Hi, I was just reviewing and came across a nomination I think is fake. When you look at the close up picture then the surrounding area picture it doesn’t look like the same pole. When I compare the houses in the background of the photo to the ones on Street View, the chimneys look different, the wi…

Excellent :slight_smile: The more reviewers who report this abuse as abuse, the greater the chances of effective action from Niantic. Also, when reviewing, if you see anything on the nearby that is a fake NCN sign, report that.

I saw a different fake ncn sign last week. I reported it too. It matched a route number for the area, but the route map showed that it didnt go anywhere near that part of town.

That seems to be the trend. I suppose by creating it /near/ a real route, the abuser is expecting this to slip past reviewers who don’t check properly.

Was it that route 4 too do you remember? If not, it would be useful to know which route number to watch out for as I imagine they’ll try more than 1!

It was 150 (had to check my google searches!)

I hate this. I submit quite a lot of these kinds of nomination, but real ones. I have struggled long enough to get these kinds of markers approved, and I don’t want a situation where people don’t trust them anymore - they already get rejected for silly reasons regularly enough, don’t want to add “f…

Here we go again.. [image] [image] 16 Caldicot Rd, Portskewett, Caldicot NP26 5SL, UK ..but.. ..it looks like some got through.. [image] Celtic Trail Marker in portskewett 51.59012616445041, -2.7359930673377186 ..and.. [image] Celtic Trail Marker 51.59074817151816, -2.737668657175421…

It might be worth posting these as a new thread to assist Niantic with noticing your post. Also make sure the title is unambiguous. Back this up with the NCN route map to prove the abuse.

Let’s ping @ScopelyExpAtlas @ScopelyExpAaron This is the map of where NCN Route 4 actually goes.. Detailed maps & routes to explore across the UK | OS Maps The bad wayspots and nominations are in this area.. [image]

They’re relentless! I wonder if that’s why they keel using that photo - it’s the only one that got accepted!

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