How can random people message you on kik?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I get random new messages from people on kik and I'm confused as to how they even know my username. And it's not from my contacts cuz it's random people I've never heard of

[BasicFlake]

It's a form of fishing. It could even be based on random username generation, a bit like a brute force hack. The unsolicited messages are almost always imposters pretending to be someone else. Block/delete immediately, unless you're bored in which case you can pretend that you believe their bullshit.

[dogbert444]

It's quite easy. One way is to simply guess a name. The other is to do a search on KIK, starting with a single letter and building up from there until you get a random hit.

[Soulfly9]

Sometimes they're bots. But you can find random people with apps built into kik

[akadatank44]

Is your username common? Like have you used it with other things? That could be why.
I am unsure the "how" but just like anything in today's world with technology you can find pretty much anything online.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Sometimes KiK gives out random peoples usernames. If someone has your Gmail account, KiK will match them with your KiK.

[CheerGirl38139]

Kik hacks your phone info.

[beebella]

I get a lot of bots.🙄

[Anonymous]

So what's your Kik address... lol...