Passed the "Milky Way" Project on Very First Attempt (73.75%) After 8.5 Hours of Constant Hard Work, Only to Get Ban/Rejected for "Suspicious Activity" - OneForma Scam?
Hi everyone,
I am writing this post to share a deeply unfair and traumatizing experience I just had with r/OneFormaOfficial 😞 . I want to warn all the honest freelancers here about how cruel and broken their automated system is. A few days ago, out of nowhere, the OneForma recruiting team reached out to me via email with a job offer for the Milky Way - Maps Evaluation project, offering $3.50/hour. I had only created a basic profile on OneForma previously—no CV uploaded, nothing. Yet, they found my profile and invited me themselves. However, to enter the project, I had to clear a highly complex onboarding/assessment test.I was initially highly skeptical because I recently had a bitter experience with Outlier AI, where they failed me without any reason after I put 3 days of constant hard work into their assessment. Still, since OneForma invited me themselves, I updated my CV, fully completed my profile, and decided to give it a shot.
- The Hard Work & The First-Attempt Pass: I invested 8.5 hours of continuous, uninterrupted hard work into that Milky Way assessment test. I didn't even turn my head away from the screen for a second. The passing score was 70%, and against all odds, I passed on my very first attempt with a score of 73.75%! Most people struggle and need multiple attempts, so passing on the first attempt should have been an excellent impression. I was so happy and relieved. I was told that a welcome call/invitation would come within 2–3 days. Just a day later, I received a cold email stating that they would not be moving forward with my application for the Milky Way project. No reason was provided. When I immediately replied demanding an explanation for rejecting a certified, qualified freelancer who scored 73.75%, they hit me with the most insulting excuse: "Suspicious Activities detected during the test."
**The Absolute Truth:**This is a blatant lie. During those 8.5 hours, NO VPN was used, NO Proxy was active, NO cheating was involved, and my internet network was completely stable. Everything on my digital footprint was 100% clean and genuine. My Complaint & Final Thoughts: After I aggressively protested their false-positive trigger, they issued me a support ticket ID saying they would look into it. But let's be honest, we all know they won't reverse it. It feels like they just extracted free labor or engaged in a massive scam to discard qualified workers right at the finish line. I am attaching the screenshots as proof of my 73.75% passing score, their original invitation mail, and their absolute joke of a "Suspicious Activity" rejection mail below.u/OneForma - Your automated flagging system is completely broken and ruining the lives of honest, hardworking people. Is this how you reward freelancers who put 8.5 hours of genuine dedication into your tests?Has this happened to anyone else on the Milky Way project? Let me know. Stay safe from this platform, everyone.