When I send text messages to someone, they end up going to a nearby iphone instead

I really need a bit of help with this question...
My friend just purchased an iphone 4s and he is having real problems with the texts and things. He sends text messages and they go to other people on his contacts list (yes, he has hit the correct name!) They appear to go to nearby iphones, and even people who are not on his contact list. It is particularly bad at his work where there is more than one iphone. Anyone else had this problem//know how to fix it?? The phone has been synchronized.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Hi, I'm looking for the answer to the same question. My iPhone 4S recently sent a reply sms to a lot of unintended recipients some of whom weren't even in my phone book. It also caused me a lot of problems and I haven't been able to find out why. Apple are investigating but the damage is already done and I now don't trust the phone at all.

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