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ThreatPhishing & impersonation

Fake USCIS / immigration renewal notice requiring fee payment or personal data entry via a non-.gov link — real immigration notices arrive by physical mail (Form I-797); the USCIS never initiates by email with non-.gov payment links.

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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

Fake USCIS or immigration authority renewal notice requiring fee payment or personal data entry via a non-.gov link. The US government communicates immigration notices primarily via physical mail (Form I-797) — inbound email claiming USCIS action required with a non-.gov payment or data-entry link is high-confidence fraud. Targets holders of visas, EADs, green cards, and work authorizations. Detection: USCIS/I-94/I-797/visa renewal/EAD vocabulary + pay fee/submit payment/update personal information action + href NOT on .gov domain + no In-Reply-To + not protected sender. Trash score: +5. Source: GC1-R19; USCIS official advisory on scam emails; FTC immigration scam report 2025.

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 over 1,800 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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