ABUSE Gützkow
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In the last few days I have repeatedly received fake suggestions from the village of "Gützkow" at Wayfarer. Here is an example:
Approximate location: 53.930484, 13.411531
In the additional photo you can see houses in the background. There is no trace of it on the satellite view!
Another Example:
Correct Location:
Another Example:
After several clear fake attempts, it got too stupid for me today and I decided to visit this city. With a terrifying result. In the city, 50% of the wayspots are fake! But see for yourself ...
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1.)
Title of the Wayspot: trafohaus
Location: 53.942848,13.398074
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: As you can see, clearly a fake. The faker is called "Muellermilch12". In the following posts you will find that this person not only submits fakes, but also operates multiaccounting and thus violates the ToS several times.
Appendix of my examples shown above and this screenshot from Pokémon Go, you can see that this fake is just 9 days old and that this person is currently busy submitting fakes. I would therefore like to ask you not only to remove the fakes listed below and to warn the person, but also to automatically reject all submitted submissions that are still in the system! Thanks.
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2.)
Title of the Wayspot: Casper David Friedrich
Location: 53.941157,13.404288
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Abusive Location.I also ask you to correct the title and description. The correct name is "Caspar David Friedrich", not "Casper David Friedrich" and the description should be "Statue" and not "Statur".
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3.)
Title of the Wayspot: Springbrunnen
Location: 53.939623,13.405145
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: As you can see in my photos and the satellite view, there is no fountain there.
As you can see in my photos, the Wayspot, which is only 3 days old, already has 2 photos. 2 identical photos - from different accounts! The affected accounts are "quetschi16" and "Schokohexe82". Several violations come to light: fake, attempted fake, multi-accounting, use of photos by third parties. Please issue warnings against both accounts and automatically reject the current submissions from these accounts!
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4.)
Title of the Wayspot: Meilenstein
Location: 53.940121,13.408418
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Abusive Location.
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5.)
Title of the Wayspot: Bolzplatz
Location: 53.943927,13.416127
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: There is no sports field at this point, just a field. As you can see on the screenshot from Pokémon Go, the faker is called "Muellermilch58". Do you remember the first fake from the list? The faker was called "Muellermilch12". Conicidence? No, multi-accounting. Here, too, I ask you to reject all submissions that are currently still in the system and to warn the player.
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6.)
Title of the Wayspot: Bolzplatz
Location: 53.932901,13.413157
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Another wayspot with the title "Bolzplatz"? The same photo again? No, I didn't make a mistake and wrote this appeal twice, because this sports field was actually submitted twice at different locations as a fake and unfortunately also accepted!
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7.)
Title of the Wayspot: stromhaus
Current Location: 53.94541,13.418008
Correct Location:
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: And again "Muellermilch58". The guy desperately wants his accounts to be banned.
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8.)
Title of the Wayspot: Alte Wasserpumpe
Location: 53.93606,13.412701
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Please correct the location.
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9.)
Title of the Wayspot: Geländer mit Pferd
Location: 53.935989,13.413988
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Please correct the location.
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10.)
Title of the Wayspot: spielplatz am See
Location: 53.932917,13.429922
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Please correct the location.
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11.)
Title of the Wayspot: Freilichtbühne
Location: 53.932413,13.426776
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Please correct the location.
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12.)
Title of the Wayspot: Affen
Location: 53.934705,13.423636
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake wayspot that is just 5 days old.
The wayspot title "Affen" means "monkeys". Presumably this is a selfie by the faker "Muellermilch58" 😂
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13.)
Title of the Wayspot: Alte Holzcobra
Location: 53.936007,13.422275
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: None.
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14.)
Title of the Wayspot: spielplatz
Location: 53.935952,13.418535
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake.
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15.)
Title of the Wayspot: Volleyballfeld
Location: 53.930669,13.417797
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: A new house was built at this point. On the satellite view you can only see the foundation of the house. Someone took advantage of this to fake a volleyball field there.
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16.)
Title of the Wayspot: kleiner Spielplatz
Location: 53.930361,13.416989
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Does this playground look familiar to you? Exactly, it's the same as with our number 10!
And that is our faker "Muellermilch12" again. He really wants to know. Please do him a favor and fulfill his request for an account ban. Thanks!
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17.)
Title of the Wayspot: Wippe mit Holzschnitzerei
Location: 53.931691,13.417181
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake wayspot from "Drake130789".
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18.)
