My GF’s sister received texts from my number that I did not send. For context, this is a throwaway account which I will be deleting after this is solved. Just didn’t want to lose this in my main account as it’s personal.
Last night, my girlfriend was going to a party and I came shortly after. But the host, let’s name him Steve, stopped me on the front lawn and asked who I knew at the party. I told him I was with my GF, and he was like, ‘I think she left already, bro,’ even though we were right next to her car. When I pointed that out, he said, ‘Oh, I think she’s not here though. Call her.’
So I did, and she met me outside. The rest of the night, this man gave my GF no space whatsoever, and she told me later that he liked her. Being weirded out, we left early. Whatever.
This morning I got texts from my GF asking me why I texted her sister (who was at the party that night). She sent a screenshot of the messages, and I don’t have the messages on my phone. Her sister is also supportive, saying that I wouldn’t have done that.
I am really suspicious that my phone number was spoofed somehow. I had multiple co-workers at that party who all have access to my number via Hot-Schedules. Another weird thing to note is that it says I read her messages at 10:35 am, but the spoofed messages were sent at 10:12. That doesn’t seem to add up to me.
I’d be interested to see if you could find out - I bet the carrier could tell but I’m not sure they would be allowed to share that info unless there was a court order to do so.
Pretty obvious if he liked her, he’s trying to cause a breakup… The fact he started off with ‘oh, I think she’s not here’ etc., then suddenly this? Pretty obvious.
Phone bills haven’t shown individual texts in a very long time; you’ll have to contact your provider to get that kind of detail, and they may not give it to you anyway. It’s not like you’re billed by the text. They keep it because law enforcement can ask for it, but I wouldn’t anticipate them giving it to you.
It’s someone you know messing with you, or they wouldn’t know to text your GF’s sister. The easiest answer is someone got hold of your phone and deleted the message after sending it.
Personally, I would be getting police involved if he’s spoofing numbers; they can figure this stuff out, and he won’t be thinking about doing it again. Hope you get it sorted.