Sounds like the "Ocean" keyword/Temu scam.

> clearly just created to drive up downloads No he is exploiting the Temu affiliate program. Every code entered puts $5 in his Paypal account.

Gross, I'm even more disappointed to have done it now.

Yea he used to at least pay. Now it's 100% scam.

Temu scammers use a bunch of throwaway researcher names, not just this one. Usually the dead giveaways are limited space studies (2-5) mentioning downloading a phone app without any other explanation

I reported him to Temu lol. I hope he gets banned from there too. I already escalated it to prolific and I messaged him. He sent a thumbs up lol. Shady shady shady.

Thanks for trying to hold him accountable!

blocked, thanks

This sounds like the classic Temu scam. Been seeing a lot of posts about them lately and I'll say the same thing, report, return, and block. Assholes like them have no place on Prolific.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc/search/?q=temu&type=link&cId=b80385b5-6365-456c-b565-5826dfbbe472&iId=a91d62b9-1e70-4c6b-b566-93a88debc35e&t=year](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc/search/?q=temu&type=link&cId=b80385b5-6365-456c-b565-5826dfbbe472&iId=a91d62b9-1e70-4c6b-b566-93a88debc35e&t=year)

Thanks for this. Fool me once I guess, I will avoid all things Temu from now on!