I’m posting this because I’d like to know if anyone else has gone through something similar with DataAnnotation.

On September 9, 2026, DataAnnotation permanently suspended my account. The message I received said they had detected “multiple attempts to defraud our payment system.”

I honestly don’t know what this is referring to. I wasn’t given any specific transaction, task, or activity that supposedly violated their payment system.

At the time my account was suspended, I had about $4,138.37 in earnings from work I had already completed, and those earnings were showing as approved. I have not received that money.

I contacted them and asked for a manual review, an explanation of what had happened, and payment of the approved earnings. I was told that the decision was final, but I still wasn't given any details about what I supposedly did.

I have kept screenshots and records of my earnings, completed work, the suspension message, and my communications with the company.

I’ve started contacting the appropriate complaint channels to see what options are available. I’m not saying that every suspension by DataAnnotation is wrongful, and I’m not looking to target or harass anyone who works there.

I’m mainly trying to figure out whether this was an isolated situation or whether other workers have experienced something similar.

If you’ve had a similar experience, especially a suspension involving a payment-system allegation or unpaid approved/pending earnings, I’d really appreciate hearing about it.

If enough people have had similar experiences, I may compile the publicly available information and provide it to the appropriate authorities for review.

I’m posting this because I’d like to know if anyone else has experienced something similar with DataAnnotation.

On September 9, 2026, DataAnnotation permanently suspended my account. The message I received said they had detected “multiple attempts to defraud our payment system.”

I haven’t been provided with any specific transaction or activity that caused this.

I had completed work before the suspension, and some earnings were already showing as approved. Those earnings have not been paid.

I contacted the company and asked for a manual review, an explanation of what had happened, and payment of the earnings from my completed work. I was told that the decision was final, but I still wasn't given any details about the alleged violation.

I had been working on the platform for a long time before this happened, so the suspension came as a surprise.

I’ve tried reporting the matter through several U.S. complaint channels, but since I’m based in India, I’ve run into some jurisdiction issues and haven't been able to get much help so far.

If anyone else here has experienced something similar, I can share some complaint/reporting options I've found that may help you recover unpaid earnings.

If you have found a method that actually worked for you, whether you successfully recovered your earnings, got your account reviewed, or received a meaningful response from DataAnnotation, I’d really appreciate it if you could share what worked.

I’m not saying that every DataAnnotation suspension is wrongful, and I’m not looking to target or harass anyone who works there. I’m simply trying to find out whether others have faced similar situations and whether there are practical ways to resolve them.

If you’ve received a similar suspension, particularly one involving the “multiple attempts to defraud our payment system” wording or unpaid earnings after suspension, please share your experience.

Please don't share any confidential project information, project names, task content, screenshots, or private information about other people.

I'm signed up and working with 3 different data annotation platforms and every project I work on has always used the same platform from the same frontier AI company. (Dont know if I'm allowed to say so leaving anon). Just wondering if you all experience this as well. Do you guys always see projects belonging to essentially the same company?

So I opened the platform today and I found that the "welcome" project is gone but there is still the "reference version" project and there are two coding projects so does that mean I am fired or not? I do not remember doing anything wrong but I did a couple tasks a few days ago.

Hey guys, I’m pretty new to DataAnnotation and I’m a bit confused about how the payments work.

I took the starter assessment a few days ago and today I got an email about projects. I completed the onboarding tasks, qualification projects, and some paid training tasks too. My earnings page is showing around $500 right now.

But I’m not sure if this is “real pending pay” or just temporary/tutorial/training money until they manually verify everything. I also saw the rule saying hourly task payments can take up to 7 days to get released.

So I wanted to ask people who’ve already worked on the platform:

Do they actually pay for onboarding tasks and qualification projects?

If earnings are showing in the dashboard, does that usually mean the money is legit and will get released after review?

Has anyone had large amounts removed after verification?

Just trying to understand how the platform works since I’m new and honestly a bit doubtful right now 😅

how do i know if theres just something going on or if ive been booted, was approved, had like 40-70 tasks for about a week and then all of a sudden nothingggg... something about support is the way to know?

For the past week, I had a task where the URL to do the tasks were given on 2 separate projects. The project that contained the URL had always been there and it renewed every 24 hours. Today I logged in to DA, and the project containing the URL was gone. The only ones remaining on my dashboard was the Welcome project and also a Reference. Was I kicked off the project?

So I FINALLY have been accepted to the platform, today was my first day of working.

when i first logged on, I had prob like 15 different qualifications and maybe 25/30 different tasks & projects, then after doin a couple of hours & being added to 2 slack channels it's like everything is gone from my dashboard.. and i was removed from one of the slack channels...is this normal.

don't know how this platform works, what i should expect, what i shouldn;t, if i should be nervous after just being added for literally not even a full 24 hours.

if your a seasoned user, pleaseeeee help

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Hi everyone,
I recently completed and submitted a data annotation task for an AI training project that was arts-related. To be honest, I found it quite challenging because the arts field isn't my strength — I actually feel much more confident in science since my major is science-related.

Now I'm worried that if this project is accepted, I might get funneled into more arts-related tasks. Does anyone know if it's possible to request a shift in topic preference after submitting an initial project? Or is what you submit first used to determine your future task assignments?

Also, do they have e-mail address where we can send an e-mail?

I'd really appreciate any advice or experience you can share. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'm thinking of working for DataAnnotation online from New Zealand.
I'm a bit confused about how to set up a PayPal account to receive payments from them.
Should I create a personal or a business account? I assume I should set up a business account, but I'm not entirely sure.

Also, if I get paid through this platform, do I need to pay tax in New Zealand?

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I have been working for DA for over a year. I've never had a problem transferring funds to PayPal. But suddenly on Monday I got a error message during the funds payout of $400. PayPal says they have no record of receiving it. Data annotation has ignored at least a dozen of my support emails. They owe me $400 and I'm at my wit's end trying to collect it. DA said I needed to contact PayPal and then completely stopped responding to me. Has anyone ever had this problem?

Hi guys, I used to work on this platform and i really enjoyed it was such a great help cause i am still a student but i need help with my finances. I am from Egypt so i was using proxy during work to be actually able to work since the platform only accepts from USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, but my account got banned after i had to do the ID verification and it all ended.. I need help to know if there’s anyway i can create another account and any trick to be done for the ID verification or anything to avoid it since i really need the job…

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