CacheMoneyHustlas

Groundspeak doesn't ban cheaters. I reported once a group of caches logging a lot a virtuals and ECs in such clumsy way that it was clear that it was physically impossible that they've visited the locations at all. All I got was a reply saying that it's up to the discretion of the CO to delete the logs or not. Cheaters are left to their own devices. Exactly what this person does!! He logged 20 virtuals in 4 different states in the last 3 days, as well as supposedly being a "Gold Level Earth Cache Master". Along with more than 300 traditional caches in a weeks time, (which have apparently been stripped from him by CO's, I'm assuming.) It all depends on how far apart the states are. And the amount of 300 in one day is a drop in the bucket now days with Power trails. Not saying you are wrong but that is what HQ does, check to see if it is possible. I found over 800 caches in one day doing a power trail. They still could be fake logs like I just found out on some in my area. A kid wanted to hide a cache and faked logs so they would look like they were experienced. Yeah,...this guy is definitely a fake and a cheat. I know because he said something about a cache that proved he had never seen it or been there. WOW!!! 800 caches in one day?!?! That is awesome!!! Where is that power trail??

Did you report the username to Groundspeak? B. I sent the original email that started this thread to GS, on the advice of one of the very first posts. I didn't include the username there, just as I didn't here. I wanted to wait to see if they would reach out to me about this. So you want GS to guess which of the millions of usernames it is that you are having a problem with? I agree. Anything that can help a very busy office take action without wasting to much time with guessing games, I'd bet is appreciated. Thanks for all the help and advice everybody!! I updated my ticket for HQ and included the username of the cheater.

Any chance that those virtuals are ownerless? I recall seeing EarthCaches being logged after they are archived and the member/owner is locked/banned here. Cheat happens. I'm not sure if the the vrutuals are ownerless and not sure how I would ascertain that. (As I said in my original post, I'm a newbie. But even as a newbie, I would NEVER stoop to cheating!!)

Did you report the username to Groundspeak? B. I sent the original email that started this thread to GS, on the advice of one of the very first posts. I didn't include the username there, just as I didn't here. I wanted to wait to see if they would reach out to me about this.

Groundspeak doesn't ban cheaters. I reported once a group of caches logging a lot a virtuals and ECs in such clumsy way that it was clear that it was physically impossible that they've visited the locations at all. All I got was a reply saying that it's up to the discretion of the CO to delete the logs or not. Cheaters are left to their own devices. Exactly what this person does!! He logged 20 virtuals in 4 different states in the last 3 days, as well as supposedly being a "Gold Level Earth Cache Master". Along with more than 300 traditional caches in a weeks time, (which have apparently been stripped from him by CO's, I'm assuming.)

Hi everybody!! I'm a newbie to this awesome game/hobby and have been caching for about a year and a half now. I absolutely love it and know that I'll be a Geocacher for the rest of my life. I am wondering what, (if anything), can be done about Geocaching cheaters. I'm referring to people who sit in front of their PC's, looking at a map of an area, and then start logging find after find without ever setting foot anywhere near a cache. I'm watching a certain profile right now, of a person who went from 300 finds to over 1000 in about a week. Furthermore, the caches are geographically located in an impossible proximity to accomplish such a feat, even if it was possible for him to actually find that many caches in such a short amount of time. (I know that some cache owners are on to him, because I see his cache count going up and down on a daily basis.) What tipped me off and got me watching his profile in the first place, was that he logged a find on a cache on my watchlist. One that I have been back to several times and have not been able to find. When I reached out to him for a hint, he replied with an answer that made absolutely no sense with regard to this cache, thus proving without any doubt that he was lying about it. My questions are: What can be done about a person like this? Can he be reported? Can Groundspeak do anything, such as banning or suspending? And why would a person do that to begin with??? (I mean, it's not like he's getting paid for his finds.) Thank you all for your time and input!! :-)

Hey there!! I just got the LG G4 and trying to use the geocache app for android. I saw that you were/are having the same problem as I am. Try to run app and it tells me that location services need to be turned on, but they are already on!! Were you ever able to solve this issue? Please let me know. Thanks so much!!