Amazon Mechanical Turk

We deposited over $700 to run surveys in Amazon MTurks. They removed our access for non valid reason and have not response to numerous emails and have not giving our money back.
I called Amazon and they are no help since they said a different business.

I fond Bezos and Jassy's email and sent to them - no response.

These guys are terrible and robbers.

If I could give zero stars I would. I had a Mechanical Turk account but haven't used it for awhile. When I went back online to try to find some work, I received a message that my account was suspended.

Can't get a reason why or anything because all three requests I have sent to the appeals email they provide have gone unanwered!

In April 2012, I joined Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and began earning over $600 per month through the platform until 2017. However, from 2018 to the present, my monthly earnings have decreased drastically to just $80. This is due to Amazon Mechanical Turk increasing their pricing from 20% to 40%, which has resulted in clients leaving the platform in disappointment. I am frustrated and saddened by this change, as the platform's management has behaved rudely and shamefully. This increase in pricing has resulted in losses for everyone involved - MTurk, workers like myself, and clients. It is disappointing to see such poor management decisions negatively impacting the lives of so many people.

I applied for Amazon Mturk and I provided all my information correctly, then they ask for my documents to show my identity and I provided my passport and all information and all of them was correct but they still didn't approve me. My Amazon Mturk account didn't approve for payment and I emailed several costumer services but no one even helped me with this issue. There's also no number to call or talk to someone about this issue. When I get responses, they mentioned tó email *******@amazon.com. I emailed to that many times but never got a response. They get your information for free then suspend your account for no reason. This is insane.

I changed phones and phone numbers, thought I had updated all my apps to use the new number. Turns out I forgot about Mturk. When I try to log in it tries to send a verification txt to the old number. I explained to customer service that it offers no other way to verify me. Not even through email. After going back and forth with customer service through email, and getting responses from them that look like copy/paste answers...I told them to shut the account down. It was a waste of time if they won't give support for there service. Id rather use the QMEE app. They pay better.

They ban you for no apparent reason. When I found tasks that I can do and started making money off of the tasks. That is when they closed my account. These guys are crooked and scammers. The worst thing about that is that they are the only ones (yes, I've searched up and down the internet) that has a wide range of tasks. All of the other tasks sites either have way too few tasks or the tasks are just out right scammy in that they do not intend to ever pay you. MTurk has all of the tasks that will pay you as well as those that won't and if you find the right types of tasks for you, they WILL BAN you.

They will suspend/close your account with no explanations or details given even if you've had your account for over a decade! Even if you are a top performer and never had any issues. There is no one to talk to or appeal. You will not be able to access your account at all and lose all the money earned and pending. If you are making any money on there know that at any time they can close your account.

I randomly received an email stating that MTURK was denying my application to be a worker and I will not be "permitted" to work with them. The thing is, I never applied. How did they get my information?

As a requester I can say that more than half of the 'people' you recruit for your jobs will be bots or scammers. That's just how this platform works and Amazon doesn't care. If you want real results be prepared to slog through rejecting the same number of fake results. Also be prepared to have some fakes slip through.

Complete piece of junk. They reject your application without giving a reason. Am an AWS and Amazon customer, will stop using their products and services. They don't forget to bill you for their services and religiously follow up with reminders/alerts. But when it comes to supporting your side hustle initiatives, they give you a thumbs down. MTurk is a fraud

I am so sick of being treated like this. All i wanted to do is get another going after i stopped using my old account years ago. That old account was suspended. Then i tried to make a new account and they said i am not "permitted" to work at amazon m turk. Truly disgusted with the unfairness. I hate being treated like this. I just get walled out for some ungodly reason. I hope you enjoy these bad reviews mturk cause im just getting started.

If they don't approve the task they will keep your money with no recourse. Basically the contract is worded so they can just keep any money that you prepaid. I wouldn't recommend.

I went through reading the instructions, answering all of their questions, waiting 48 hours, only to find out I'd been rejected with no reason given. Complete waste of time!

I tried to sign up with Amazon HIT, set up my account, and I get an email back saying that due to security restrictions they can't open an account because they can't verify my information. I have had the same address, email, and phone number for 20 years! I have been an Amazon Prime member for many years. When I called (several times) and sent emails, the response is they can't tell me why! They said set up a new email account and try that. This is astounding! Don't do it.

When I first joined Mturk, it seems like a good way to earn extra tinny money. I did not suspect it to have so much problem since it is a big company.

HOWEVER! You only realize it is a scam because it WON"T pay you! Not to say all the tasks are paying out very low rate considering the time you put there.

