Well, I f**ked up!!

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  1. mary629

    mary629 Member

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    And I didn't mean to!! And I don't know if I can do anything about it or not.

    My son started working on mturk and then decided he didn't want to do it anymore. So I started doing the hits. I noticed it said I could change my name and email, so I switched from his name and email to mine...

    BLOCKED!!

    So, what can I do??

    Or, is there anything I can do? I haven't even received an email telling me about the block, it's just there.
     
  2. Fiona

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    So you have been fraudulently working under your son's name since Jan/Feb, decided to change it to your name and are now surprised that the account was suspended?
     
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    Sorry to hear about that. Maybe if you contact amazon and explain the situation, they may work with you. Other then that, maybe you could open up a new account under your email and your name instead of trying to use your sons. I know that you probably wanted to cash out on the hits that YOU did but you probably should have transfered that balance to a gift card and then opened up an account in your name. But, what's done is done. Call amazon and talk to them to see if you can do anything about it.
     
  4. mary629

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    Fiona, no, no, that's not the case. Joshua was working on it until about 6 weeks ago. He started working for a temp agency and asked me if I wanted to try a "hit."

    Amazon has always been logged into the computers at home and so I have been trying them out.

    I started working more and more on them so decided I should change it from his name to mine and change the email address too since I found out that some of the requesters would email with extra assignments.

    I thought that should be the thing to do since he was no longer working on them at all. Well, I can't say at all, out of the last 1,000 or so hits though, I would say he's only done 2.

    I have wrote to them and hopefully we'll get it straightened out.
     
  5. Fiona

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    Well because that's when Joshua started. I've been following him since he started. I should have mentioned that, eh?
     
  7. Fiona

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    So which is it? You've been working since jan/Feb like your previous post states or you just took over your son's account six weeks ago? Either way if you were just using your son's stats to "look" good or whatever Amazon doesn't like people screwing with accounts... if they think you've been using another name they will suspend you, you'll lose all your money, and you won't be able to get another account because of the previous activity they found suspicious. You can try emailing them and explain the situation to them... but once they hear you admit that you've been working under your son's name they will probably just tell you it's against the rules and keep you suspended.

    If I were you I'd just find something else to do and take this as a lesson learned... don't use other people's names when you are doing work for payment... it's taken as suspicious and if you think about it, people do this sort of thing to scam the system.

    We have no idea what is going on honestly. In one post you've said you've been turking for a while now... and even posted your stats as your own... not your sons! Now you are saying you've only been turking for 6 weeks. See... you already look like a scammer to us... imagine what Amazon thinks about you!
     
  9. clogan98

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    Not to sound like another barn burner but damn you got busted with lying to just about everyone now.
     
  10. Libby101a

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    Yeah and I wonder if she will be back to explain???? ?
     
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    LOL @ you guys :p
     
  12. naturegirl

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    I think no one means to...that's the definition of the term from your title. :)

    That being said, it's always really, really interesting when someone feels the need to emphasize that bit when they tell a story of woe.
     
  13. mary629

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    Libby, yes, I'm back. And I don't really understand what there is to explain about. My son used mturk, he left I started using it. I didn't see any problem that's why I changed my name and email. Didn't think to much into it.

    The reason the rating dropped was doing hits from the guy about the light fixtures. It's slowly going back up. I think I've had 4 hits not approved in the last week in a half. That out of about 1000 hits, so I don't feel like that's too bad.

    I've also emailed amazon to see if they can re instate ME explaining that it was Josh's account. I wish I had thought more into it.

    And hello from KY. I'm from Morgantown, a little town between Owensboro and Bowling Green.
     
  14. Fiona

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    mary629:

    The problem is that you stated you have been turking for only 6 weeks, before that since Jan/Feb and after that for an entire year. With those three different times mentioned(all out order even), the fact that you have been fraudulently working under someone's name(for who really knows how long), your boasting of mturks stats(that are possibly not even yours) and asking for a "little pat on the back for your hard work" all sound a bit odd.

    It really makes it hard to believe anything you say or feel bad for your situation.
     
  15. Bertha

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    Just answer her question!!! You didn't have to do a full background. Why the need to call someone out? Just let it be
     
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  16. naturegirl

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    OK, I'll bite.

    If you saw someone running toward you with someone yelling behind them, "hey, they just stole my wallet!" and the runner skidded to a stop in front of you and said, "could you help me out here?", would you just help, no questions asked?

    I hope not. And here, I don't think any of us should be expected to just be answerbots.

    We're here because we enjoy Turking and we want to help others. We know scammers hurt all of us, and so although no one is saying that the OP is definitely a scammer, we're suspicious because something doesn't feel right about this. I think it's good that people are wondering about what's going on here.
     
  17. Crap I Did It Again

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    Perhaps she doesn't know about the tax stuff etc etc blah blah. Maybe she does after being on mturk, perhaps that's why she tried to change the name. Idk and idc.

    It's not my job to police other people. You all have too much time on your hands if your searching through someones post history. I'll say my piece, it may be helpful it may not, and move back on to making money and helping out where I can..





    You do know that he signed up using his Social Security number right? That is why you were blocked. There is only allowed one person per account. And it's HIS account, tied to his SSN and his taxes.. All money made through mturk should be accounted for when it comes to taxes.

    Nothing you can do about that account. I would suggest you make your own. Use a different email address from what you changed his to. No clue if they'll ban your next for having that account on his.
     
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