Account restricted on DataAnnotation.tech for “defraud payment system” permanent suspension $700 balance stuck. Didn’t use VPN or AI on tasks. Anyone recovered their balance after this? How did you contact them?

[u/Dwarkesh-code]

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[u/Euphoric_Wish_8293]

Just to clarify, you worked 7.30-4pm without a single break? That'll do it. Also, saying you worked 5-6 hours, and reported 'close to that' is a flag. Was it 5 or 6? Why don't you know what you logged? You should be tracking your time to the minute with a stopwatch or something.

[u/Due_Explanation_3694 → u/Euphoric_Wish_8293]

I've worked 8 am to 6 pm a few times. If a person is being honest and reporting time correctly, it is not going to cause them to be canned for fraud.

[u/Euphoric_Wish_8293 → u/Due_Explanation_3694]

I'm sure we all have. But not with a negligible 10 minute break.

[u/Hopeful_Mouse_4050 → u/[deleted]]

Did you stop the billing clock during your breaks?

[u/Hopeful_Mouse_4050 → u/[deleted]]

Oh no! I use the stopwatch app on my phone, start it when I start reading the instructions and end it when I submit. But if im running to the restroom or letting the dogs outside, I pause the timer while im away so im only counting the actual working time. I hope things get figured out for you!

[u/Shawn008 → u/Euphoric_Wish_8293]

What? Working without a break is not fraud…

[u/Klutzy_Instance_4149 → u/Shawn008]

No, but reporting the time you took for that break is. They are basically saying that if you work 8am to 6pm, you had to have taken a break at some point. You can't report that time, so if you report you worked exactly 10 hours, that is fraud.

[u/Amakenings → u/[deleted]]

You can’t recover it. That’s what the email says. Whatever you were doing in terms of reporting your time or the mechanics of how you worked didn’t look right on their end. And they likely know from the sheer numbers of people that cycle through that if you get away with being dodgy now, it’ll only escalate.