Hoax suicide threat on Twitter a publicity stunt for teen star Ariana Grande, police say Ariana Grande performs at the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show last week. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images Source: Getty Images A SICK prank to promote a new pop album got out of hand recently when police intervened to help a girl who was threatening to kill herself on Twitter. In reality, the suicide threats were a hoax which police believe were intended to provide publicity to Ariana Grande, an American teen idol. According to the Toronto Star, the Twitter account @ButerasCandiess supposedly belonged to a super-fan of Grande. The account drew messages of support from other Grande fans, known as "Arianators," when the user tweeted she wanted to kill herself with pharmaceuticals. "I'll take pills and I'll kill myself," the user wrote. A nurse in Toronto brought the suicide threats to the attention of police, who began investigating. They became suspicious after the account user failed to reply to messages left by a third party, and after noticing that most of the earlier messages involved adoring comments about Grande, a star on Nickelodeon whose first record is to be released on September 3. After contacting Twitter they traced the IP address to Greece, although police believe this was a front and that the messages were in fact posted from the US. After Toronto police outed the user, the account tweeted, "It was a hoax! Sorry. Police said they don't know who was behind the publicity. Although they said Grande was probably not aware of the campaign.