Contrary to joemikeb's comment, the e-message you received looks very much like a phishing attempt (none of the details in "If your Apple ID has been locked" [HT204106] apply to your message), right down to the misspelling of "therefore" as "therefor".
Having now seen the FULL extent of the message I agree with Grelber.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
