6 Fake Pokestop to delete

Good morning. :heart_hands:

While going to visit my parents I discovered a new area of ​​Pokéstop, perhaps old because I didn’t know it, but I could see that they were lying about the description and the location.
They are located in Villefontaine in France and are described as hiking markers, when they are just numbered beacons that forest rangers use to monitor the growth of certain trees and decide when to cut them down.

There is:
• “Balise de randonnée 5 - Forêt de Villefontaine” - 45.593788,5.173379

• “Borne de sentier 13 - Forêt de Villefontaine” - 45.592448,5.173815

• “Borne de sentier 15 - Forêt des Quincias” - 45.591928,5.173628

• “Balise 16 sentier de randonnée - Forêt des Quincias” - 45.591871,5.174759

In addition they are oddly located very close to the houses while the nearest forest road is about 80 meters further away.

There are also two Pokéstops which use photos from other places in France.
For example, for the Pokéstop “Le hêtre, forêt de Villefontaine”.

Located at coordinates 45.592774,5.173594 it actually uses the photo of a hike located in the town of Saint-Gobain approximately 460km further north visible here.
The first photo is identical to that of the Pokéstop.

Here is a photo to show you the distance between Villefontaine and Saint-Gobain.

For the other which is called “Panneau caché” and located at these coordinates 45.592918,5.173346,

I did not find a match for the image, however it is marked on the panel in the photo that here the ONF takes care of the forest, except that as indicated on this map the ONF (National Forest Office if you are wondering) does not manage the forest of our city contrary to what this panel suggests, so for me it too is false.

Please remove these fake Pokéstops and take the necessary measures against the person(s) who did this.
Thanks.

And have a good day ! :heart_exclamation:

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Hello @NianticLC or @elijustrying, could you take a look at my message?
I apologize if I didn’t post it in the right place, I’m surprised I didn’t get a response.

Hi @survolt69 , thanks for the report. I’ve escalated for review to our concerned team. We will follow up when the review is complete.

Regards,

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Salut!

Si jamais pour la prochaine fois: pour les abus de ce genre n’hésite pas à utiliser le formulaire “Report Abuse” (lien en haut du forum), ça t’évitera d’attendre un mois.

C’est bien sûr ok de taguer @elijustrying ( :wink: ) mais juste pour que tu saches, les ambassadeurs sont uniquement représentants de joueurs et ne peuvent pas offrir de suivi sur les cas d’abus.

Bonne chance, j’espère que ton rapport portera ses fruits!

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Merci.

En fait j’avais déjà fait par le passé d’autres signalement de faux Pokéstop qui avaient été supprimés après signalement, et il y a surement eu une mise a jour du forum depuis l’année dernière car je ne retrouvais pas mes anciennes publications, donc je me suis senti un peu perdu (déjà que je ne comprend pas trop l’anglais), et même en traduisant le site sur Google Translate c’était approximatif donc j’ai sur cette partie du forum en voyant d’autres personnes en parler.

Mais merci du conseil, je passerais par le lien du formulaire indiqué pour la prochaine fois. :grin:

Hésite absolument pas à poster ici, c’est juste pour donner une voie alternative vu que ça a l’air d’avoir pris longtemps dans ce cas-ci!

Le forum est passé sur un autre système en avril 2024, c’est probablement la raison pour laquelle tu ne vois pas tes anciens posts.

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Hey @survolt69,

We have reviewed the report and have taken action on 6 Wayspots and the Wayfinder 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 and Pokémon GO accounts, putting their account on probation, or placing a temporary or permanent suspension on their Wayfarer and Pokémon GO accounts.

Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.

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