First, You cannot get your payment from Mturk like transfer to paypal or bank account directly, instead, you have to use their AMAZON PAYMENT to receive your payment as one and only way they give you. For signning up, you have to provide you SSN and Driver license, all those sensitive information. I have never use any product so far that require you that.

Second, after you get your earning from Mturk finally to be transferable to the AMAZON PAYMENT account, which is after 10 days of your first Mturk hit(which I think more that it is truly a scam, because during this period, you will do more hits and won't get paid instead of just doing one hit and find out it WON"T pay you), you have them ask for your bank account and need you either log in( type your account and password) to be able to verify, which I feel very uncomfortable with. Or upload your bank statement.?
Who the hell do you think you are? Federal government? You don't have the right to do that, prob into people's privacy and their sensitive information!

Third, how much money I am trying to withdraw? Only $13, yes, that is all I earned from 2 weeks of endless survey, less than $1 a day. And yet you require for a transferring-one- million-dollars type of verification process?

Forth, the customer service is irritating and useless. They just don't provide any way for you to directly call them, when you call, the person will tell you, he can't handle it, but someone from the "correct" department will email you back!

Fifth, when you finally get the reply, it is so official, they don't even look into your individual case but give you a general reply. Which tell me to do the things I already did and the second email they ask me to upload bank statement? WHY? I already verified my bank account by logging in and answer the security question! What do you want from me? This makes me feel very uncomfortable that the company is trying to dig into my personal information so much.

And now, they still don't pay me anything and it is 5 days after I called them reported this issue. So I think they are scam for sure at this point. If you have similar experience, comment below. We can file a CLASS ACTION together and sue the company to death!

What a joke I could not use amazon turk because of the stupid amazon payments why? Because for some reason they disabled my account because they could not confirm my information, but would they tell me what info no. How can I fix this they said you cant. End of story. Well what a waste of time now my bank info and ssn are stuck on that site and because it is disabled I cannot even delete them! Customer service was a joke dont even bother calling

HOW ON EARTH DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELVES NOT STATE ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT NO INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS ARE ACCEPTED? DO YOU LIKE WASTING PEOPLE'S TIME OR SIMPLY HIDE THE FACT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ENJOY TRAFFIC AND AROUND THE GLOBE ATTENTION? SHAME ON YOU AND EVERYONE WHO IS PART OF THIS ''TEAM'', WHO'S GOT THE ''BALLS'' TO STATE THAT THEY NEED NOT GIVE ANY REASONS FOR NOT ACCEPTING SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO REGISTER. LAME AND NOTAPPROPRIATE FOR A ''SERIOUS'' COMPANY SUCH AS AMAZON. THANK GOD SUCH LOW LEVEL WORK CAN'T LAST LONG.

Rejected without a reason given. Why is never explained. Waste of time. Most hits arent even worth the effort anyway.

It isn't a scam but it doesn't make much money. According to Forbes "estimates of what workers can earn on these crowdsourced tasks range from about $1.20 to $5 an hour without any benefits. Employers treat them as independent contractors not covered by federal minimum-wage legislation".

From time to time I do surveys to make a little money, but I hate it when I spend 20 minutes of my time, believing I reached all requirements, then my $#*! gets REJECTED. That is my TIME wasted that I can never get back. Not even able to email the requestor to tell her that she wasted my time on her survey $1.25 I was trying to earn for that damn survey. So many damn questions, at least 70, I answered all and at the end after it thanked me for taking the survey, I get REJECTED; which means no payment. My survey was completed but I won't get paid. I am $#*!ing pissed. So glad when i get a regular job and not have to go through this $#*!. Make a screener for your surveys, then folks won't waste their damn time.

Do not ever work for Amazon Mechanical Turk. This is a scam. You are working for free. They will never give you any $.

I started signing up for Amazon Mechanical Turk so it asked for all my information but I DID NOT ACTIVATE IT realizing i needed to add money to my own bank account. Next thing you know they started withdrawing money from my account - it bounced, so i called and emailed them to get rid of the account because i couldn't delete it. They said okay and then try tried again to take the money. So by the 3rd day it's bounced 3 times and they took the 39.95 and never gave it back. So I reported them to the BBB. Very unhappy with this site. It turned out to be a nightmare before even working with them.

This is a joke. Amazon should be ashamed of this crap.The majority of the tasks don't work and just waste your time. Seroiusly makes me want to reconsider wether I should even continue doing business with Amazon.