Title of the Wayspot: Stromhaus mit Schloss
Location: 53.932553,13.415933
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: See satellite view. It seems as if the motif of the transformer house has changed. If you don't want to move it, that's okay too, then you'd better delete it because of the wrong location. It would be a duplicate of our number 7 anyway - provided you correct the location of it.
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19.)
Title of the Wayspot: Kleiner Spielplatz
Current Location: 53.932688,13.416477
Correct Location:
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Abusive Location.
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20.)
Title of the Wayspot: Sportgeräte
Current Location: 53.932943,13.41645
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Abusive Location. Fake wayspot. Location doesn't make sense. There is some sports equipment on the beach, probably it is there somewhere.
Here some examples:
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21.)
Title of the Wayspot: Steine für die Pferde
Current Location: 53.9341,13.415903
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake-Wayspot.
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22.)
Title of the Wayspot: Stadtwerke
Current Location: 53.934695,13.41638
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: And again a fake by "Muellermilch58".
On the photo of the wayspot you can see that it says "Stadtwerke Gmünd" at the top right.
There (in the city of "Gmünd") the Wayspot is actually located. It's already a wayspot (48.804328,9.800139) - with exactly the same photo. That means the faker has used photos of others here again.
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23.)
Title of the Wayspot: Handwerker
Current Location: 53.935086,13.413772
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake-Wayspot.
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24.)
Title of the Wayspot: Kleiner Spielplatz
Current Location: 53.934635,13.412263
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake-Wayspot.
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25.)
Title of the Wayspot: Gedenkholzstamm
Current Location: 53.933808,13.413875
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Duplicate of number 2.), also abusive location.
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26.)
Title of the Wayspot: Holzeisenbahn
Current Location: 53.933984,13.41358
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
https://goo.gl/maps/xyZEG1oYwY44NieA7
Additional information: K12. The object is actually at the coordinates "53.933869, 13.413543" on the kindergarten premises. I only took this one photo at this point because children were playing there. Taking photos there would cause me maximum problems.
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27.)
Title of the Wayspot: Klettergerüst bei der Feldstraße
Current Location: 53.933259,13.413316
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
https://goo.gl/maps/xyZEG1oYwY44NieA7
Additional information: K12. Still the same kindergarten as before.
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28.)
Title of the Wayspot: Alter Spielplatz
Current Location: 53.93334,13.41267
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
https://goo.gl/maps/xyZEG1oYwY44NieA7
Additional information: K12. Still the same kindergarten as before.
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29.)
Title of the Wayspot: Kleingartenverein
Current Location: 53.93351,13.411864
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Please correct the location.
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30.)
Title of the Wayspot: grüner Drachen
Current Location: 53.933031,13.412709
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake wayspot. You can also see black stripes above and below in the picture.
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31.)
Title of the Wayspot: Ruderbank
Current Location: 53.93261,13.413236
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Abusive location. Stands next to other sports equipment on the beach. See number 20.
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32.)
Title of the Wayspot: Ruderbank
Current Location: 53.93261,13.413236
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Faker: "Schokohexe82". Abusive location. Stands next to other sports equipment on the beach. See number 20.
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33.)
Title of the Wayspot: Wappen von Gützkow
Current Location: 53.932564,13.414078
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
https://goo.gl/maps/Kv96RuT6qeqfgVCQ7
Additional information: Apart from the fact that the background does not match the buildings there, the wayspot would be on the school premises anyway and is therefore invalid.
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34.)
Title of the Wayspot: Stromkasten
Current Location: 53.932148,13.413999
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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35.)
Title of the Wayspot: Kuh wippe
Current Location: 53.931961,13.414415
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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36.)
Title of the Wayspot: sitzbank mit Tisch
Current Location: 53.93173,13.414436
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot. I know the correct location, but I didn't take a photo. Reason: K12 location.
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37.)
Title of the Wayspot: Schaukelrobbe
Current Location: 53.933276,13.410243
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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38.)
Title of the Wayspot: Hirsch
Current Location: 53.932072,13.408564
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot. The reviewers who accepted such an obvious fake should be banned!
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39.)
Title of the Wayspot: Stromkasten
Current Location: 53.929678,13.410869
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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40.)
Title of the Wayspot: Kerze
Current Location: 53.929009,13.411679
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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41.)
Title of the Wayspot: Eule
Current Location: 53.928933,13.413704
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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42.)
