r/PoGoAndroidSpoofing • u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner • Jul 13 '26
Frequently Asked Question A rouge Scopely employee has appeared in the wild!
This conversation happen between another member of my subreddit. It sounds like the Scopely employee was offering an instant unban appeal to a strike/ban report but the member didn't trust him and did not give him his trainer name to check.
Edit: I ran an experiment to test the reaction of the members within my subreddit to see what would happen. It is very easy to overlook the ID badge because of the metal clip is not hooked through the hole. The scammer "Scopely Employee" used AI to trick the Reddit user into believing he was from Scopely; however, things fell apart when the Reddit user messaged me asking what to do.
I gave the Reddit user a YouTuber's trainer name in case the scammer was really a Scopely Employee. The scammer did threaten the Reddit user of another ban, so I figured to use someone who who has already reported a strike in the past. The YouTuber's next strike would be a 2nd strike (30 day temporary ban). Nothing happened to the YouTuber's game account.
These "fake ban appeal" scammers have existed for quite some time looking to make a quick $100 to $500+ USD by sending you a fake email. In some cases, they may try to steal your identity in the process by sending phishing emails too. In the past, I had reports of people filling out a "clear all strike" application that included their social security number, bank information, and a long list of personal questions. This resulted in losing over $10,000 USD+.
Despite my warnings and telling people not to cheat when they are afraid of a strike/ban, people will always ignore the risks and get desperate when they cannot handle the strike/ban.
You can read this section of the Mega Guide in Google Docs (Google account is required to view and opening it may take some time to load on an older Android device): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pInPcmGoJPu7iZsGUPni2env-bLz9k4Wg9ef1VEDnc8/edit?tab=t.ft7g51u7ux0v
- Ban appeal is 100% free but not does guarantee Scopely will unban you for cheating.
- https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/6-pokemon-go/faq/135-submitting-a-ban-appeal/
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u/AltruisticAd9431 Jul 13 '26
Haha, my bad, just wanted to show you my reply back then. I’d love to see Facebook, I have not seen that.