There are a lot of job scams out there currently contacting people via text and other messaging applications. Yes, what you described was not legitimate. Our company uses @curai.com email addresses exclusively. We do not conduct interviews via text or instant message and we do not ask candidates to download software, to purchase equipment through us, or to provide sensitive personally identifiable information such as bank account or social security numbers. If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be a Curai employee from a different domain about a job offer, please report it as potential job fraud to law enforcement and contact us at jobs@curai.com.