Absurd amount of fake Wayspots
EddGarciaP-PGO
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Hello everyone.
This started as a user on Twitter was bragging that he "had his Pokéstop" which was his Twitter profile picture, a friend let me know and I started looking. (this tweet is gone)
Investigating further I found the Pokéstop in a park and on the other side of the city (where he said he lived) an absurd amount of fake Wayspots and coincidentally he boasted of his many Pokéstops and Gyms at home. (you can see everything in his Twitter account)
https://twitter.com/AngelAdrianSA/status/1574098739165204480
Since I was on vacation, I couldn't find everything I needed to report all this abuse.
Today, "AdrianMudkip89"'s Pokéstop is gone (I was beat in reporting it). His Twitter account was gone for like 2 days:
Now... I want to report all the false Wayspots that have been generated in Acapulco and that I have been able to find evidence that they are false and that it has been a group that has done all this.
I hope you can help me.
First of all, I want to give you some context since many of these wayspots say they are in El Veladero National Park when in fact they are in Cerro de Mariana.
The area in white is El Veladero National Park and the area in red is Cerro de Mariana.
Title: mural al basquetbol
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.838952,-99.840297
Title: Baloncesto
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842839,-99.840396
These 2 Wayspots are the same only that the photo is from a different angle. Sadly you can't see which one is the real one. "Baloncesto" is in the middle of buildings which makes it look, doubtful.
"mural al basquetbol" is on the corner of a building which makes it the closest to being real. The locations were carefully placed in areas where there is no Street View.
Title: Árbol del Pan del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841398,-99.838016
The Veladero National Park is on the other side of the city: https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=es&pagename=Parque_nacional_El_Veladero¶ms=16.90194444_N_-99.905_E_type:landmark
Even in the photo you can see that the plate is on the street and the location where it was sent was in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Arte Urbano: Pikachu
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.846225,-99.82917
The actual location of this little Pikachu is in Okinawa.
https://mobile.twitter.com/akabekoqp/status/1541283721416167424/photo/3
https://mobile.twitter.com/Hello_Fukami/status/1517118816118919169
https://twitter.com/ha_chan_pokelun/status/1530487449616789504
Title: Arte urbano: Pikachu Aura
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.846688,-99.828242
The real mural is located in CDMX, Mexico:
Title: Atardecer en Acapulco del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842898,-99.838974
This mural is in the middle of nowhere. In the photo you can see that there is at least one building behind and as you can see in Google Maps and Street View... there isn't.
Title: Auditorio del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841995,-99.838955
And again, the Veladero National Park is on the other side of the city. Also, as you can see, it's in the middle of nowhere, such an auditorium could be clearly seen from Google Maps.
Title: Ballena del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.843407,-99.837281
And again, in the middle of nowhere. You can see that there are houses attached to the mural and on Google Maps there is no house so close to the location they sent.
And also, the Veladero National Park is on the other side of the city.
Title: Ceiba del Parque Nacional El Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841996,-99.839593
And again, El Veladero National Park is on the other side of the city. The Wayspot is strategically placed in a place where there is no Street View... only forest...
Title: Diosa de los Mares Del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841256,-99.835796
And again, Wayspot in the middle of nowhere, without Street View and with a name that is from the other side of the city and well, the original place is in Argentina.
http://fotosviejasdemardelplata.blogspot.com/2015/08/julian-roura.html
Title: El Águila del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.847526,-99.840684
And another one, Wayspot in the middle of nowhere, on Street View you can see that there is nothing quite like it and with a name that is from the other side of town. The original place of the mural is in Chile. Even the photo was stolen from the artists' Flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/****_/37508350460
Title: El Cangrejo del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.845207,-99.838698
And just what they do and it is their way of "working" to send Wayspots where there is no Street View. It's incredible that it happened since you can see that there is a palm tree in the photo and well... palm trees don't grow in the middle of the forest.
Title: El Jaguar del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.846899,-99.837225
This mural is located on a bridge. The Wayspot was clearly sent to a place in the middle of nowhere with a false name since the Veladero National Park is located on the other side of the city.