Title of the Wayspot: Wasserpumpe
Current Location: 53.934705,13.41031
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
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I hope that you take action against the named accounts. This means: warn or, ideally, ban them directly because of wayfarer abuse and reject all open proposals. And pass on the message regarding the multi-accounts to the Pokémon Go Support Team. Thanks.
Comments
Good Job. Well Done
According to the Intel map, the first 7 wayspots from the list have been processed. The rest is still unchanged. I keep watching.
Everything was processed. Thank you very much. The place now seems to be normal and compliant again. I hope there won't be any new attempts there.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0nv3_3Yq1a9JyCSdjuYpV3bFNxbN4Ze_HnzifnXX7lbtfY0Wu7m5vK73t2bjIBd0cg4OlV_SZgAgtSQs6PMZaaQHpxsxYbhFeF-XvKU=s0
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lV1SMp90rzCkM6TjFg2K4-U1l015nSzpMjMoNLHm25m9IR7lNG0s7lv5lTnucELWjIR0RURNjNfqGlC9bAbXAGsQ3GKdlln9eDKDQG7s=s0
Cropped photo. Both photos are also identical. Location doesn't make sense.
Aprroximate Location: 53.934671, 13.415419
They probably won't give up.
For Wayspot 12 from the list I just found out (through a submission from Denmark) where the original came from.
Proof: https://www.opdagdanmark.dk/de/oplevelser/de-seks-glemte-kaemper/
@NianticVK @NianticGiffard The wayspot (53.934635,13.415318) was accepted 🤮
In the forest area where Wayspot No. 12 was deleted, 2 more fakes have now been accepted. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos to prove it, so I hope that you will trust me at this point.
I can visit this place again if necessary, but would be delighted if you save me that. The gasoline costs are currently abnormally expensive and as you can see, these cheaters then simply fake another place that I have no photos of. This is a game of cat and mouse.
1.)
Europäische Lärche - 53.936991,13.421955
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/50Hreli9h7HUJGDUY-85lS7UJXdvfPRxBnk03i9mmGTz9ZwvxBlyxFjIbKpGmfSUJwdKPdxr8Yo9Rt5k7sQcRFAffYv6lL7z8aZ0oh4E=s0
Take a look at my photos from the forest area there. The trees are losing their leaves, there is even already snow and this new wayspot has strong green leaves on the trees? That's not true.
Proof: Original with exactly the same photo at the coordinates: 49.702121,6.507525
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Spitzahorn - 53.935822,13.425478
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hVwvqGEa5i_qJa4JKzFLNkLGxb9oYRskxORnoMtCqEV7w07edwV-Pziuc-shHksdWZPulBrXMenrT0_dKHoQmYzNCYlcWuzOABmf9uxfZQ=s0
I have not yet found the original, but since it is the same design of the boards, I strongly assume that it is also in the forest of the village of "Oberbillig".
Today the original turned up for the second fake. The photos are again identical. This means that the photos were stolen from a submission in review!
Spitzahorn - 53.935822,13.425478
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hVwvqGEa5i_qJa4JKzFLNkLGxb9oYRskxORnoMtCqEV7w07edwV-Pziuc-shHksdWZPulBrXMenrT0_dKHoQmYzNCYlcWuzOABmf9uxfZQ=s0
Proof: Original with exactly the same photo at the coordinates: 49.703688,6.511977
@NianticVK @NianticGiffard Please keep an eye on this topic and warn the affected account and automatically reject all open submissions. That must have an end!
A third fake has appeared, stolen again from the same nature trail in Oberbillig, identical photo.
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Fuchs - Dachsbau (53.936927,13.424871)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uJabHiM1EtGfj9FL9fbCAo5vQYMRKkVkugR9qeC5-s1JpLfBMkJ1T7baQzH2DYtvvOV80CUNXvmKSU8TkuycJvbMnZ3oN38Z79FaGuY=s0
Proof: Original with exactly the same photo at the coordinates: 49.701854,6.506922
The city is clean again. Thank you for the quick processing! I keep watching.
Sorry for the delay in responding to this report. As you're aware, we had processed the report but still for your information we took action on 84 Wayspots and the 6 Wayfinders in accordance with our policies.
@NianticGiffard That you took so long to answer doesn't bother me in any way. It is much more important that you dealt with the problem quickly! The city is clean and I am very grateful to you for that. Well done! Have a nice day 😊
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But I'm a little puzzled right now. 84 wayspots? I only reported about 46?
