I received the attached suspicious request in my iNaturalist email. It seemed odd, and when I looked at the individual’s profile they have uploaded zero observations or ID’s. I suspect an attempt to poach and have not responded to it. [33%20AM]

I agree. You could ask for proof of their photography. Flickr?

If the species concerned are sensitive then I would not respond with coordinates, but I also wouldn’t assume this person is a poacher. As we’ve written in our Community Guidelines , “assume people mean well.” To me, this request seems perfectly legitimate, and if we’re going to assume that lack of ob…

I assume the best in people, but this email is at the very least suspicious…

That does seem quite suspicious, would not respond

this doesn’t sound good! I highly recommend you to change the geoprivacy of these observation to obscure or private, just in case! I googled its avatar and no info appeared, this is clearly a fake profile. Can we flag these profiles. is ok to do it?

[image] diegoalmendras: I googled its avatar and no info appeared, this is clearly a fake profile. Normal well-meaning but cautious people can have single per-site avatars and usernames, similar to what is suggested for one’s site passwords, so googleability is not a good index of authenticit…

Suspicious email/possible poacher

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tjeerddw May 11, 2019, 2:54pm 2

wise decision, would have done the same especially if its about protected or endangered species…

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Suspicious email/possible poacher

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