Society CB Group SCB Secret shopper scam!!!! States they are "Powered By Mystery Shopping&Consulting. Measuring Services Quality, Performance, and Customer Experience. Internet, Internet

I have recieved similar ripoffs, but not from this particular "company".  Typically these are out of country scams.  Most come from Canada or Jamaica via Canada.  These scammers are getting wiser, and they know it is difficult to get consumers to pay upfront for things that come from illegitimate places.  So, they send bogus checks or money orders, that are in great amounts, and the recipient will cash and send back a portion.  By the time you send the money back, and find out the check won't clear, it is too late to recoup your funds.  Now, you owe the bank, or are facing legal troubles.

With this said, beware of doing business with unknown sources you must pay upfront, or have to send "their own" money back to them.  I know the economy is bad, and we like to see big fat checks...but, doesn't it sound to good to be true to get someone's money without them meeting you first, and assuming you are going to send the money back to them?  I know I would never do that, even for most of my friends.

There are legitimate mystery shop companies out there such as www.ritterassociates.com. Unfortunately, these real mystery shops pay along the lines of $9 to $15 per assignment, keep that is mind. Some scammers pretended to be RitterAssociates and get me to cash $900 worth of fake looking moneygram money orders and send them back $400.  I didn't do it.  I reported this to RitterAssociates and cut up the money orders.  I could have gone to jail for this.

Even Bank of America has scammers that pretend to be them, and trick customers out of their money.  Be extra extra careful these days.  Scammer can even steal your information from big companies, sometime employees from the inside, and scam you big time on the side. 

Unfortunately you have fallen for a scam, I am sorry to hear you sent them money by wire.

Ultimately their check will not clear.  It will come back as stolen, or closed account, or just plain bounce.  It might take a few weeks, but you will find the check is bogus.  Check out the last paragraph on this note on the Western Union site:
https://thewesternunion.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/46

You are out any money you have sent them by wire as well as any bank fees associated with the bogus check.  Recovering money sent by wire will be next to impossible.  Do not depend on any of that checks money to be available in your account.  If you need to make a cash deposit to cover checks you have written against it you should do so as soon as possible.

I got the same letter today and immediately knew it smelled fishy. The grammar on the letter was terrible. Anything coming from a reputable company would've been proofed. Did the check clear?