Ariana Grande Fan's Twitter Suicide Hoax: Did Arianator Fake Wanting to Kill Herself to Promote Singer's New 2013 Album?

One thing is for sure, young music fans take their pop idols very seriously. We have seen it with One Direction fans, Justin Bieber fans, and now Ariana Grande fans. "Arianators" are understandably excited for Grande's new album due out Sept. 3. However, coming up with a Twitter suicide hoax is not a smart thing to do. Even worse is going through with a suicide hoax to promote a singer's new album. Is this the type of marketing campaign people are coming up with now? According to various reports, Twitter user and Arianator @ButerasCandiess threatened to kill herself as a way to gain more followers and promote Grande's new 2013 album Yours Truly.

@ButerasCandiess whose name is "Emma" according to her Twitter profile, first tweeted August 28th, "I'll take pills and I'll kill my self," followed by, "I already buy the pills. Is there anybody who cares?" @ButerasCandiess then started a morbid countdown on her twitter tweeting out, "3 minutes... don't forget to tell ariana about me & trend #RIPbuterascandiess don't forget that i love you." The tweets kept coming as fans and Twitter followers tried to console the young fan and persuade her not to kill herself.

Then, when time ran out, @ButerasCandiess tweeted, "WHY AM I ALIVE MY MUM SAW ME WHEN I WENT TO TAKE THESE PILLS AND SHE STOPPED ME CRYING." Soon Twitter followers accused her of playing a hoax, to which she flatly denied at first. Then on August 30, @ButerasCandiess tweeted, "IT WAS A HOAX! SORRY."

However, sorry may not cut it for the Toronto police department who tried to help save this girl from killing herself. "This is a huge waste of our 911 dispatchers, our intelligence people, and our communications resources," police spokesperson Scott Mills told the Toronto Star.

The Toronto Star reports that police got involved when a local nurse brought the girl's suicidal tweets to their attention. Police are trying to track down the real location of this Twitter user and Mills told the Toronto Star that the person could be charged with public mischief if they are in Canada.