This woman’s new iPhone 5S came loaded with dozens of celebrity phone numbers

Imagine getting a new phone and finding it comes with the added bonus of tens of celebrities’ phone numbers.

That’s what happened to Sophie Highfield, 31, whose iPhone lists not only her contacts but dozens of others, including David Walliams, Nick Grimshaw and Adele.

No one is quite sure what’s gone wrong – even Apple – but experts suspect that an ‘iCloud glitch’ made her Apple iPhone 5S sync with dozens of others.

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Sophie bought the phone brand new from Three Mobile and added the numbers for her friends and family.

Because she uses Facebook Messenger for most of her correspondence, it took her a few months to find that when she typed the letter ‘M’ into the keypad to call her mum, there were dozens of numbers for different mums.

Confused, she began typing other letters – and discovered genuine contact details for Radio 1 DJs, TV icons and Olympic athletes.

Gold medal-winning long jumper Greg Rutherford was in there, as was comedian David Walliams, presenter Gok Wan and Spice Girl Emma Bunton.

The late actress Lynda Bellingham, Busted’s Matt Willis, Loose Women’s Denise Welch and Nick Lyndhurst – Rodney from Only Fools and Horses – are also listed.

Others big names include Radio 1 DJs Greg James and Nick Grimshaw – listed as Greg ‘The Legend’ James and Grimmy – as well as producers and other TV figures.

Sophie has spent hours trying to find out what went wrong but after a month-long investigation, Apple has failed to explain how the problem happened.

Sophie, of Erdington, Birmingham, said, “I’ve got no idea how it has happened. I seem to have access to literally hundreds of people’s numbers.

“I didn’t notice it at first because the contacts aren’t in my address book but when I go into messages to send a text and type in the letter ‘A’, it comes up with ‘A’ for Adele.

“There are loads of celebrities – Emma Bunton, Denise Welch, Gok Wan…

“There are also lots of producers. I feel like it might have belonged to someone from the BBC or the TV industry.”

As well as celebs, Sophie’s mobile contains numbers for a host of random strangers – including ‘Brandon from Subway’ and ‘Sophie Babysitter’.

‘Kieran Window Cleaner’, ‘Christine in the club’,’Mark pest control’ ‘Suzie next door’ and ‘Kev the Ledge’ are also in the iPhone’s memory.

Other entries appear to be for BBC staff members and others in the TV industry, including various people from the Loose Women and Britain’s Got More Talent teams.

“It is quite annoying having them all there,” Sophie added. “I actually have no idea how many numbers there are. There must be hundreds.

“I feel like it is a data breach. I’ve not been entirely sure what to do. It’s kind of a big thing.

“I haven’t purchased these numbers, they’ve just fallen into my hands.”

Sophie, who bought the phone in June 2014, said there’s no way she added all those people and believes she has the data of multiple other iPhone users on her mobile.

Recently she considered buying a new phone and decided to share her story, because she wants to keep her number but doesn’t want all the contacts.

Three said the mix-up was not down to them, as the phone was brand new when Sophie bought it, and experts believe it’s down to an iCloud glitch.

A spokesman for the network said, “A new device was supplied to the customer at point of sale with no data stored on it.”