Imessage Problem! Going viral

Hello everyone!
The is the first time for me but I think come across an almost jawdropping issue with iMessage!
I work for one of the UK mobile companies and within my role I manage business accounts. As part of that role we have just upgraded 200 business users to the new iPhone 4S.
So the users were not having to go through the 5 - 10 minute process of turning the device on and going through the boring initial activation process myself and a colluage manually activated each of the devices (when I say activated just skipping through the first few screen until it boots up the device. We didt put any apple user details in obviously (Neither the users, a dummy one nor are own) it was just an exersize in clicking the lanuguge settings, and the next few screens on the setup section for IOS 5 that you get with the Iphone 4S)
Here is the massive issue we have come across!
To activate the device away from itunes you need a live sim card, so we used my sim card litrially until the the device went through the basic set up and then we moved onto the next device.
The day comes to hand out devices to the 200 business users. We put the users current sim card in the new device and away they go to enjoy the new iPhone 4S!
Sounds perfect!
Until......
A few hours in we starting getting people coming back advising they were getting messages from strange numbers. It turns out that these users......100's of them were getting messages that had been sent to me by my friends over what we assume is iMessanger!
Not only was this personally very distressing for me, really unprofessional, me and my team were just totally at a loss and in the dark about how to fix this.
In the end I had to send a message to every friend I have advising them to stop sending me messages! The issue is only via imessage but the idea that someone else can recieve my messages just because my sim card was in that device for a few seconds is just astonishing!
Just to be clear at no point were any of my apple details ever logged onto any of these new devices. My sim card was maybe inserter for 30 second maybe on a few occasions upto 2-3 minutes.
I've googled like crazy and this iMessage is known but I dont think its ever happen on the scale I'm expering!
I'm desperate for some help and advise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Tim,
Your totally right, in hindsight it was an error and one that's causing some pain ;o(
Form a techincal perspective we use random sim cards to pre active devices all the time, especially on Blackberrys. My sim must of been in 1000's of devices over the last few years.
My techincal guys advised they have never come across this and clearly this is a fatal issue that Apple must be concerned with. From a business security perspective this is mind boggoling!
I'd read that the erase content setting is an option, but its such a massive step top take on a business project.
I was kinda hopeing I could do something on my end to remove devices from my Imessage setup / account?
Thanks for your input!

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