Pokemon Go Banhammer in Action Again, New Ban Waves Sent

Trainers, Pokemon Go and Niantic’s Banhammer is thirsty for spoofers, and this time they are serious.

According to reports, Pokemon Go and Niantic are targeting spoofers who use PGSHARP, an application that can change the location of a player’s phone. The app offers subscribers to use 2 phones, auto walk, enhance throws, quick catch, skip animations, auto transfer on catch, teleport, Raid and Gym assistant, Battle assistant, and other actions that are violating Pokemon Go’s TOS.

The first ban wave went live yesterday, and reports are coming in saying that bans are coming in today as well.

As a reminder, there is a three-strike policy issued by Pokemon Go and Niantic. Here are the simple rules one must follow, so we could all enjoy the game.

Pokemon Go Three-Strike Policy

Strike 1: Warning

Disciplinary actions:

If this strike is issued, you will see a warning message within the Pokémon GO app informing you that we have detected cheating on your account.

In addition to this warning, your gameplay experience may be degraded for the duration of the warning, including but not limited to:

  • You may not be able to encounter rare Pokémon in the wild. These Pokémon may not appear on the map or on the Nearby Pokémon tracker.

  • You may be excluded from receiving new EX Raid Passes.

  • You may not be able to participate in social actions with other Trainers such as trading Pokémon or sending Gifts.

Duration: This strike will last for approximately 7 days. After this period, your gameplay experience will fully be restored. If you do not remedy your behavior within or after the 7 day period, you will advance to the next strike.

Strike 2: Suspension

Disciplinary actions:

If your account is issued a second strike, you will temporarily lose access to your Pokémon GO account. When attempting to log into the game, you’ll be presented with a message stating that your account is suspended. You will not be able to bypass this message.

Duration: This strike will last for approximately 30 days. After that period, your account access will be restored

Strike 3: Termination

Disciplinary actions:

If you receive the first and second strikes and continue to cheat, your account will be permanently banned.

Duration: Permanent

Today is PGSHARP, and tomorrow is another third-party app that will be banned. Make sure to play fair.

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