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Unsent Text On Mobile Counts As a Will, Australian Court Finds (abc.net.au)
A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man's mobile phone as an official will. The 55-year-old man had composed a text message addressed to his brother, in which he gave "all that I have" to his brother and nephew. From a report: The Supreme Court in Brisbane heard the 55-year-old took his own life in October 2016, after composing a text addressed to his brother, which indicated his brother and nephew should "keep all that I have," because he was unhappy with this wife. A friend found the text message in the drafts folder of the man's mobile phone, which was found near his body. The unsent message detailed how to access the man's bank account details and where he wanted his ashes to be buried.
He found an unsent text message in the drafts folder of the phone of his relative he found dead before anyone else. Totally doesn't seem self serving at all! /sarcasm
I thought the same thing at first. But then I RTFS.
The unsent message detailed how to access the man's bank account details and where he wanted his ashes to be buried.
I guess it's possible that the brother already knew how to access the dead man's bank account, but it does at least make this not as simple as you purport it to be.