Received same exact letter.  Had my daughter look into as well.  Couldn't find an address for Alliance Financial Group on Wall Street as the letter indicated.  Threw it out - doesn't seem legit.

I just rec'd the same letter. Wondering what would happenif I take the check to the bank? I image it would not process. Not sure who I should report this to on the State Level. Good luck to all

My aunt received the EXACT same letter April 7th, 2010 and had me check it out before acting. Yes, totally a scam! BEWARE! Many things in the letter are fishy like misspellings, a Canadian stamp on outside of envelope for a "US" company, no return address, directions that state you must call rep. before doing anything, etc. All very fishy. Throw it away!

My mother received a letter from "Alliance Financial Group a Div. Publishers Clearing House" with the scam of having won a prize for $155,000 and an advance check for $3885.50 towards the "Government Service Tax." The phone number of 778-223-5910 was the contact number for "George Harmon."  It is very similar to a scam running in late fall of 2009.  Beware!  My mother is 88 years old and very trusting, but she smelled a fraud when she saw it.  I typed in the phone number and no other messages indicate this is a fraud, but it appears to be a case of the old scam in new wrappings.