Lies and Deception Part XI: Creating Fake Wayspots at Hofheim Germany
Rodensteiner-PGO
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Dear @NianticGiffard
my son has a very good eye for this and spotted this today:
Im Lorsbachtal 52, 65719 Hofheim am Taunus, Germany
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=50.124445,8.419643&z=17&pll=50.124445,8.419643
As you can see from the examples, the guy not only didnt even change much, he just changed the paper inside.
This is to me, a very bad example of people abusing the game.
There are in Game
Nr.7
Nr. 10
Nr. 11
Nr. 6
Nr.8 is in Voting (my son reviewed)
Also my son pointed out "people need to be educated better to recognize this (childwork)"
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Honestly i don't see any problem with these photos.
That's certanly not the best sign that exist, but i already see many sign like that in my region. (the difference is that i'm unable to get them validated as POI, so i suppose german reviewer validate POI more easely.)
@Aeryle88-PGO these are examples of falsified nominations.
@Aeryle88-PGO if you look closely at the wood grains, you can see that the wooden part for all three images is the same, even though the paper has different text. It sounds a lot like the submitter just printed a bunch of different papers, went to each location, took picture using the same frame and then took it with him to the next location. Ergo, it's very probable that none of those signs exist at submitted locations.
I don't see any proof that theses nominations are falsified. In fact they look fine. So, maybe they are falsified, but i would like to know how we can proove that just with theses photo.
That's not obvious. The wooden part look similar, but i can't say they are 100% identical for sure.
But if it's effectively fake one, it would be very upsetting to see that fake are validated, but legit sign (like mine) are rejected. That would be the proof that the system have a big malfunction.
@Aeryle88-PGO it is very obvious
I got tired of pointing out the matches... literally everything is the same
Hi there, @rodensteiner-ING, your son got good eyes for sure! I have shared it with the abuse team for investigation and to take appropriate actions. Thank you!
Yes, with the mark it's indeed obvious. I haven't look at the tree. (because it's not the same tree on the third photo)
I will certainly be more carefull when reviewing thank to you.
@Aeryle88-PGO yes people are pulling all sorts of Tricks and one Thing is to educate reviewers how to Spot Fakes
Hello @rodensteiner-ING! We have reviewed the report and have taken action on 2 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.