+peter-tvm Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Yesterday evening I received an email saying one of my caches had been adopted. This surprised me as this was nothing that I had initiated. That my account has been hacked is of course possible, but I found nothing else that looked suspicious among my other caches, message center or recent logs. I rather suspect that the adoption was made in some other way than the official one by someone or someone's that wants to harass me. My questions to HQ is to start with these: How can the the adoption process happen without the owner starting it? Why is there no email sent to the current owner when the adoption request is sent? If I had received this I could have canceled the adoption immediately. 4 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 At the bottom of this page is a "Contact Us" link. You need to use it. Posting to the forums will get you opinions from geocachers, but you need to actually contact Groundspeak. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 1 hour ago, peter-tvm said: I rather suspect that the adoption was made in some other way than the official one by someone or someone's that wants to harass me. Very strange indeed! I want an update. Quote Link to comment
+peter-tvm Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 I did send the same to Groundspeak as account/other in the night. But there will be no reply during the weekend I guess. I was simply curious if other cachers also has encountered this. In that case it might be more than I glitch in the system. 1 Quote Link to comment
+KRON family Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, peter-tvm said: How can the the adoption process happen without the owner starting it? By lackeys. For example, if the owner has passed away and the heir has expressed interest in his caches. 5 hours ago, peter-tvm said: Why is there no email sent to the current owner when the adoption request is sent? It usually is: Are you sure you didn't create an adoption request sometime in the past? The adoption request is valid until it is accepted or cancelled. What did Niebustgaard say? Did she find the new adoption request in her email inbox, or when she opened the link geocaching.com/adopt? Edited February 12, 2023 by KRON family 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+arisoft Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 6 hours ago, peter-tvm said: How can the the adoption process happen without the owner starting it? My first reaction was that the message may be a fake. I guess that you have already checked who adopted your cache and it is not in your control any more. Quote Link to comment
+KRON family Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 1 hour ago, arisoft said: My first reaction was that the message may be a fake. I guess that you have already checked who adopted your cache and it is not in your control any more. The message is real, it's about GC7QZZQ. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 That is a great story and worthy of a read. I'm glad it worked out for both of you and the mystery was solved! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
+Bl4ckH4wkGER Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) On 2/12/2023 at 8:29 AM, KRON family said: Are you sure you didn't create an adoption request sometime in the past? The adoption request is valid until it is accepted or cancelled. Clearing the mystery, this is exactly what had happened here. The OP had created this adoption request themselves on June 11, 2018. It was only accepted by the adopter on February 11, 2023. Edited February 13, 2023 by Bl4ckH4wkGER 2 1 Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 It would seem a revision in the adoption process is warranted. Perhaps a 180 day time limit for an adoption offer to be valid, after which the adoption cannot be accepted. 1 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, K13 said: It would seem a revision in the adoption process is warranted. Perhaps a 180 day time limit for an adoption offer to be valid, after which the adoption cannot be accepted. After all, unpublished draft cache listings are archived after a certain period of idle time... 1 Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 17 hours ago, K13 said: It would seem a revision in the adoption process is warranted. Perhaps a 180 day time limit for an adoption offer to be valid, after which the adoption cannot be accepted. I disagree. I don't think Groundspeak's limited programming resources really need to be devoted to safeguard against an issue that has, as far as we all know, affected exactly one (1) forgetful cache owner over the past 23 years. Even if the problem is ten times worse than we know, I am confident that Groundspeak can handle this on a case by case basis. 4 Quote Link to comment
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