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Strange text on a mobile
steve m - 24/4/13 at 08:11 PM

Hi all,

I had a VERY very strange text on my mobile, that has come from a friend, who is adament, he did not send!
he assures me, i can view his sent messages ect, to prove his innocent, but im still not sure

So is it possible for a text message, to be sent with someone elses mobile no to another mobile ?

steve

blakep82 - 24/4/13 at 08:18 PM

I never really thought about it before, but I guess modern smart phones are as open to certain viruses as any laptop.
Never heard of one that can do that though, but ive had text messages that come up with a name of where it came from, rather than a number, and its not a number I have saved. Like insurance quote texts and the like, so I guess its possible?

big-vee-twin - 24/4/13 at 08:20 PM

I was once accused of texting porn from my phone to people in my phone book.

Which I hadn't, I was even shown the texts and I shared my sent items with them.

I got rid of the sim straight away and bought a new one.

Think the sim had been cloned no idea how.

chris-g - 24/4/13 at 08:22 PM

There are web sites that allow you send text messages and the recipient would see the mobile number that the sender enters on the site. I often do this with O2 but the recipient gets an O2 message at the bottom of the text.
Could someone have used you mates phone, send the text and then deleted it from the sent list without your mate knowing?

Slimy38 - 24/4/13 at 08:23 PM

I'm not 100% sure, but with Android devices you can give applications permission to send texts and access your contacts list. So in theory a rogue application could be sending texts without them being logged.

While the text message may not show up in his history, it might be worth asking his provider whether he's suddenly been sending loads of texts without knowing.

steve m - 24/4/13 at 08:45 PM

All very interesting,

The "message" was quite personel, and not directed to me! (i hope) but its content contained info, that could of been from my m8, but very loosley, but i would be surprised,

steve

bi22le - 24/4/13 at 10:33 PM

Accidently sent to you then your mate deleted the evidence?

blakep82 - 24/4/13 at 11:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Accidently sent to you then your mate deleted the evidence?


Ha I've done that before! I never delete evidence though, always just admit it and style it out.

I was sitting with my mum watching the sugababes (it was 10 years ago) and my mum said one of them was a dog.
Next day my mum was at work, and I text my mate saying what my mum said, adding how I 'would bone' certain members of the sugababes. Of course because I was texting my mate about something my mum said, I automatically without thinking, sent it to my mum. I didnt realise what I'd done til my mum text me back saying 'how red is your face now?'
My answer, "I ain't gonna lie, I would!"

Yep, it does happen very easily

steve m - 25/4/13 at 06:30 AM

Yep, ive texted the wrong message to the wrong person, but the message was so weird, i can not belive my m8 sent it,
but it does look as though he did, and now i see a tottaly different side to him!

EX01 - 25/4/13 at 06:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
I'm not 100% sure, but with Android devices you can give applications permission to send texts and access your contacts list. So in theory a rogue application could be sending texts without them being logged.

While the text message may not show up in his history, it might be worth asking his provider whether he's suddenly been sending loads of texts without knowing.


What Slimy38 says is correct, I would check as well your friend doesnt have any bank details or things that can be used in identity theft stored on his phone that he doesnt want stealing.

Also antivirus products for mobiles at the moment current have been proved to be totally ineffective so dont asume if you have anti virus on your mobile that you are safe.

Grimsdale - 25/4/13 at 07:14 AM

stop teasing, tell us what it said!

chris-g - 25/4/13 at 07:49 AM

Try entering contents of the text into google. If it is a rouge text then other people will have received the same thing and the google search might bring up other discussions about it and help put your mind at ease about your mate.

Peteff - 25/4/13 at 08:06 AM

It could be a spoof message like this. I have heard about them but never seen one used.

bob - 28/4/13 at 01:54 PM

LOL Steve......you have not got any mates