Discovering a bunch of fake (existing) waypoints while reviewing
Today, I came across a nomination called orange robot library and it purported to be a little free library at a business, but was actually placed at a private home (mismatched location, private property). But as I was reviewing I noticed that when checking for duplicates, the same buildings photo (taken from the exact same vantage point) was used for two other waypoints nearby. one was actually at a church and it was labeled "Community Centre" while the other photo of the same church was labeled "First Congregational church" but had been moved several blocks and was placed in a neighborhood (I assume in front of someone's home?) Someone there is definitely making multiple fake stops. I noted that in my rejection of this waypoint, but is there anything that can be done to let someone at Niantic know so they can put an end to it?
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Thanks for reporting, @907PhilNKids-PGO! I'll have this shared with our team for review and will revert once I have information to share.
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