Fraudulent use of portal photos

Since around February this year, a group of people have been trying to change the top image of the portal "Toyoshiki Station" by voting for photos and illegally changing the title and position.

Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan



 I sent COMM saying (1)"The top picture of the portal "Toyoshiki Station" is not of the station itself, but of the south entrance of the adjacent free passage. please vote for the station itself.” Afterwards jadwhjxgmw8542 replied (2) "I'd like to have more places to play, so I decline.” pjwggptd responded with (3) "I want to build a definite Toyoshiki station, so I approve the south entrance 20 meters away.” This raises the issue of an attempt to illegally change the title position and add a new portal "Toyoshiki Station" using the vote in the photo above.

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The description of the portal "Toyoshiki Station" says "North entrance", indicating that the Toyoshiki Station building faces the north side of the station, and that the photos of the south entrance, about 30 meters away, are ineligible. The photo was already removed by the Japanese Ingress community.


In addition, jadwhjxgmw8542, the first person who replied to me, said (4) "What you say on main account is what sick people do.” and this account has been permanently suspended. This also suggests that there was a manipulation of multiple accounts by one person.

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It is also possible that this kind of fraudulent activity of changing the title and position of the portal by illegally changing the top image of the portal has been done elsewhere. I ask that this be prevented from happening again.


This is recent. (5) "Once again, the top picture of the portal "Toyoshiki Station" has been illegally changed to that of the south exit of Toyoshiki Station free passage. Please vote for the one of the Toyoshiki station building.I fear that the Waypoint of the mission will be changed if it is illegally repositioned and the route will be disrupted by the cheaters. ”and I sent a COMM, and a few days later Niantic sent me an email (6). I don't understand how telling people to stop cheating is a violation of anything. I also ask for a retraction of this.

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Comments

  • AzhreiaAzhreia ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hi there, you'll need to take this to the Wayfarer Community forum here: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/

    Ingress is not the only game that allows edits on POI, and this may very well come from Pokemon players. Your best option is to report any abusive edits on Wayfarer.

    Regarding posting in comm, that could possibly be seen as an attempt to influence reviewers or accuse players of cheating. Both of which is discouraged.

  • Thanks for the advice.


    Even if the title and location were to change for this and a new portal "Toyoshiki Station" were to be created, the location would not be a Pokestop, so I posted it here, thinking it was due to IngressAgant.

    Since you said the Wayfarer community is better, I will post there as well.


    Why is such discussion allowed in a closed community, but not allowed to be posted in an open COMM? I don't belong to a local community, so this was the only way I could do it. I hope the word "Illegally" was just not good enough.

  • TheKingEngineTheKingEngine ✭✭✭✭✭

    As long as players (sub-accounts) report you of alleged "COMM hara.ssment" then you would receive that notification...

    Just ignore it if you are not saying things wrong and offensive and violent. Better do not interact with those players there.

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