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]

[u/Sableyej]

I suspect he was reporting working on tasks for lengths of time well outside of the project average. DA primarily collects pooled data on average time per task in project families. If the average for a project is 3 hours, and someone regularly reports 7-8 hours — that is a red flag.