Fake vehicle warranty expiration scam — vehicle/auto warranty expiring or expired + final notice + call now to extend coverage + limited time offer
fake-vehicle-warranty-expiration-scam
What this tier means
High-confidence threat indicator — phishing, impersonation, BEC, or scam pattern. Strong contributor to the trash decision.
How Gorganizer detects this
Unsolicited email claiming the recipient's vehicle warranty is "about to expire" or "has expired" — then urging them to call a number immediately to extend their "vehicle service contract" or "extended warranty" before a "limited time offer" expires. These are third-party warranty resellers using high-pressure tactics, not affiliated with the vehicle manufacturer or dealer. Tactics include "FINAL NOTICE" subject lines (despite never having sent a first notice), false urgency ("expires at midnight"), and claims that the caller's vehicle was specifically identified. FTC 2023: extended vehicle warranty robocalls and emails are one of the top 5 most-reported spam contacts; the FTC banned unwanted warranty calls from 12 major robocalling operations in 2022. Real manufacturer warranty notifications come from the vehicle brand's official domain, include the actual VIN, and never pressure with countdown timers.
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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