Grandparent emergency scam — family member in crisis (jail/accident/stranded) + send bail/money + keep secret from family
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What this tier means
High-confidence threat indicator — phishing, impersonation, BEC, or scam pattern. Strong contributor to the trash decision.
How Gorganizer detects this
Email or call impersonating a grandchild or family member in crisis — arrested, in a car accident, stranded abroad after being robbed — requesting emergency money (bail, medical expenses, return flight) and demanding secrecy ("don't tell the parents"). The scammer often poses as a lawyer, doctor, or police officer "calling on behalf of" the relative. This scam disproportionately targets seniors over 60. FBI IC3 2024: grandparent and family emergency scams caused $220M in reported losses; actual losses are significantly underreported due to victim embarrassment. Always call the family member directly on a known number before sending any money.
False-positive guard
Every signal in Gorganizer feeds a multi-module score — never a sole verdict. This is a threat-tier signal — it adds a strong contribution to the trash score. The full pipeline still requires convergence across multiple modules + a margin over the safety floor before deletion happens, and Gmail's trash (30-day recovery) is always used — never permanent delete.
About the scoring engine
Gorganizer's scoring engine emits 2,143+ signals across six modules — headers, sender, subject, body, attachments, and structural metadata. Every email is scored by every module independently; the final verdict requires multiple modules to agree and the trash score to beat the safety floor by a margin.
Sacred safety guards — never delete starred emails, replies, calendar invites, receipts/invoices, or attachments — apply unconditionally regardless of any signal.
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