Title: El Luchador
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.84565,-99.845405
The actual location is in Mexico City. Even the photo was vilely copied.
https://streetartutopia.com/2022/06/23/tribute-to-the-great-dr-wagner-jr-by-zhot-rnk-in-mexico-city/
Title: El Tapir del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844658,-99.837297
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. In the photos you can see palm trees which do not grow in the forest. The name of the Wayspot claims to be from the Veladero National Park but it is located on the other side of the city.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZhMpWFuxSR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: Fauna Salvaje del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844127,-99.837289
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the El Veladero National Park as an excuse to get past their Wayspots but there is nothing... it's forest.
Title: Fuente del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.843808,-99.83587
A fountain in the middle of nowhere. The royal fountain is in Bogota Colombia. In the same way they occupy the Veladero National Park to mislead.
Title: Gallo, Gallina y Pollito del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.840361,-99.838733
Wall in the middle of nowhere. In the photo you can see that it is a paved and regular street. On Google Maps it is a simple forest. And what of all the others, using the name of the National Park as bait.
Title: Girasoles del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.846127,-99.836474
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. In the photo you can see grass, and varied vegetation behind. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing. They use the name of the National Park as bait.
Title: El Escarabajo del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.845565,-99.838009
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the name of the National Park as bait. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing.
Title: Mural Bubu
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844432,-99.815446
Original mural from Jalisco. The photo is stolen from the internet.
Title: Mural Spiderman
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.84386,-99.815154
Edited photo. Image stolen. Placed in the middle of buildings. The original is in London.
Title: Soccer Pokemon team
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.849309,-99.816873
This is an attempt to montage it in Photoshop. Badly done. The photo is taken from afar so it is not noticeable.
Title: El Arcoiris del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842492,-99.838975
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the name of the National Park as bait. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing. It even appears to be a Kindergarden.
Title: El Búho del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844426,-99.838792
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the name of the National Park as bait. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing and there should at least be a street or something.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIDBNecHCPV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: El Camaleón del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841289,-99.838778
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the name of the National Park as bait. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing. In the photo you can see a couple of buildings, stairs, etc.
Gatito del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842069,-99.837974
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the name of the National Park as bait. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGHIhOXHqSe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: El Lobo Blanco del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844646,-99.839471
Another mural in the middle of nowhere. They use the name of the National Park as bait. In Maps you can see that there is absolutely nothing close to what is seen in the photo. You can see the original in a Facebook post.
Title: El Mapache del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844415,-99.840571
The original is in kyiv, in photo 17 on this page you can see it.
https://vandrivka.com.ua/murali-obolonskogo-rajonu-kiyiv/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjJz6k8lA1p/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: Hombre Sabio
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841747,-99.84653
The original is in Montevideo. The image is taken from the internet.
https://jontynz.com/2018/02/19/montevideo-uruguay/
Title: Iglesia Apostólica
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842628,-99.841251
According to this, it is an Apostolic Church and the location it is in is a Miscellaneous. There is nothing nearby that resembles a church.
Title: El Oso del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.846181,-99.838893
Another mural in the middle of nowhere (the Cerro de Mariano) and that has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city.
Title: El Pajarito del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.843485,-99.838055
Another mural in the middle of nowhere (it's called Cerro de Mariano) and it has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city.
Title: El Pato del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844673,-99.838097
Another mural in the middle of nowhere (Cerro de Mariano) and that has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city. They blurred the top and bottom of the photo so that it is not seen that the real mural is inside a tunnel.
https://twitter.com/Dualhem/status/776604405663535104?s=20
Title: El Pelícano del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.845794,-99.839665
Another mural in an area that does not even have Street View and is attached to Cerro de Mariano, has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city and is only used for bait. According to Google Map there is a Secondary School.
