Coronation Street youngster Hope Stape could be targeted next week on the ITV soap.
The character suddenly starts receiving messages from a mystery person, who appears to be a fellow gamer called Mad Dog.
Hope is always playing on her tablet, and it seems she's also in contact with other players on the device.
But one unknown and seemingly new player will start sending her a string of messages next week, while it's not known yet what the messages are about.
Mad Dog's identity also isn't known, while fellow youngster Sam Blakeman predicts whoever it is fancies Hope.
The pair discuss the messages and the player over their walkie-talkies.
But could there be something sinister going on, and should Hope be careful?
It could be Sam sending the messages as a joke, or perhaps he has taken a liking to his neighbour.
Then again it could be Phill Whittaker, who has just been dumped by Hope's mother Fiz on their wedding day - with her also reuniting with her ex Tyrone Dobbs.
Hope targeted Phill after realising he was looking into Fiz's past, and she did everything to stop the wedding from happening, wanting Fiz to be Tyrone.
Phill is still desperate to win her back, so knowing his relationship with Hope wasn't in the best place is Phill trying to win her around?
Viewers may also be left speculating whether it could be Hope's half-sister Jade, the secret daughter of her late dad and killer John Stape.
Jade appeared on the soap between 2019 and 2020, and posed as a nanny before her true link was exposed.
She was sent packing after she tried to take Hope away with her, also trying to paint Fiz as a bad mother in the process.
So could she be back in contact with her sibling, or is it someone else entirely?
Viewers will have to stay tuned to find out what happens next and who is contacting Hope, and why.
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Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV and ITV Hub.
