Can fake account security invite show up in my iPhone settings?

[MacLover2011]

I found an invite within the iPhone setting for my partners account. It was a security account invite. I accepted it. It had her email@iCloud so I trusted it.

But didn’t send it! She got an email confirming it. However, she does recall sending me an invitation some months ago.

Something doesn’t feel right.

 

[lclev]

Are you referring to Account Recovery? Or possibly Legacy Contact?

I have setup Account Recovery for my phone with my husband in case I loose or forget my password or passcode. And vice versa for my husband. When I set it up it sent a notice to my husband's phone which he had to acknowledge.
The Legacy Contact is for when you die so a trusted person can access your phone account and data. It requires a death certificate and a 28 number code you provide from your phone.

Either one can be set up in Settings -> tap your name -> Sign-in and Security. (I am running iOS 17.1.1 - other version are worded slightly different.).

That would be my best guess.

Lisa