+Team Mikrochipz Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) I noticed that twice in the last couple of months that my travel bugs, which have not logged any activity in years, have ALL been found by the same people in one day. Not possible as at least two of them are for sure gone. So is this some new way to cheat? Look for "lost" bugs and log them as a find?? Edited December 19, 2015 by Team Mikrochipz Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Not new, "cheat sheets" at events, social site groups giving out trackable numbers, and some using random number generators have been going on some time now. Weird, isn't it? Quote Link to comment
+y2kcompliant Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) I had a bunch of hits on TB's in my watchlist today from user nrohcs ...one caught my eye as it has been missing since 2009, nrohcs has only been a member since 2014. Edited December 19, 2015 by y2kcompliant Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I would use the new lock feature now available to owners. Quote Link to comment
+irisisleuk Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I would use the new lock feature now available to owners. I had a fake log of nrohcs as well, but on a trackable that isn't missing. Locking it would mean that the cacher who has it in his now wouldn't be able to drop it and the next one wouldn't be able to retrieve it then. So locking is no solution for active trackables. Wish we could lock cachers who log trackables they haven't seen... Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 You, as the owner, have the option to delete the logs, if you believe they really didn't see it in person. Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I would use the new lock feature now available to owners. I had a fake log of nrohcs as well, but on a trackable that isn't missing. Locking it would mean that the cacher who has it in his now wouldn't be able to drop it and the next one wouldn't be able to retrieve it then. So locking is no solution for active trackables. Wish we could lock cachers who log trackables they haven't seen... My suggestion was to the OP and their missing trackables. Quote Link to comment
+PlantAKiss Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Well this explains the mysterious log I got recently...on A TB that' went missing in 2008! Same person...nrohcs in Germany. "nachlog! danke fürs zeigen! wo gesehen kann leider nicht mehr genau eruiert werden" "After log! Thanks for the show! where seen can unfortunately no longer accurately be determined" <removed by moderator> I don't know how they got the tracking no. since it was never displayed publicly. Randomized? It got my hopes up for a second...the TB honored my Rainbow geodog. Edited October 17, 2016 by Eartha Removed remark. Quote Link to comment
+TKD kid Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) <removed by moderator> Edited October 17, 2016 by Eartha Removed remark. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) <Remark removed by moderator> Your generalization doesn't say if caches or trackables are your issue, but if it bugs you that much, did you contact Groundspeak? Edited October 17, 2016 by Eartha Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Please keep comments in accordance with the forum guidelines. No mudslinging allowed. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
SHF Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 This happened to a couple of my Travel Bugs as well. Same sentence in German (nachlog! danke... etc.). Are my Travel Bugs really lost? I haven't been a regular GeoCacher (hoping to get back into it soon), so I don't really understand the reasoning behind this "scam". What would this person gain from going through all the effort to send these messages? Thanks, SHF Quote Link to comment
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