877-326-3313

wanted to know if anyone else got a text from this asking them to call back. kind of curious but hesitant about it right now, so more info would be appreciated.

This number is a part of Careers Inc, which is a verification service
for employers for hundreds of different job boards. I'm a
representative of Careers and would like to clarify why you're getting
a text from us on this number.

We receive a large quantity of resumes for thousands of positions
across the country, and our job is to verify that your contact
information is correct. Employers use Careers because they get such a
massive response to job postings. It's very hard for any company to
sort through interested applicants - people are not reachable, their
phone numbers are disconnected, or their email is invalid or typo'd on
their resume. This leads to frustration on both ends, where applicants
receive no response and employers get bad contact info for an
otherwise qualified individual.

Careers attempts to contact applicants to confirm that their
information is correct - if it is not, then we help them to correct it
and update the employer on the applicant's status.

We do not ask for any sensitive information such as SSN. We do not
charge for our service. We will never ask you for anything beyond
confirming what's already in your resume on file.

I applied for a job, then received a mysterious email response telling me the employer is currently out of the country but could use my help THIS WEEK and it could act as a stable foundation to a working relationship.  Next I received a strange text from this phone number.

NO PERSONAL CONTACT, NO COMPANY LISTED or BUSINESS ADDRESS is noted in the email.

This is HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS...I will not respond to this.

Concerned,

Please be aware that Careers does not send email. All we do is field calls when someone decides to call in.  Our clients would not contact you before we verified your information -- it defeats the very purpose of our existence to do that.

Therefore, I believe you might have a case of mistaken identity. The out of country message seems very similar to Nigerian check-cashing scams, and you may want to read up on those and others here:

http://www.globaltarget.com/article/1/

Good luck in your search,
Careers

I have recieved this message as well, I will not respond to a message of this kind.  I keep a record of all the applications that I apply to, and this one is not on the list.  So beware of scammers, this may be alright, but if they can't speak with me or email then I'm out.

I've received two text messages, and until reviewing these postings hadn't even thought about returning the call because it looked so suspicious.  After further research, I may return the call.