Pokemon GO – Niantic Ban GPS Exploit Abusers

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Pokemon GO users have recently discovered that the game has a few region specific Pokemon. The Pokemon, Tauros, is only located in North Amerca, Kangaskhan is available only in Australia, Mr. Mime can only be found in Europe and Farfetch’d only appears in Asia.

To obtain these region specific Pokemon, some users have been using fake GPS apps, among other exploits, to trick the game to think that they are in regions that these Pokemon are located in. Players in America have caught Farfetch’d and Mr. Mime without travelling to Asia or Europe.

Pokemon GO players who play the game without these exploits are not happy by this exploit. Niantic CEO, John Hanke, has confirmed that these dishonest players will be punished for their actions.


Niantic have acknowledged the existence of these exploits and are taking action against these abusers. Players who use the exploit will be punished with a small ban, which will stop the user from catching the Pokemon. Sadly, players who catch Pokemon while travelling on a plane, have also reported to be victims of this ban.

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TaigaAisakaPosted:

Hollywood_Undead Lol. "Region locked pokemon"
Game already went to shit


The thing is, these "region locked Pokemon" can be obtained legit through hatching eggs. It's rare, yes, but completely possibly.

BFVPosted:

Cannot imagine there being an anti IOS/Android bot anytime soon, and I imagine its going to take some time for them to implement a system where they can automatically monitor movement so it conforms with realistic movement.

LostPosted:

They really need to do this. Game is really broken with the bots. They need to come out with a permanent fix.

RacksinSDPosted:

Why would you need to do that in the first place?

XboxPosted:

Lol people are still going to do it.

KTFPosted:

Won't be long until someone finds a way around it.

XBL-ABPosted:

Lol. "Region locked pokemon"
Game already went to shit

LoodPosted:

My cousin got perma-banned after catching a Mr. Mime in London and then coming back home:/ I'm more concerned about the lack of pokestops and Pokemon outside of cities. It's not really fair to people who live in rural areas that they can't even dream of competing against someone who lives in a big city.

VeraPosted:

region locking certain pokemon isn't a really good idea obviously people are going to attempt to get them

SupervisorPosted:

I don't see the point as anyone can simply make another account