Why did you receive a short message from America?

You received a short message from the United States. It is very likely that an American enterprise sent you a short message by using the short message platform in order to obtain overseas customers. As for why you received it, it is not difficult to find your information now in the internet age. Maybe you have visited their website and left your own information. You are probably the potential customer they are looking for.

Text message

It is written or digital information directly sent or received by users through mobile phones or other telecommunication terminals. The number of characters that users can send and receive SMS at a time is 160 English or numeric characters or 70 Chinese characters.

On April 8, 2020, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom jointly issued the White Paper on 5G SMS, which made the basic SMS service in China enter a comprehensive upgrade channel, and the traditional SMS will be gradually replaced by 5G SMS (RCS service).