I recently received a junk mail invitation from Neuvue Tech to join their secret society and the person writing me had a secret identity. My name was passed on to them by someone highly regarded and thought I would fit in with their organization.

Any organization that has to operate under the guize of secrecy these days, or the pretense of secrecy is doing something wrong.
If it was legite they would not need to hide in the shadows.

Believe me, it is much easier to operate within the rules.