I have a client who claims that some text messages \"appeared\" on her phone tha

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I have a client who claims that some text messages "appeared" on her phone that she did not send. I think she may be telling the truth because it seems entirely too coincidental that these messages were sent just as my client filed for divorce. I am also suspicious because I am told that her husband gave the text messages to his lawyer but he has not been around her (or her phone) for several months so he wouldn't have access to her phone. I am also suspicious because there are only a limited number of texts, whereas it is my experience that more than a few texts would be exchanged between persons that were engaged in a romantic relationship.

Is it possible to have a text message that my client didn't send appear on her smart phone making it look as if she did send the text? If so, am I correct in assuming that the person who is responsible for sending the texts would have access to those text messages?

It may be important to note that this did not occur on American soil. My client was in Lebanon at the time these texts appeared on her phone.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Explanation / Answer

I had this happen this morning at 5am when I was not lying, inebriated or even awake. I was alone in a hotel room and had my laptop, iPad and iPhone with me. A string of messages 5 messages were sent to the weather alerting sms service at my daughter's school.

The only possibility that I can come up with is related to the fact that my phone will occasionally open Siri when sitting on a counter or bedside table.

I did get a text from the school, then the messages were sent as if in response. If speech to text was turned on spontaneously, it could have heard my tv (or me talking in my sleep) and sent that back to the school.

Not an answer, but maybe the speech to text is a clue. Maybe shut those features down and see if the problem goes away.

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