I received a text message from this number:  "LOOK! I'm in the news! www.localheros.com/"

Out of morbid curiosity & simply for sh1ts&giggles I looked up the website (on my roommate's computer, nonetheless), it redirects to "gotothissitehere.com/cnbc3/", which is a scam site trying to sell you get-rich-quick "work from home on the internet" shenanigans with a very real-looking facsimile of a CNBC website.

don't waste your time.