The circle of friends sent a text message to the court to inform that they were cheated.

Fake. When a person brings a lawsuit to the court, the court will not notify or serve it by SMS. Neither the Civil Procedure Law nor the Criminal Procedure Law provides for notification by SMS.

Article 84 of the Civil Procedure Law requires a receipt for the service of litigation documents, and the addressee shall record the date of receipt on the receipt and sign or seal it.

The date of receipt by the addressee on the service receipt shall be the date of service.

Article 85 Litigation documents shall be served directly on the addressee. If the addressee is a citizen, I will not give it to his adult family to sign for it; If the addressee is a legal person or other organization, it shall be signed by the legal representative of the legal person, the principal responsible person of other organizations or the responsible person of the legal person or organization; If the addressee has an agent ad litem, he may send it to his agent for signature; If the addressee entrusts an agent to the people's court, it shall send it to the agent for signature.

The date of delivery is the date when the adult family members, legal persons or other organizations of the addressee are responsible for receiving and the litigation agent or agent signs for it.

Article 86 If the addressee or his adult family members who live together refuse to accept the litigation documents, the addressee may invite the representatives of relevant grass-roots organizations or units to be present to explain the situation, record the reasons and date of refusal on the service receipt, and leave the litigation documents at the addressee's residence, which shall be signed or sealed by the addressee and witnesses; You can also leave the litigation documents at the addressee's residence and record the delivery process by taking photos, videos, etc. , that is, as delivery.

Article 87 With the consent of the person to be served, the people's court may serve litigation documents by fax, e-mail or other means that can confirm receipt, except for judgments, rulings and conciliation statements.

If it is delivered by the way mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the date when it reaches the addressee's specific system by fax or e-mail shall be the date of delivery.

Article 88 If it is difficult to directly serve litigation documents, other people's courts may be entrusted to serve them on their behalf or by post. If it is delivered by post, the date of receipt indicated on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.

Article 89 If the addressee is a soldier, it shall be delivered through the political organ of the unit at or above the regimental level where he belongs.

Article 90 If the person to be served is put in prison, he shall be transferred through the prison where he belongs.

If the addressee is subjected to compulsory education measures, it shall be transferred through the compulsory education institution to which it belongs.

Article 91 After receiving the litigation documents, the agency or unit that forwarded them must immediately give them to the addressee for signing, and the date of signing on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.

Article 92 If the whereabouts of the person to be served are unknown or cannot be served by other means specified in this section, it may be served by public announcement. Sixty days after the announcement, it shall be deemed to have been delivered.

When the announcement is served, the reasons and process shall be recorded in the file.

Article 105 of the Criminal Procedure Law, the service of subpoenas, notices and other litigation documents shall be delivered to the addressee himself; If I am not here, I can give it to his adult family or the person in charge of the unit to collect it.

If the addressee himself or his agent refuses to accept or sign or seal, the addressee may invite his neighbors or other witnesses to be present, explain the situation, leave the document at his residence, record the reasons for refusal and the date of delivery on the service receipt, and the addressee will sign it, which means delivery.