<prompt> Human: So last night my mother received an email from Publishers Clearing House. Stating that she was the lucky winner of some amount of cash and all she had to do was email DTDC Courier Company with name, age, address, occupation, phone , country, and a parcel ID provided by PCH. For curiositys sake we replied and have now received an email from DTDC saying they are ready to send us the lottery certified cheque and documents to our he address.A couple things that worry me:1. Their 2 delivery options, require either 520 1 day delivery or 352 3 days delivery. Each price is broken down into varied costs for mailingfreight cost, insurance, and vat whatever that means, totalling either the 520 or 352.2. Under the Price index of items column it reads Prices quoted indicate the Air Express services available from India to your destination country for the selected shipment type. The actual availability of services is determined by destination, area code or city name, and subject to commodity and value restrictions for dutiable shipments. The fact that a cheque for a large amount of cash is being sent from India makes me question is legitimacy. As well as the subject to commodity and VALUE RESTRICTIONS part. Does this mean they would take a cut of the winnings because they had to ship a cheque across the globe?Everything is telling me this is as legitimate as the 35 free cruises to the Caribbean I win over the phone a year, but upon looking into Publishers Clearing House, I find that they are a legitimate company with legitimate cash prize winners.Are we being screwed around with here or is this legitimate and as such, should I actually pay 300-500 to receive money? Thank you all for any and all input.  <response>: I always wondered who fell for these scams.First off they arent going to notify you by email. Second off they arent going to require money to collect. Third why in the heck would it be coming from India?This is as clear as night and day that its a scam. 