sbcglobal scam alert

Received this email today, and anyone who has an sbcglobal account needs to make sure they do not respond to it. It's a scam to get your password

Dear sbcglobal.net Account Owner,

This message is from sbcglobal.net messaging center to all sbcglobal.net email account owners. The Office of Information Technology is in the process of migrating
all sbcglobal.net email accounts to upgraded central e-mail services. We are deleting all unused sbcglobal.net email accounts to create more spaces for new accounts.
To prevent your account from being closed, you will have to provide the information below to update it so that we will be sure that your account is still
active presently.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW:

E-mail Username : .......... .....
E-mail Password : ................
Location : ................

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her email account within 10days of receiving this warning will lose his or her email account permanently.
Thank you for using sbcglobal.net
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

Kind Regards,
sbcglobal.net Webmaster.

DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL

Crime Where I Live - Lake County, Indiana

Crime is rising at an incredible rate where I live (Lake County, Indiana). As a former deputy prosecutor for the state of Indiana, I recall in the nineties watching the defendants come through the courts at a rising rate. I recall when a defendant appeared in court who was from Chicago and was recruiting gang members from Crown Point High School. It was a wake-up call. Following are some arbitrary clippings of headlines (30 of them) from a local newspaper (The Times of NW Indiana) taken from 8 (nonconsecutive) days. There was no effort to find high crime days. These days are typical.