Google is this a target SCAM on Gmail ?

Rec’d this in my email today – it came in as a calendar event Invitation – it would appear to be a SCAM but with Google closing services it makes me wonder ? Clearly my gmail account is not anon !

[Invitation] DEAR ACCOUNT USER @ Sat 17 Jan 21:00 – 22:00

Andrew Peters, you are invited to

DEAR ACCOUNT USER

Sat 17 Jan 21:00 – 22:00
(Time zone: Singapore)

Calendar: Andrew Peters

Owner/Creator: verificationcustomer.link00@gmail.com

THIS Email is from Gmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every
Gmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions
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 you this email 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:

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not
be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention
to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences. Warning!!!
Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks
of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently

Banks inWorld at Second Life – If you SCAM Your Days are Numbered -itsReal

FREEDOM in Second Life, curtailed again by Linden Labs

clipped from www.smh.com.au Virtual world cracks down on cowboy banks There’s a banking meltdown in Second Life, too. The world’s creator, Linden Lab, has announced it will regulate the virtual banks strictly in Second Life from now on, after one collapsed amid a credit crunch that Linden said posed “unique and substantial risks to Second Life … likely to lead to destabilisation of the virtual economy”. In-world companies such as JT Financial have been inundated by customers wanting to know what is going on. A screenshot shows a virtual bank branch packed with customers, as a notice on the wall says “JTF has not crashed. The system is overloaded right now. Please stay calm … you will all be able to withdraw your money.” Some less scrupulous virtual world inhabitants built “banks” or “ATMs” that were actually Ponzi schemes: paying high interest rates using the money of other depositors.