How do I prove text is fake?

[ChimpParadox]

A girl is showing DDs friends a text that she supposedly sent. It’s a vile text and DD has most definitely not sent it. The friends are believing the girl as they’ve seen the text. DD hasn’t seen the text.
How does DD prove it is not from her?
How does she find out who it is from?
What can be done?

If her number was at the top i dont see how it wasnt her that sent it..

@Whisky2014
There's so many apps where you can fake texts and you just enter whatever number/name you want to appear. Or she could have gotten a friend to text her it and claim it was DD and changed friends contact name to DDs number since there is no name.

Ah ok. Or she coukd have sent it. I mean the op says shes been bullied for ages maybe it all built up and she exploded. Who knows

@Whisky2014 yes that is definitely also a possibility!

@whiskey2014 except she didn’t. And without wanting to appear rude I’m not asking for your opinion I’m asking for technology savvy folk IF there’s a way to prove it. You can see why it’s hard to ‘just tell her friends’ when you and other posters doubt her. I agree, it sounds so far fetched for another child to fabricate these iMessages but I assure you that’s what’s happened and to my dismay is incredibly easy to do but impossible to prove.

You can add a number to a fake text just as easily as a name.

I think you need to forget trying to prove if the message was fake or not and look at the gal out instead

Your DD is being bullied - it needs dealing with.

These kids aren't her true friends anyway .... she's lost nothing

Well, its an open thread so i can comment what i like. How can you know 100% she hasnt sent it?

And if you cant prove it easily you need to work on a different angle. Speak to the other parents for help?

Check your daughters iCloud OP...

link the iPhone's iMessage account to iCloud and then link this same iCloud account to either another iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac computer or Apple Watch. All messages sent to or from the iPhone via iMessage will show up on any linked device as well.

good luck

You need to step this up OP.
As previous posters have said, this: 'it happened during holidays so not in school time' is rubbish.

As you said it is bullying, the girl is showing it to school friends in school premises.

Ask for meeting with HoY. And email, so it's all in writing.

Go back to police. You might get someone more sympathetic second time.

Up the anti. Don't let this drop.