If I am allowed to have this information: Is it a twist of numbers or have you found another place where abuse has taken place based on the profiles of the fraudsters? If so, I would take a look at the other affected areas if necessary 😁
And if you need help with your Ambassador program, I am available 😉
The response is correct, we found more invalid Wayspots during our course of the investigation where we took action.
Having said that, I appreciate you for volunteering for the Ambassador program. We are considering all the experienced users in the forum for the same and you are definitely one of them. Although names are not decided yet, you'll hear more related to this in the upcoming announcement(s) from NianticTintino. Good luck!
@NianticGiffard At the point where the fake wayspots number 6, 30 and 31 (32) were, a new fake has actually appeared again. A playground.
You already have a photo of evidence when I reported the number 31, but I'll be happy to show you the picture again.
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43.)
Title of the Wayspot: spielplatz
Current Location: 53.932946,13.412196
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot. Apart from the fact that there is no playground there, it cannot be a recent photo, because there has been snow in this region for weeks.
Happy New Year! (Push)
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The fake still stands. It's been a month now, I've seen faster processing times from you guys. What's going on, why is it taking so long this time?
@NianticVK @NianticGiffard
For whatever reason it's taking you so long to process this, the fakes there are getting more and more!
#22 Again!
Title of the Wayspot: Garfild
Location: 53.934705,13.416395
City: Gützkow
Country: Germany
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: Fake Wayspot.
Sorry for the delay. We have taken action on both the Wayspots and a Wayfinder in accordance with our policies.
I can't be mad at you. Well done! Welcome back!
Look at that. The playground has been resubmitted. Now it is said to be no longer next to the block of flats but in a meadow in front of it. The photos clearly show trees/forest in the background. These people there are not capable of learning and finally want to be banned. Fulfill their wish <3
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Y3tvNvokVTTJkE5KuTo8eYddzPp9jdqQq3u3CFLltuxebinKmykhdvVUjlZUtBPeHPEejVqMOUGgkvOOz3e0uluXHurBuwMr2046mY4e=s0
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CpRp9e0I3snZj7ShTej8rDVTRua9gEDPoL6S_jOoxyV5giey8M4WzB2xOivLc2snGwBw7Yt8CjoXwFNGq87KPcapPeRNsoHddOrnXV4=s0
Proof again:
Thanks for following up! We have taken action on the Wayfinder in accordance with our policies.
@NianticGiffard @NianticVK
Location: 53.9326279, 13.4121723
Unbelievable, but scammers really don't learn. Now that I have had fakes deleted in front of this block of flats several times, the player is now trying to submit a painted transformer station to an allotment garden so that he can get a home stop again. On the photos you can see that it is directly on a road and in a curve, and the image resolution is extremely low.
2 new fakes have already been accepted directly at this block of flats. Another painted transformer station (in the kindergarten opposite 🙄) and a blue table tennis table.
Location: 53.933346,13.413411
Location: 53.932277,13.413505
How many times do I have to report this fraud there until there is finally peace? Please do something about these Cheater!
I hope that you will do something against the fakes and those who submit them as soon as possible! I will go to this place again on Monday and take more photos as evidence, even if the photos I have already provided you with should all be sufficient!
If you need photos of a specific spot, please let me know as soon as possible!
Thanks for following up! We have rejected the nomination "Stromhaus" however to remove other Wayspots and to take action on the Wayfinders we would require additional evidence (geotagged images, photospheres). Hence, if you may share the required information at your convenience, we can proceed. I'll be waiting for your reply.
You already have the photos as evidence, because these locations have already been faked, but I am happy to send them to you again. I ask for quick processing - and by that I don't just mean deleting the wayspots, but warning or even better blocking the cheaters.
Hey there! We have already taken action on the Wayspots for which you shared the evidence. Let me specifically mention the Wayspot names as it will be easier:
1) Tischtennisplatte
2) Stromhaus (there is another Wayspot with the same name) differentiation is the location of this Wayspot i.e. 53.933346,13.413411
Exactly the two wayspots mentioned are fake and must be removed.
Tischtennisplatte (53.932277,13.413505)
Stromhaus (53.933346,13.413411)
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Then everything should theoretically be clean again after the next synchronization process. I am excited.
And only for them we need additional evidence to take further actions.
I do not understand that. You just said you've already taken action on these 2 Wayspots and now you're saying you need additional evidence? Please explain to me what is correct now.
Aren't the 2 geotagged photos enough as proof?