has anyone else experienced this?

[allhallowsandwine]

my friends ds is 14 and is reciving by text message passages of scripture. the paernts have phoned this number from thier own phones and when answered it is a foreign sounding lady and is totaly incoherant and saying it to late now!! they then recive the similar messages now. they are unsure when or when this person got his number, was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

they need to ring his service provider and find out how to stop the messages. i'd be worried that it is one of those that charges you lots to receive them

they need to stop them pronto just in case

they have been on holiday this week and are planning to go to the child protection officer at the police this week to report it.

Is it a new number? This would be my guess. The last time I changed numbers, I was getting random texts about all sorts of crap from people who knew the person who had the number before me. I don't know if that helps, but at least that way the texts won't be costing your friend money.

I highly doubt it's a child protection issue or that it will be dealt with as such, but it doesn't hurt to report it I guess.

no not a new number, but would be a police matter as its menacing calls and to report to service provider you need a ploice ref no. Also imho it would be child protect as he is a minor, but im sure the police would advice and could or may not be sinister. i wa curiouse as to wther this was a common thing like chaine mail etc.

Yes, I would say it's quite common and probably just a case of mistaken identity. Him being a minor would not automatically make it a case of child protection, so I would tell your friend not to worry so much on that level. It doesn't sound like there is any real reason to make this cross over into child protection.

My gut says you/your friend are worrying too much, but like I said, worth reporting just in case.