Spam Text Messages - What to do?

I just got a few text messages from an unknown email address with a link advertising "Badoo." I have no idea who the email address even belongs to. I have an iPhone, so I could tell the sender sent it to multiple numbers. I deleted the conversation before opening the messages or opening the link.

What can I do if this continues to happen? If I did open the messages, could my iPhone get a virus? What could happen if anything?

Iphone virus? Never heard of it

Text "Stop" to the sender and you will not receive any more texts from them.

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