Lots of wrong answers in the replies. As the former King of SMS, it’s simple:
It’s to warm the number.
You cannot send bulk texts containing a URL until your number has earned credibility with phone carriers.
To earn credibility, it needs to have replies from other numbers. So the message they send is always something that tries to elicit a response from you.
Once response rate is high and the phone number is warmed, they send tens of thousands of spam links to people.
Best way to fight back? Replying STOP in all caps will immediately flag the number.
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Nancy Rommelmann
@NancyRomm
Can someone explain what these phishing texts hope to accomplish? What's the goal?