Title: Fauna Nocturna del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.843972,-99.838773
Another mural in an area that does not even have Street View and is attached to Cerro de Mariano, has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city and is only used for bait. It's in the middle of nowhere and the original mural is in Costa Rica.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPbpewSBwl0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: Gato SENTIR
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844385,-99.842145
And another mural in an area that doesn't even have Street View besides that it's right in the middle of houses which is private property.
Title: Gaviota y el Mar del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.841364,-99.836591
And another mural, in the middle of the forest. There is nothing, not a wall on which they can make a mural like this.
Title: Globos Aerostáticos del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.838217,-99.84018
And another mural in an area that does not even have Street View and is attached to Cerro de Mariano, has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city and is only used for bait and people approve it because "of course, it's in the woods." It's in the middle of nowhere and the original mural is in Italy.
https://www.facebook.com/associazioneculturaleskizzo/photos/pcb.1657285607805448/1657285567805452/
Title: Golden Freezer
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.8484,-99.843639
According to the photo, there is a wonderful mural of Frieza here but if you google maps there isn't even a wall that resembles the one in the photo.
Title: Grito de Liberación Femenina
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.845216,-99.842968
Another fake mural... the original is in Colombia.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfJr8bflmZv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: Juegos Infantiles del Parque El Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842971,-99.839614
And another mural in an area that does not even have Street View and is attached to Cerro de Mariano, has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city and is only used for bait and people approve it because "of course, it's in the woods." It is in the middle of the forest and according to the image it is a very open area with many games, swings, it has bars and auditoriums.
Title: Zona De Aves Del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.845654,-99.836881
And another mural in an area where there is nothing, not even Street View and it is Cerro de Mariano, it has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city and is only used for bait and people approve it because "sure, it's in the woods." It is in the middle of the forest and according to the image it is a very open area, with buildings and a field. Clearly there is none of that.
Title: Juegos Infantiles del Parque Icacos
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.842089,-99.846597
And they don't just falsify the location of murals, including "vacation" areas. The real one is in Colombia.
https://vacacionesquindio.com/cabanas/cabanas-villa-diana/
Title: La Abuelita
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844298,-99.841409
And here another mural, in the middle of nowhere, can be seen on Google Maps and Street View. The photo is taken from an Ecuadorian forum.
https://www.cdhal.org/es/luchas-por-el-territorio-voces-de-mujeres-en-resistencia/
Title: La Bahía de Acapulco
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844183,-99.843063
Another mural perfectly placed in an area without Street View. In the photo you can see that there is a pedestrian and road crossing. In the same way, the photo has a tagname at the bottom right with the name JM Zabala.
Title: Perrito Dálmata del Parque Nacional del Veladero
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.84371,-99.840012
Mural stolen from kyiv. In a single Instagram account I found several murals from here. It has the name of the Veladero National Park which is located on the other side of the city and is only used for bait and people approve of it because "of course, it's in the forest."
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFG3QwTn85e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Title: El Laboratorio de Dexter
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=16.844981,-99.842181
The original one is in Santiago the Chile. The stole the photo from Facebook.
(I'm only half done but I can't write more because the file is to big so I think I'll have to add them later)
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Part 2: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/39317/absurd-amount-of-fake-wayspots-part-2#latest
Part 3: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/39318/absurd-amount-of-fake-wayspots-part-3#latest
Part 4: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/39316/absurd-amount-of-fake-wayspots-part-4#latest
I can't add comments with photos so I'll make a new discussion and add the link right here.
Hi @EddGarciaP-PGO! We have reviewed this report and taken action on the 51 Wayspots and 23 Wayfinders in accordance with our policies. While we are unable to discuss our actions in detail to protect the submitter’s privacy, they may include but are not limited to, sending a warning message, placing restrictions on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO, or Ingress account, putting their account on probation, or placing a temporary or permanent suspension on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO or Ingress account.
Also, due to insufficient evidence, we’re unable to review the Wayspots "Juegos Infantiles del Parque El Veladero", and "Soccer Pokemon team" in question. If you have additional evidence (geotagged images, photospheres) to share, please submit a new appeal with additional information and we’ll take another look.
Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.