Fake carbon credit / ESG investment scam — impersonates ESG brokers or UN bodies with guaranteed-return carbon-offset / green-bond investment offers. SEC/FCA 2025; Chainalysis 2026; FTC Mar 2026.
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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
Fraudulent carbon credit or ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investment emails claiming to offer carbon offset units, voluntary carbon market access, or green bonds with guaranteed or high-yield returns. Three-part detection: (1) carbon credit / ESG / sustainability investment brand language, (2) guaranteed / risk-free / high-yield return claim, (3) register / invest CTA. SEC and FCA 2025 enforcement actions documented a surge in carbon credit and ESG investment fraud; Chainalysis 2026 confirmed campaigns targeting sustainability-conscious professionals; FTC March 2026 advisory. Distinct from crypto investment scams — targets the legitimate ESG / sustainability finance space.
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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