Why do mobile phones often receive verification codes?

Mobile phones don't receive verification code messages from websites for no reason. Generally, your mobile phone number is leaked, used by criminals, bombarded by short messages, and spam messages such as verification code are sent to your mobile phone number in a short time. Receiving verification code by mobile phone is a common operation, but sometimes, other operations are not carried out on mobile phone, but mobile phone will receive verification code of a software, website or platform. There may be many reasons for this:

First, the app was used to receive the verification code before, and the verification code was late due to the busy network or poor signal.

Second, a way for an app or website to advertise. For example, for an app, write the name of the app in the text of the verification code, which is particularly easy to attract people's attention, so that you can pick up your mobile phone and have a look, thus achieving the advertising effect.

Third, others made mistakes. When registering or logging in some software, you need to fill in your mobile phone number and accept the verification code. Maybe because of an input error, you entered the wrong phone number, which happened to be your own number, so the verification code was sent to you.

Fourth, the app account was stolen. For example, after the account is stolen, others will change the binding mobile phone number. Generally, this operation will send a verification code to the old mobile phone number.

5. Or for some reason, your mobile phone number is bombarded by criminals using short messages, and constantly sends junk information such as verification code to your mobile phone number; You can try to use third-party mobile phone housekeeper and other software to set up harassment interception to minimize harassing text messages.