Something or nothing and I'm overthinking it all?
I'm not tec savvy at all, and currently laid low with covid. Have name changed as suspect I'm going to be treated as a troll, but am absolutely not.
I got added to a what's app group 'my college bestys', (I'm in FE)
Girl 1 said hi, using voice messages.
'Girl' 2 initially said 'what do you want L...?'
Girl 3 said Hi,
none of the other numbers responded.
Then the name of the group changed.
I dropped a message saying don't think you meant to include me and got a hello 'notlikingthis' back. (from 'girl' 2 - now realize that's how they knew my less usual name, initially assumed it meant they did know me.)
Asked 'who are you all and how do you know me?
girl 1 is clearly really young and sounds very vulnerable, if not really young then SEN tbh.
Girl 2 then introduced herself as being girl 1's 'ex best friend'.
This person sounds like they're using some kind of voice changing software or similar, and initially told girl 3 she didn't recognize them, causing girl 3 to announce they used to go to school with them to which girl 2 used a VM to say really? girl 3 then put a up picture of themselves up, (v.normal unmade up, unsophisticated, young.)
Eventually 'girl'2 decided to acknowledge girl 3 as someone they knew which girl 3 seemed grateful for.
Girl 1' posted a message about how 'their uncle just died' and 'do people want to txt privately or on what's app, both are ok.'
It appears girl 3 is now texting girl 1 direct, having been 'authenticated' via picture and 'girl 2.'
I initially thought it was just an accidental inclusion by some kids, but one of the voice messages from girl 1 has adults talking in the background and there's a lot of indications of more stuff going on there that says girl 1 isn't having the best time.
The whole thing's really weird, why would a supposedly college aged girl ('girl' 2) be using voice altering software?
(it is quite definitely not a normal recorded voice - unlike girl 1's)
Is this some sort of attempted set up?
Am I overthinking it all?
My instinct is to send girl 1 and 3, a message asking them to put me in touch with their parents, but I guess it's not likely to result in them doing it.
2nd instinct is to send a message saying you don't know me, and tbh I could be someone interested in getting to know you for all the wrong reasons, please, please be careful who you invite to chat with you, especially with all the info I got from the conversations in the background of your voice messages.
3rd is do nothing and feel awful, because I'm pretty sure girl 1is real, and particularly vulnerable... (sounds more like 7/8 yr old talking about which park they think they;re going to, and guinea pigs while adults go on about missing power banks and other stuff in the background.)
This may seem stupid to some, but it's real, and left me uneasy. What, if anything, would you do?