MyLot Tasks Scam

Mylot should certainly vet the tasks. Not only do they have a moral responsibility to the members to protect us as far as possible from scams, they also have much superior technology to anything we can aspire to, so they should be physically more competent to highlight and deter the scammers. Of course, the ultimate responsibility is our own, and we should not allow greed to blind our judgement. If something seems too good to be true, it usually is.

i could not understand these:- 1) how is it possible for a tasker to create a task if he/she has not deposit the money into mylot in the first place? 2) if a tasker has already deposited the money & created a task, why mylot refused to pay when the task was already being approved by the tasker?

I, too, was wondering whether myLot had any responsibility for the tasks that are posted here. And I definitely noticed that the alert didn't mention anything other than to put it upon you to contact paypal.

Hmm, that thought also struck me when I read the alert. They are very much letting PayPal sort the problem out. I would have thought that myLot would also want to do something themselves to prevent this kind of thing from happening again in the future, especially as by the time it's in PayPal's hands the person being scammed has already parted with their money! It's a shame that the complaints that you've made haven't made any difference, that doesn't seem right, and defies the point of having the reporting feature available.

we trust my lot so mylot should keep to up its trust.it should approve the task.n not allow such scam to spoil mylot name

i think this thing is legit

I also have a feeling that the admin is washing their hands on the matter. I have been scammed at the task section, reported the matter three times, but still can see that mylot member posting tasks. He even uses another name, and is behind this so-called money-back scam with paypal. I have nothing against people wanting to earn money online, but I don't approve of people scamming other people so that they can earn. But then again, their moral values may differ from mine so what I say about this matter does not bother them at all.

Good for you for bringing this up owlings because I was wondering the exact same thing the second I read that alert..... As far as I'm concerned, if mylot are going to consistently push their members to embrace tasks, then they have a responsibility to ensure that the tasks provided are legitimate in the very first instance. Full stop! Yes, it is up to us to also be collectively vigilant and assist in keeping this site as "clean" as possible, but the initial effort HAS to be from their side when it comes to something like this. And aside from these points, if they do expect us to be the ones monitoring things like this, then they should act quickly when a task violation is reported. To be somewhat indifferent on both fronts is disappointing to say the least.

It seems as if this is a case of buyer beware. Yes, MYlot should have removed the offending posts, but I don't see how anyone can be expected to monitor every post. Nor do I understand how anyone could be so gullible as to send money to someone upon a promise to double it within a short time. On second thought, I can think of two people who might have done just that: me, at age 17 and fresh off the farm, and my mother at age 92 with a touch of Alzheimer's disease.

Thank you for posting this, but how could we must pay for tasks if we are using our email. I am afraid to do because chances are if the task creator know the email used in paypal I get spam from accept these tasks, so it's better to avoid the types of tasks as warned.

I knew there was a reason why I've never responded to a single task. I've found none yet that were worth the time or effort or "sign-up" time and trouble for the low, low pay. Scams? Yes, that would be MyLot's job to filter, and once they know, I'm sure they'll be on top of it. I reported a blog promoting domestic violence, twice, and IT is still up. Such is life. :(

Mylot has such a reputation that mylotters believe the task will be a genuine one.Although it should be mylotters responsibility to bring to the notice of mylot about such tasks but I believe mylot should take complete responsibility of the tasks created here....they should check the authenticity of every task here..

wow.. hmmm this a difficult situation. myLot must be carefully and always monitoring the task.

I think, the reason being, that mylot is not accepting responsibility with tasks-scam is because mylot gives unrestricted provisions for its user to use "tasks". Anyone could simply say that he'll give you $100.00 if you contributed $20.00 first and mylot will not ban that. That being said, it is everybody's responsibility to be wary and careful with dealing with anything. If we are doing something to earn money, then it is only logical that WE DO NOT GIVE OUT MONEY. It is very important that we do not give out money for security and financial reasons. It's like, you came to the office to work and earn and then it turned out that for you to get your hard earn money you have to pay for it.

I think myLot has indemnified themselves quite clearly in their Terms of Use Agreement regarding the tasks. It states, among other things, that: "myLot is not involved in the transactions between Taskers and Workers. As a result, myLot has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the services or the ability of the Workers to provide the services to the Tasker’s satisfaction. myLot is not responsible for the actions of any myLot member. myLot does not conduct any screening or other verification with respect to myLot members, nor do we provide any recommendations." When they say they aren't responsible for the actions of any myLot member, that clearly means on either side of the tasks, since a person has to be a member to have access to that area. As anywhere else online, we are expected to be responsible for our own actions and decisions. You ask if people would report guideline violations in the tasks... I know I would. I also realize, though, that I am limited to escalating something for their consideration and I have no impact on their final decision about what stays and what goes... but I do feel I'm doing my part, as they've requested.

Hello Owlwings, being honest I don't do many tasks so really haven't noticed this scam, but saying that I believe that myLot should be responsible for every task there is especially to stop all the scams, like they scrutinise our posts and delete them as and when they see fit, so should they check out the tasks and make sure they are safe for everyone who does them also they should delete any task they see as unfit to be there too...after all it was their thought to let us do them in the first place..LoLo

Hello there! I certainly agree with you on that! Mylot is a website and it's nice that they gave us a warning and how to stop this, but they should always help by stopping this situation in the first place. Mylot has to accept tasks before they are publicly viewed, so they should deny those tasks. Actually, I am not sure if they do check the tasks before they get published, cause I've never made a task here, but on other sites that's what they do, cause if they don't, as far as I'm concerned, you might aswell just be writing out a whole lot of junk with stuff that don't even make sense or write out abusive language. So yes, I think that mylot should check all tasks before they get published, and they should have known it was a scam before they even published it, like seriously, who's gonna double pay you back the money you gave them? No one! They won't even give back the money they need to, you will get nothing! Another thing that has been brought to my attention is that people are creating tasks and getting people to do there tasks, which of course if fair. However it's not fair when the creator of the task does not accept the task, and just leaves it in pending work, as the work for them was done, and the person that did it for them was not paid. Absolutely not fair. That's why I am careful what tasks I do, I don't do tasks from any member under 200 posts unless I know them, cause they wouldn't cheat and risk there whole mylot account.

I saw a discussion about those types of tasks while reading it I had to think to my self 'what type of dumbarse is stupid enough to fall for that load of caca?'

Yeah, I have receieved such an alert so far. At first, I am feeling lucky because I have never done such a task before. Secondly, I think all friends here should say thanks to the staffs of myLot, although they really have the responsibility to monitor and approve all tasks posted. Thirdly, this scam task tells us that you will lose a lot if you try to covet a little. Good luck! Happy myLotting!

They shouldn't allow tasks that say you to pay someone first, I think thats pretty simple.