Well, someone in the family did get such a message around lunchtime. She had recently received a new ATM card from the bank but the card was still left inside the envelope all the while, safe and sound at home.
Panic stations! Did someone else forge a duplicate card and was now overseas, ready to or even already fraudulently using the fake card. Or was it the bank-issued credit card that she frequently uses? Had that card's details been cloned?
Attempts to reach the bank's customer hotline were futile; she was kept on hold forever. It was only in the evening that she got through. She found out that other similarly upset customers had been calling in. So what had happened?
A bad case of communication malfunction in the first sentence, that's what. The text message was sent to those who had as well as those who had not activated the said feature. Aiyoh!
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Do I know of any other text message bloopers? The classic one I remember best is this one of another family member who once received this message: "Hi, this is your bother-in-law..."
Finally, the Internet is full of iPhone auto-correct funnies, whether genuine or made up. Here's BuzzFeed's collection compiled earlier this year:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/29-unintentionally-dirty-autocorrect-mistakes
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