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Hassaan's avatar
Hassaan K Community Member

Account Suspended

Please resolve my issue !!
I am not able to submit proposals as it says "you can't submit a proposal because your account is suspended.".
However, when I submitted an appeal to unsuspend my account they responded that my account is not suspended. Please resolve my issue.
I'm not getting a proper support on this. I've been only asked to clear cache & cookies & I've tried it several times but doesn't work. Also, the same issue persists on mobile app. There must be a technical issue then. Please investigate this matter.

Thank you!

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Nikola's avatar
Nikola S Retiring Moderator

Hi Hassaan,

 

If the action buttons that you usually use are grayed out, the Trust & Safety team may have suspended your account. In that case, you will have received a support ticket with an email notification about the action on your account. Please refer to your ticket on this page and reply to the email if you have any questions for the team.

 

 

Update: 

 

This thread has been closed from further replies due to its size. We appreciate your participation in the Community and welcome you to continue the conversation on this new thread.

 

Thank you!

~ Nikola

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Cheuk Fan's avatar
Cheuk Fan L Community Member

Hello,

 

I have just registered at Upwork, but suddenly my company account got suspended without any reason. And the message keep asking me to press ctrl + dot. But nothing happened. What should I do ?

 

Regards,

Kevin

Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Retiring Moderator

Hi there, 

 

Thanks for reaching out. I see that the team contacted you via a support ticket with more information about your account status. Please follow the instructions shared by the team on that ticket and don't hesitate to follow up through the same if you have additional questions. 

~ Luiggi
Cheuk Fan's avatar
Cheuk Fan L Community Member

Hi,

 

This is the ID#45920552 Suspension Appeal I used to get support for account reactivation, but the support team is refering me to another ticket ID#45920261 Upwork Identity Verification Request which is not related and closed my former ticket,

Could you help and check again ?

 

Regards,

Kevin

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Kevin,

 

Thank you for your message. I checked your account and I see that the action taken on your account is related to the verification notified on the support ticket 45920261. Please follow the instructions shared on the support ticket and allow our team to review your documents. Feel free to respond to the same support ticket if you have further questions. 

 

- Pradeep

Safia's avatar
Safia N Community Member

My friends account is showing like “permanently blocked “ but she can still login and receive funds. But she can’t withdraw the funds to bank account. Upwork has done the id verification and notified her to change profile picture but she can’t change the profile picture as the icon next to it is frozen.

 

Profile link: **Edited for Community Guidelines**

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Safia,

 

I am sorry to hear about the action taken on your friend's account. I see that the account holder has already initiated a support ticket from their account. One of our team members will reach out to them directly via the same support ticket as soon as possible.

 

- Pradeep

Zeeshan's avatar
Zeeshan K Community Member

When I submit my  proposal it give me the error of account suspension.But when I try to unsuspent my account It give me notification that your account is not suspended.Whats the main issue behind this. Please solve my problem.

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Zeeshan,

 

I am sorry to hear about the trouble while applying for jobs. I checked and can confirm that there is no hold placed on your Upwork account. Could you please try again after clearing Cookies and Cache on your browser? You can also try using a different browser. Feel free to message us if problems persist.

 

- Pradeep

Gautam's avatar
Gautam C Community Member

Dear Upwork Support Team,

 

I respectfully request the restoration of my Upwork agency which was recently deactivated. We are committed to upholding Upwork's standards and ensuring compliance with all platform policies.

 

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

Sohail's avatar
Sohail A Community Member

Not the right place buddy. To resolve your issue, I recommend that you visit Upwork's support page and inform them about the problem.

Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Retiring Moderator

Hi Gautam,

 

We’ve escalated your community post to a support ticket. One of our agents will be in touch with you soon to assist.

~ Luiggi
Safia's avatar
Safia N Community Member

My friends account is showing like “permanently blocked “ but she can still login and receive funds. But she can’t withdraw the funds to bank account. Upwork has done the id verification and notified her to change profile picture but she can’t change the profile picture as the icon next to it is frozen.

 

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~0110d6feb44156b055

Debra's avatar
Debra D Community Member

The first post I put in for a job wouldn't allow me to access the people who applied.  Closed that and wrote a new post and now Upwork won't let me invite applicants.  I really am baffled.  I have added a payment 4 times and have also deposited almost the entire amount for the job in escrow.  Anybody else having this problem?

Deb

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Debra,

 

Please check out this support ticket with a communication from our team regarding your account. If you have any questions about it please feel free to reply directly to the ticket as they are the ones who can best assist you.

