The letter that I received was from the same place that others have mentioned but was about becoming a secret shopper. The letter had an accompanying check in the amount of 3938.96 as mentioned in a previous complaint. It also suggested that I would need to evaluate Western Union's service by sending the amount of 2998.00 to a party to be named after cashing the check. The balance of the money from the check would go towards the Western Union fee, money to be applied to secret shopping purchases and payment for services.
I would never cash a check like that against my own good money but considered using it to try to open a new account just to see if it would clear. The routing # on my check seems to verify with the bank listed on the front of the check and the check # seems to be encoded on the bottom of the check correctly.