diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go
index d3ff82ca..8d90d4ac 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go
@@ -340,9 +340,18 @@ func TestEveryAnswerThatIsNotTheOperatorsIsRefusedAndSaid(t *testing.T) {
 			if len(w.of("mesh-delivery")) != 0 {
 				t.Error("a warrant was issued")
 			}
-			if tc.kind == "telegram" && (len(tg.sends) != before+1 || tg.sends[len(tg.sends)-1].Title != "That answer was not taken") {
+			title := "That answer was not taken"
+			if tc.identity == "666" {
+				// Another account's answer is said to the operator, naming that account (the lab's proof found
+				// the plain refusal reached the operator and read as their own answer refused).
+				title = "Another account tried to answer for you"
+			}
+			if tc.kind == "telegram" && (len(tg.sends) != before+1 || tg.sends[len(tg.sends)-1].Title != title) {
 				t.Errorf("the refusal was not said on the channel: %+v", tg.sends[before:])
 			}
+			if tc.identity == "666" && !strings.Contains(tg.sends[len(tg.sends)-1].Body, "number 666") {
+				t.Errorf("the notice does not name the other account: %q", tg.sends[len(tg.sends)-1].Body)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
index a32e244d..3bb56d91 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ func (h *Holder) judge(kind string, c asks.Choice, key string) (string, error) {
 			id = &only
 		}
 		if id == nil {
-			return h.refuseChoice(kind, c, "this account is not linked as the operator")
+			return h.refuseStranger(kind, c)
 		}
 		person.Verified = "user id verified"
 	} else {
@@ -692,6 +692,24 @@ func (h *Holder) judge(kind string, c asks.Choice, key string) (string, error) {
 	return "chosen", nil
 }
 
+// refuseStranger refuses an answer from an account that is not the operator's, and tells the operator, by name
+// and number, on the account that is linked: a question's buttons reached somebody else (a forwarded message,
+// or a phone in other hands). Nothing is said to the other account.
+func (h *Holder) refuseStranger(kind string, c asks.Choice) (string, error) {
+	why := "this account is not linked as the operator"
+	h.Logf("[messenger] an answer on %s from %s was refused: %s", kind, c.Sender.Identity, why)
+	h.record(Sent{At: h.Now(), Channel: kind, Key: "(answer)", What: "answer", Outcome: "refused: " + why})
+	who := c.Sender.Display
+	if who == "" {
+		who = "an account"
+	}
+	_ = h.showOn(kind, Message{Title: "Another account tried to answer for you",
+		Body: fmt.Sprintf("The %s account %s (number %s) chose an answer on a question meant for you. It was refused "+
+			"and nothing was done. If you did not pass the question on, somebody else can read your messages.",
+			Display(kind), who, c.Sender.Identity), Urgent: true})
+	return "refused", errorf("%s", why)
+}
+
 // refuseChoice says on the kind that an answer was not taken, and why.
 func (h *Holder) refuseChoice(kind string, c asks.Choice, why string) (string, error) {
 	h.Logf("[messenger] an answer on %s from %s was refused: %s", kind, c.Sender.Identity, why)