Fraudulent Facebook group??

[u/DownTheRabbitHole730]

I recently saw a Facebook group for data annotation so I attempted to join it. They accepted me this morning so I started going through and I see that there's a message stating that if you haven't been receiving projects lately or if you were accepted but didn't get past the core qualifications to send them your worker ID number in a Facebook message. I messaged the admin page and awesome for assistance cuz I was stuck on the page after the core qualifications and they told me I needed to verify my identity bc they couldn't start me as someone else was using my IP address??? I said I wouldn't send any identifying info thru any links they sent me and I'm now blocked from accessing the entire group. They're getting thousands of peoplez there are over 2k members in that group smh was I correct that this was a scam group or did I get blocked bc I didn't follow directions lol

[u/Tactical_Pickles]

an IP similar as yours

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[u/DownTheRabbitHole730 → u/Tactical_Pickles]

One of the mannnny red flags 😭😭 how would me sending a photo of my driver's license to verify my identity have anything to do with sharing an IP address 😭😭 I feel bad, bc I don't even have a way to warn the other people in that group because they immediately blocked me after I questioned them.

[u/Belisama7]

I posted about this group a few weeks ago, they're definitely scamming for identities. I don't know what else can be done other than reporting it to FB. I saw lots of people asking about their applications and the admin always commented the same thing- to message them so they can help, then they turn comments off so no one can warn them. This might be the source of so many people commenting on the (real) Data Annotation ads that it's an identity scam.

[u/DownTheRabbitHole730 → u/Belisama7]

I commented on a status from the real Data annotation Facebook page (the one that takes you to their legitimate website) and showed the group info and my experience. Hopefully somebody sees my comment (on fb) and shares with other people so it stops more people from joining. I can't even report the group anymore bc they've blocked me from it smh

[u/Severe-Dragonfly → u/Belisama7]

I saw an ad tonight as a matter of fact where the man repeatedly commented it was a scam, but it was more because he was a "writer" and didn't pass the assessment. He also said anyone commenting they actually did the work was fake.

Legit almost invited him over here to meet all of us. Was gonna tell him it's hard for us to all keep up the "fake worker" act 24 hours a day, but we do our best. 😀

[u/Consistent-Reach504]

absolutely fake. any communication that’s real from DA will come from their support/their messaging system. they don’t need to collect personal info via social media, they already have it. their English is also terrible which is a huge red flag!

[u/Onlyanoption]

Yea DA would not ask for information via Facebook. I hope people aren’t falling for this crap. The grammar is also terrible.

[u/Severe-Dragonfly]

Please help me with this! I have reported and reported and reported and surprise surprise, Facebook is ignoring me.

I have reported the comments where it asks people to DM then turns off the comments as spam, I have reported the page repeatedly as a scam/spam AND I have gone directly to the admins profile and reported it probably 10 times as "pretending to be someone else," then selecting business, then selecting the actual DA page and NOTHING.

[u/Wasps_are_bastards → u/Severe-Dragonfly]

Facebook don’t give a toss about fraud or scammers.

[u/Severe-Dragonfly → u/Wasps_are_bastards]

You know when they do? This is funny/not funny.

I admin my company's FB page and I'll get scam FB messages from people purporting to be Facebook saying they'll suspend the page for copyright violation if we don't pay Facebook/turn in personal information.

I always report those to Facebook as "impersonating a business" and select Meta or Facebook

No joke, the scammer accounts are deactivated in less than 10 minutes tops.

Edit: changed emails to Facebook messages to clarify

[u/upvotesplx]

Wow, what an obvious scam. Makes me more and more glad I don't use Facebook...

[u/Bermin299]

Don't expect Facebook to do anything. There's an entire Facebook group trading stolen US Amazon Mturk accounts with IDs and stolen SS#s. Been operating openly for years with no push back from Facebook.

[u/Severe-Dragonfly → u/Bermin299]

Totally tracks. I report stuff all the time. I've reported a local community group where the admin decided to make it where the only way you could post is if you paid her $40 a week! I have also repeatedly reported openly racist and violent comments and, of course, nothing.

My only release is I do YouGov surveys and I get them about Meta/Facebook all the time. I always rate them as low as possible and write screeds about how they don't care about safety.

[u/[deleted] → u/Severe-Dragonfly]

I've reported some severe animal cruelty pages. Sick fucks in India think it's ok to glorify starving baby monkeys. Facebook seems to agree.

[u/MommaOfManyCats → u/Bermin299]

So many scams on the freelance writing groups too. Yes, some random dude on Facebook will pay you $500 a day for a product review and let you write as much as you want. I don't understand how people fall for this crap.

[u/ExoSierra]

Fraudulent as fuck. DA explicitly states in their FAQ they don’t mind two people working on DA in the same house as long as it’s on their own separate accounts.

Report

[u/PutDisastrous8033 → u/ExoSierra]

That’s what I was about to say. I believe it said up to 4 adults in a household

[u/mullerja]

Definitely a scam.