the phone that she says was “speaking” with an X on the box. Then she played a video for her audience.
What ‘Creepy’ Questions Did the Fake iPhone Toys Ask?
Before playing a video of the phone, she gave her audience a quick warning. “It’s super creepy,” she said.
Then, she let her previously recorded clip play out. Indeed, the product appeared to be normal at first. But after a short amount of time, the fake phone asked invasive questions. “What time do you go to school?” was one such example.
The phone played a seemingly pre-recorded message, which asked, “How many people are there in your family? What are you looking for? Are You Chinese?”
Where Is the Fake iPhone Toy From?
Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Leleyu Technology Co. makes the original product. The company creates educational toys and products such as English language toy phones, which are often sold through Alibaba. It makes sense, then, for the product to have ended up on the TikTok Shop, as it was likely sold by third-party distributors or dropshippers.
So, why the scary questions from the phone? Well, it’s possible that someone may have tampered with the device. Anyone who interacted with the phone between Leleyu creating it and it ending up on Megan’s doorstep may have programmed it.
Alternatively, it’s possible that the product is functioning as intended. Some commenters said that the questions the phone asked weren’t that unusual.
But Megan discovered something else that made the fake iPhones feel more sinister.
What Else Did the Mom Discover About the Fake iPhone Toys?
In an update, she told her audience that she destroyed the phones after a recommendation from her county’s sheriff’s department.
“They recommended smashing them, breaking them, seeing what’s inside, and disposing of them,” she said.
She says that when she opened up the phones, she found two SIM Cards—not SD cards. She says she quickly disposed of those, too.
“I drove to the gas station that was on my way home—it’s about eight miles from my house—and pulled up to a pump [and] dumped them in a garbage can. I literally felt like I was dropping burner phones in a garbage can,” she said.
Megan added that she filed an online report with the FBI.
“They can look into it, and if there’s been multiple complaints about it, you know, then they can take action,” she said.
So far, she hasn’t had any other updates to share. The content creator says she still doesn’t know why the phones asked such private questions or who was truly responsible for adding those recordings to the device. Some viewers, however, said that it was clearly “not an educational thing.” They believed it could’ve had a nefarious purpose.
Subplot News reached out to TikTok via email and media contact form, and to Leleyu via email for comment. We will update this story if they respond.
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