Email account verification scam

Here is a scam email that I just got today . . .

Dear CS.COM Owner alertrectfiers2009@gmail.com
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Dear CS.COM Account Owner,
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This message is from the CS.COM technical support department messaging center to all CS.COM Webmail account owners. Due to high rate of spam and scam phishing emails you receive to your mail box,We hereby use this medium to inform you that we will be carrying out some maintenance/Upgrading operations inorder to install in your mail box aspam detection/blocker to your mail box, This will also Increase the Storage bite of your mail and also protect your mail box from spam. As a result of this we will be deleting all expired and unused account to create more rooms for new updated/upgraded ones. To prevent your account from being closed unnecessarily, you will have to update us with the following information's below for propal verifications to prevent the unwarranted close of your email account.
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CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
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1.Full Email Address:......................
2.password:...............
3. Re-type password:....................
4.age/country:.................
5.date of birth:................
6.First name/Last name:.............
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJWarning!!!
Account owner that refuses to update his or her account Within Three days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Thank you for using CS.COMWebmail!
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,CS.COM Alert team
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The give away for this one was that it came from a gmail account and it was asking for my age and date of birth . . . why would my email service need that info???


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