Since the very first months of the mobile phenomenon, Pokemon GO has always taken cheating very seriously. The system for identifying (and defining) cheating and spoofing has evolved a lot over the first few years of the game's life, but the company seems to have a good warning and ban system in place at this point. Unfortunately, the latest update seemed to cause some false alarms with that system.
Starting over the weekend, many Pokemon GO players who claim to play according to the rules started receiving ban warnings as if they had been spoofing their location or breaking the rules in some other way. Obviously this led to a lot of panic and many players raced to the Niantic contact form to dispute the accusation.
Luckily, it seems like Niantic is confirming that many of these warnings were sent out by mistake. Here's a look at one of the many messages that has been shared by a member of The Silph Road community...
And here's a look at another from an account that seems to have zero warnings or bans...
Pokemon GO is a bit a lifestyle for hardcore players, so it's no surprise that these false warnings threw up some serious red flags and cause a bit of panic. It seems like everything is resolved now, but if you received a warning, it wouldn't hurt to contact support and find out whether it was legit or not.
Once that is resolved, players can take advantage of the last few hours of Giratina Battle Raids, as we wait to find out what level 5 will appear in the game next. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is currently available in select regions on Android and iOS devices in select regions.
Source: The Silph Road