A scam or for real, can you help? Scam!!!

I received this email today.  Warning: this is a scam to get your information! People are getting this same email at yahoo email as well. Don't fall for this trick.

Dear Account Owner,
 Dear Account User,
 
This Email is from Gmail customer care and we are sending it to every Gmail accounts owner for safety. We are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of Gmail accounts so we are shutting down some Gmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.
 
Due to the congestion in all Gmail users and removal of all unused Gmail Accounts. Gmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, you will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

* User name: ………………………..

* Password: …………………………..

* Date of Birth: ……………………….

* Country Or Territory: ………………..

Warning!!!   Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
 
Thank you for using Gmail ! 
 

The Gmail Team
G MAI L BETA

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    • Wendy on September 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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    Frank, I received a similar e-mail from yahoo recently amd I simply ignored it and nothing came of it – my e-mail address was not deleted. I suggest you ignore it also. God bless.
    Wendy

    • Ken on September 21, 2009 at 3:57 pm
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    Frank, i did not receive any notice like that, most likely a fake.

    • stan on September 21, 2009 at 4:06 pm
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    Its a scam…I received one similar for twitter.

    • Darren Weekes on September 21, 2009 at 4:34 pm
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    Hi Frank. It certainly seems pretty fishy. You rattle enough cans and someone is bound to notice. Just keep your eye on that one & be careful. God bless.
    Darren

    • Judy and Nick Yatros on September 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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    Frank,
    I also recieved such an e-mail.
    My response was that I would not give any information to them without a written authorized request.
    I have not received a response from the sender.
    I would ignore this request.
    Judy (Debbie’s mother)

    • adam on September 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm
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    Hi there,
    If you ever get a request like this you can guarantee its 100% fake. All email providers have information on when you login, and it is this that they use to determine what accounts to get rid of. Different email providers have different policies, but with gmail i believe you can leave your account inactive for 9 months, then after that they will delete it.

    • Uithoven family on September 21, 2009 at 6:49 pm
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    A legit email from the real provider will never ask for password, etc!!! Don’t respond!
    Sounds like everyone is giving you that advice.
    Hope all is well.

    • Amzad Decruz on September 21, 2009 at 9:47 pm
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    Dear Frank,
    You have been a blessing to me and to so many thousands of people and the devil is not happy – this is one of his ways to get your password so that he can confuse others.
    God will give you the decernment and know that we are praying for you.
    Blessings,
    Amzad DeCruz

    • Bill on September 21, 2009 at 10:06 pm
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    Hi Frank,
    Don’t respond to the email. I’ve seen these before… they’re called Phishing emails. They look real real but companies will never send you a email asking for you password(s). Hope this helps.

    • Christian on September 21, 2009 at 10:21 pm
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    Yes this is a fake.

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