NianticCasey
2019/12/10 10:11
皆さん、ご指摘は正しいですね。通常であればこういったアピールセクション以外で投稿された無効なポータルに関する報告に返信するようなことはしませんが、これは極めて悪質な違反行為と思われますし、アピールセクションで改めて必要情報を再投稿するにはかなりの時間を必要としてしまいますから、例外的に対応しましょう。

この情報を社内チームへ申し送りました。チームでは既にこれらのポータルを確認できています。ご指摘いただき、ありがとうございました。

bobofango
2019/12/05 01:47(Forum)
17 Faked Portals in A Village of 47 people
Our local Wayfarer community is aware of multiple faked points of interest in Armena, Alberta, Canada. Most of the faked portals in Armena are actually located in the nearby larger town of Camrose, Alberta, Canada and are already long-standing portals/waypoints in Niantic's Wayfarer database. In some cases, the faked clone portals use the same title as the original portal or the portal photo is obviously third party from the internet. Two Ingress agents have both driven an hour out of their way to verify the points of interest in Armena, Camrose, and nearby town Hay Lakes. Multiple agents have tried reporting these portals to Niantic support only to get the standard "We have taken action where appropriate" message. Nothing has been done to remove the invalid ones.

Here is a listing of the waypoints that we have verified as false. The list is organized so that the first portal shown is the legitimate one, while the second one is the falsified one. This list was submitted to Niantic via Ingres in-game support and nothing was done.

Real A1 (Camrose): North Mirror Lake Gazebo

https://www.ingress.com/intel?pll=53.019304,-112.830048&z=15

Fake A2 (Armena): Kiosk

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.121722,-112.947829&z=17

Real B1 (Camrose): Ukrainian Catholic Parish

https://www.ingress.com/intel?pll=53.019806,-112.831066&z=16

Fake B2 (Armena): Armena Ukrainian Church

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.124564,-112.951561&z=17

Real C1 (Camrose): The Handoff

https://www.ingress.com/intel?pll=53.019669,-112.834858&z=16

Fake C2 (Armena): Runners

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.122658,-112.948409&z=17

Real D1 (Camrose): Grand Drive Park

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.022225,-112.843232&z=17

Fake D2 (Armena): Mirror Sculpture

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.121966,-112.952674&z=17

Real E1 (Camrose): Fish Fight

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.018439,-112.833082&z=17

Fake E2 (Armena): The Metal Hunter

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.121036,-112.952331&z=17

Real F1 (Camrose): Rose City Baptist Church

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.120357,-112.951035&z=17

Fake F2 (Armena): Armena Rose City Baptist Church

https://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.123641,-112.952194&z=16

Real G1 (Hay Lakes): Hay Lakes Community War Memorial

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.122139,-112.947791&z=17

Fake G2 (Armena): Community War Memorial

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.122139,-112.947791&z=17

In addition: the following waypoints are verified by our local agents as false but we have not found the actual physical location yet or they are not Niantic waypoints yet

Fake H1 (Camrose): 53.0184497,-112.8333547 **Not an existing wayspot**

https://goo.gl/maps/cmh6GrGE9rer52uE9

Fake H2 (Armena): Armena Fount

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.120357,-112.951035&z=17

Real I1 (Camrose): 53.012718,-112.831722 **Not an existing wayspot**

https://goo.gl/maps/MhhhMYGXLY9rtwtj7

https://www.alamy.com/cenotaph-camrose-alberta-canada-image256765030.html

https://www.facebook.com/CityOfCamrose/photos/a.1151538118209520/1151538141542851/?type=3&theater

Fake I2 (Armena): Armena Memorial

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.124218,-112.950521&z=17&

Real J1 (Camrose): 53.0150575,-112.8273085 **Not an existing wayspot**

https://goo.gl/maps/tndpLXSHPis6VJsc8

https://www.facebook.com/CityOfCamrose/photos/a.1137490982947567/1137491316280867/?type=3&theater

Fake J2 (Armena): Armena Outdoor Gym

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.122928,-112.948837&z=17

Real K1 (Unknown): ?????? Most likely in Camrose

Fake K2 (Armena): Armena childrens playgrown (unable to find source photo but it is not at pinned location)

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.123063,-112.950168&z=17

Furthermore, there are still pending submissions in Wayfarer that we know to be falsified.

Real L1 (Camrose): Kamifurano Friendship Gardens

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.123063,-112.950168&z=17

Fake L2 (Armena): Kamifurano Friendship Gardens (still in Wayfarer)

Real M1 (Camrose): Wildlife Bas Relief

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.123063,-112.950168&z=17

Fake M2 (Armena): Wildlife Bas Relief (still in Wayfarer)

Real N1 (unknown): Korean War Memorial: ?????? Most likely in Camrose

Fake N2 (Armena): Korean War Memorial (still in Wayfarer)

Real O1 (Camrose): Rotary Skate Park: 53.0134517,-112.8333056 **Not an existing wayspot**

https://goo.gl/maps/ypZF65jXL1Jgnfmx6

Fake O2 (Armena): Armena Skatepark (still in Wayfarer)

Real Q1 (HW13 Camrose County): Alberta History

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.017455,-112.914648&z=15

Fake Q2 (Armena): Norwegian Sttlement (still in Wayfarer)

Armena is a hamlet with a total population of 47 people http://www.county.camrose.ab.ca/content/armena. We have determined that the submissions have come from a PoGo player with likely three Level 40 accounts (we know what the accounts are) and who has extensively edited Google Maps also to falsify PoI. Most of the locations have been edited out of Google Maps. His original submissions were legitimate PoI. For the ones that got through, most reviewers gave them 1* on location but gave them the benefit of the doubt otherwise.

What will it take for Niantic to actually do something about this? This is significant abuse. The portals should be pulled. Any account that submitted these faked PoI should have their Wayfarer privileges revoked.

NianticCasey
2019/12/10 10:11(Forum)
17 Faked Portals in A Village of 47 people
Hey folks,

While @ninthnomad is correct and normally we don't reply to one-off reports of invalid Portals like this outside of the appeals section, I've decided to make an exception since this is a pretty egregious violation (and would take quite a bit of time for the OP to repost with the required information).

I've forwarded this information to my team internally and they're taking a look at these Portals. Thanks for flagging @bobofango!