Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user asks whether the other person's Claude account was ever banned and if they adjust timezones, since Codex recently cut quotas and they want to switch.

A user reports a Claude Pro account lasting 17 days by remoting into a Mac mini, and opens another to test.

A reply says logging into Claude from restricted regions triggers risk controls even with a US company or green card, while using it from Vietnam stayed unbanned; keeping IP and billing address consistent is advised.

The author says their Claude Team annual fee was charged and the account was banned two days later, asking for an explanation or refund and warning against single-account dependency.

A user says keeping a Claude account unbanned is very hard and that they have already had three accounts banned.

A post with an image claims Americans traveling to China also get their Claude accounts banned, implying location-based enforcement.

After a first Claude ban four months ago the user switched to Codex, returned due to Codex quality drops, and had Claude Pro banned again with captcha issues; they warn against logging into the Claude desktop app.

The user says they never followed any anti-ban strategy, keep a single account, and have used Claude since launch without ever being banned.

An open letter to the departing Thariq urges him to publish how Claude's account-ban detection actually works.

The user says Claude is especially sensitive to login location changes on new accounts, so avoid switching networks to log in even when traveling.

A user says their paid Claude account was banned just for switching network nodes, complains the risk controls treat legit users like thieves, and asks banned users how often appeals succeed.

A tester reports running eight to ten Claude Pro accounts from one clean IP and machine without triggering risk controls, since each credential is treated as a separate account.