Fraud attempt with an AI generator - Removal Request

I need some clarification and maybe some help. A few weeks ago, I noticed that a community member submitted a falsified Wayspot that, as it seems, was actually accepted. It’s quite obvious that it was AI-generated.

I think this is not correct and also unfair to other community members. I only noticed it because the same member submitted another AI-generated Wayspot, and this time they didn’t even bother to make it look convincing.

Unfortunately, my report about this fraud didn’t achieve anything since the first Wayspot is already live in the game. For this reason, I’m using the forum to make it public, especially since I’m not from Belgium myself but from Germany.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KAtakKw48GdRSmtG6

Hello and Welcome @1stwukong1337

The wayfarer Team will look into this.

Can you clarify what happened previously.
Did you submit an ingame report on the Lego cars board?
And it was denied. If you could post the rejection email (minus any personal info) that would help.

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A few weeks ago, I was reviewing Wayspots as usual to check if they met the criteria or not, and I already noticed with the Lego cars that a community member tried to submit a falsified Wayspot. I reported it on the platform as a fake Wayspot submission and didn’t take any further action at that time.

Today, while reviewing again, I noticed that a signpost Wayspot was submitted with the same background as the Lego cars, and it is 100% AI-generated. As confirmation, I also saw that the Lego car Wayspot is nearby and has already been accepted into the system.

This means the submitter successfully managed to get one fake Wayspot approved and is now trying to create a second fake one.

I cannot report it ingame because I live about 120 km away

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Thanks that is helpful to know that you reported in the review flow.

From your link posting co ordinates for ease of use.

50.531263, 5.703352

Moving this to the general discussion area as that is more appropriate.

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Thanks for the report @1stwukong1337 . I have retired the Wayspot in question. Moreover, I see that we have already taken action against the submitter earlier today based on a review flow report for another submission.

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Does that mean action had already been taken but the offending Wayspot(s) had been allowed to remain?

That was for another submission.

Next Fake AI Wayspot

@1stwukong1337 , thanks for reporting. I have gone ahead and rejected the submission and have taken appropriate actions against the submitter.

Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Niantic Wayspots.

Regards,

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