 

~Andrea
Debra's avatar
Debra D Community Member

Loved the platform till I tried to interview some great candidates and was messaged I needed to provide payment for escrow. Reasonable.  I did it four times.  Nada, like nada thing.  I finally paypalled the money.  Still no good.  Today I just closesd the posting and wrote another.  Now I can't invite applicants.  Anybody else experience this?  The chat bot isn't quite catching what I am asking and I spent all day yesterday reading suggestions that weren't applicable.

 

Thank you,

Debra 

Mabel's avatar
Mabel Y Community Member

Hi all, I tried to input billing info, and got the error: Our records indicate that the payment method entered is already associated with the maximum number of accounts. Please add a different payment method.

 

I don't know how to resolve this as I only have one account. Please help. Thanks.

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Retired Team Member

Hi Mabel,

 

I checked your account and saw that our team contacted you through a support ticket regarding your account status. Please check this ticket and kindly follow the instructions they have provided. Please let us know if you need further assistance. 

~ Joanne
Upwork
Mabel's avatar
Mabel Y Community Member

Thanks. I saw the ticket, it says solved so that's why I was confused. I just went to verify my account and now waiting. Thanks.

Liam's avatar
Liam J Community Member

Hi - I am unable to do anything in my Upwork account. Help would be appreciated:

 

  • Can't start new contracts with freelancers
  • Can't post a new job
  • Can't reach out to new freelancers

I have no idea why this is happening and I've had no notification or email from Upwork about why this has happened.

Please help as this is affecting my business 

Many thanks,

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Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Retiring Moderator

Hi Liam,

 

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I see that there's already a support ticket where the team is assisting you. I've shared your post with them, and they've recently followed up with you with more information to assist you further. Please refer to your ticket and don't hesitate to follow up with the team if you have questions. 

~ Luiggi
Maria's avatar
Maria O Community Member

I’ll do my best to make long story short but clear. Although it would be quite a challenging task for me now as I’m pretty pissed off and to some extant desperate.

 

I’m an exclusive freelancer for IDAP Agency and one of its managers. As far as our Agency’s owner account was suspended and he cannot write to Support forum I’ll do it.

 

On October 24, 2023 our Agency owner discovered that his account was suspended. Why I’m writing “discovered” is because he didn’t receive any e-mails or notifications beforehand informing of upcoming suspension and actions to take in order to avoid this. After that, financial transactions of our Agency was blocked as well.

 

Since that time he did every single thing Upwork support team has advised. Still we are where 4 months ago, with both our owner’s and Agency’s accounts blocked. And support team, as an old cracked toy, keep on repeating the same thing “There is a payment method on your account that has billing information in a US-sanctioned location.” BUT THERE IS NONE!

 

What’s more during this 4+ months while issue remains unresolved Support team answered generous three (!) times.

 

Is anybody able to help? Or it is simply the way Upwork works now? And the best I can do is keep on writing support team in hopeless effort to "break the wall with my head"?

 

If Upwork saw US-sanctioned location somewhere in our owner’s profile on their side, just write him step by step as precisely as possible how to find this mysteriously hidden address, so he could find where it is and change it.

Arjay's avatar
Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Maria,

 

We saw your post in the community and converted it into a support ticket to give it the attention it deserves. Rest assured that one of our agents will contact you on this page with more information and further assistance on your agency account concerns.

 

~ Arjay
Upwork
Paola's avatar
Paola G Community Member

My account was suspended 3 days ago, and I have been trying is so many different ways to obtain support from Upwork, I have already filed the appeal and I'm just receiving the email that my account is not suspended, but everytime I try to access I received the pop up that it is. I have tried calling, I have tried to reach out sending emails, and I do not obtain a single answer form you. Only chatbots that can't provide the correct guidance.

This is the day number 3 that I'm working without tracking my hours, and Upwork does not even reply. I created this other account to be able to post this as I really want to recover my original account. 

Please provide the assistance needed, my original account email is **Edited for Community Guidelines**

 

I really need the help, can you please provide the support needed? Request number 45957502

 

https://support.upwork.com/hc/requests/45957502

Paola's avatar
Paola G Community Member

If you are a trustworthy company, why can a user obtain the correct support. I'm desesperate at this point, because I've been trying so hard to reach you out.

 

Please provide the support needed.

Arjay's avatar
Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi There,

 

I can sense your account concern's urgency and am sorry to learn about this experience. However, I see that you're using a newly created account under a different profile name. We highly encourage you to continue coordinating with the team through a single active ticket linked to your account suspension case so that the team can assist you more efficiently.

 

You may also communicate with the team through the email associated with the account you need assistance with; they'll gladly look into that for you. We seek your patience and utmost understanding while we sort this out for you.

 

~ Arjay
Upwork