Fake ticket resale scam — concert/event tickets for sale + pay first via Zelle/Venmo + transfer after payment + cannot meet in person
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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 selling concert, sports, or festival tickets with payment-first mechanics (Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, wire transfer) and an inability to meet in person — the defining pattern of ticket resale fraud. Scammers post fake tickets to sold-out events, collect payment, then disappear or send fraudulent PDFs. Once Zelle/Venmo payment is sent, it cannot be recovered. FTC 2024: online ticket fraud cost consumers $900M; spikes around major tours and sporting events. Safe alternatives: buy only from official box offices, Ticketmaster, AXS, or established marketplaces (StubHub, SeatGeek) with buyer-protection guarantees.
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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