Random iMessage and Find My iPhone alerts

Hi all,
My wife and I share the same iCloud and Itunes account (legacy thing) and both of us have recently got new iPhones (5c and a 5s).
We are each getting random messages throughout the day and it's annoying and perhaps concerning (maybe?) and was wondering if anyone has a steer on what could be causing it.
I get about 5-6 times a day a message that pops up on my iPhone screen stating "iMessage has been enabled on xxxxx phone". But it hasn't. Both us have iMessage disabled on all our devices and in fact, I even now have it tied along with my Facetime to another account. Still the messages roll in. I reported it to my mobile provided and they stated it was a software glitch and wouldn't replace the iPhone (fair enough).
My wife has started get messages about my iPad and my iPhone both stating that Find my iPhone has been disable for HER iPhone which is mondo bizarro and makes no sense. Here's the kicker - I don't get these messages at all. Not a one. She's not disabling Find My iPhone and neither and I.
Does anyone know what could be causing these messages?
There are a total of 5 devices on the same iCloud account: iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, New iPad 3g, New iPad Wifi, iMac
Only the IOS devices seem to be affected.
Many thanks for your help,
W

You could try signing into these services on your iOS devices, then sign out again.  This would register, then unregister them with the iMessage and FaceTime servers and may clear things up.  If it persists, contact iCloud support: http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/contact/.  Since your 5s and 5c are new, you should still be able to contact them for free.

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