Today I had a co-worker ask me about a strange text message he received last night from my number. I was confused because I had not texted him (or anybody) last night. He showed me the message on his phone, which read:"Happy n da house!"...It made no sense and it is not something that would ever come out of my mouth, much less a text. And on top of that, my phone was in my possession during the time of the text, no doubt about it. I checked my text history and there is no record of me sending a text on my phone. I was completely sober and conscious at the time as well.Has anybody ever heard of this happening, or had it happen to themselves? I do not understand how it happened but it worries me that someone can send a text using my number and me not even know about it. Any ideas?[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 6:30 PM. Reason : .]
3/25/2009 6:29:16 PM
it was probably just spoofedfirst hit on googlinghttp://www.smsspoofing.com/ ]]
3/25/2009 6:30:26 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_spoofing
3/25/2009 6:31:24 PM
nm lemme read up on this shit[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 6:33 PM. Reason : .]
3/25/2009 6:32:34 PM
k i about called you fucking retarded since it explains it right there. but i'll let it slide for now[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 6:34 PM. Reason : a]
3/25/2009 6:34:03 PM
^ no need for that, Omarbadu ghost edited his post to add a link. I didn't see it until my response.Wtf, this is the first I've heard of this... I will be contacting Verizon tomorrow.
3/25/2009 6:41:00 PM
They can't do shit.
3/25/2009 6:43:30 PM
what do you expect them to do? the message they are sent is formatted in a way that makes it appear it's coming from your cellphone - they have no reason to believe otherwisedo you not think that if they could do something about this then they would....it's basically the same thing as spam email spoofing ]]
3/25/2009 6:44:39 PM
3/25/2009 6:47:02 PM
likewise it could present a problem if someone maliciously sent your boss a spoofed email appearing to come from your address saying fuck you i quit it's a known problem and that's why some countries have laws regarding spoofed txtsjust because law enforcement and your cell provider can track who sent it and where it came from - do you think they are going to put forth the effort unless there is some sort of legal reason they have to ]]
3/25/2009 6:50:53 PM
Understood. So this is a common thing then? Am I that out of the loop? I mean, I have asked many people if they heard of this happening and the only info I've gotten has come from you guys.
3/25/2009 6:57:53 PM
it's not done that commonly as far as i know but there's no real reason for that - it's much more common to receive a spam txt/picture to your cellphone than some spoofed # - the fact that it was your # sent to another person you know means that it was done by someone that knows both of you
3/25/2009 7:00:18 PM
I wonder if Verizon can tell me the number the text came from so I can prank the douche bag I work with who sent it in the first place
3/25/2009 7:04:52 PM
errr yeah - report back on how receptive verizon tech support is to your idea i'm sure they've got a SOP for spoofed msg tracking heh
3/25/2009 7:18:46 PM
Yes, I realize this is a long shot, I have dealt with customer no-service before, I just really want to prank the fucker back hard, whoever he/she is, and if I have to jump through some hoops, so be it.
3/25/2009 7:29:31 PM