Fake subscription auto-renewal scare — Norton/McAfee/Geek Squad $200–$400 invoice + call to cancel + do not contact your bank
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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 impersonating Norton, McAfee, Geek Squad, or a similar security/tech service with a fake invoice for a large auto-renewal charge ($200–$500), directing the victim to call a phone number immediately to "cancel." The call connects to a scam call center that installs remote-access software, harvests banking credentials, or demands gift card payments. The behavioral signature "do not contact your bank — call us directly" is unique to this scam type; legitimate companies never make this request. FTC 2024: tech support and subscription renewal scams (primarily Norton/Geek Squad impersonation) cost consumers $175M+; average victim loss $500–$2,000.
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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