Someone is copying my portal into invalid new portals
YeIIowFirestar-ING
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Someone is creating new portals/pokestops, using a photo of a mosaic tile that I created myself. When I first created the tile about two years ago, it got stolen after two weeks, so I created a new one, which is now still in place and for which a portal/stop exists.
I think, creating all these new portals/stops is an attempt to get me to drive around the country to see if my stolen tile is there, because that tile has emotional value to me. It was the first mosaic tile I created and I was/am really proud of it. And I would still really like it back.
I already filled in the abuse form, but since I expect the person who is doing this is also multiaccounting, I don’t expect anything to come from it. Is there anything else I can do?
The original portal that I created is here:
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?pll=52.010647,5.079896&z=19
The two copies I now found are here:
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.477601,3.82243&z=15&pll=51.477601,3.82243
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=52.383190,6.676743&z=15&pll=52.383190,6.676743
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For what it's worth, it looks like the images for the two copies came from this page: https://janvalkenburg.nl/foto-verhalen-1/
Speaking of NL mosaic tiles, the case of duplicated mosaic tiles Wayspot with stolen photos did happen before:
To the OP, you may link your report here into this thread:
Another are doing this is the Belgium village/city of Manage.
They've been flagged before, besides the now fake mosaic tiles, there are somehow also Western-Flemish trailmarkers in the woods over there? The area itself is Part of Wallonia and nowhere near any of those routes.
I did some research about the mosaic tiles and just made a report for 50 fake tiles in the Netherlands abuse post.
This wasn't even all of the mosaic tile abuse I found so I do agree we also have a issue with fake mosaic tiles.
@NianticAaron can you look into this report also?
Absolutely! It may take a while though.
🙈 sorry for the insane amount of reports I'm giving you.
No worries at all. We are thankful for your efforts😃
We have reviewed this report and have taken action on 26 Wayspots and 5 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.
Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.
I believe you also remove original Wayspots as well, no?