Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says two earlier Claude accounts were banned, while the current one has lasted a month, and praises Opus 5.5.

The author complains Anthropic's risk controls instantly ban users in China despite residential IPs and foreign cards, making signing up in Japan the most reliable option.

A user subscribed to Claude Pro the night before and was banned by email before ever sending a single message, using a DMIT LA IP and a Hong Kong card.

A poll demanding OpenAI restore Codex quotas includes an option venting that the author's Claude account was permanently banned.

A user complains quotas run out in half a day and notes their Claude account was banned, otherwise they would have switched to Claude already.

After three Claude accounts were banned in three days over region issues, the author switched to a stable VPS IP and stopped getting KYC prompts.

The author claims registering Claude with a Japanese company email lets them appeal risk-control bans, with a lawyer's letter proving effective.

A user asks whether accessing Claude through a Taiwan node carries the same risk of account suspension.

A paying user says their Claude account was banned without evidence, the appeal got a template rejection, and there is no refund or human support.

A user says Codex was their main tool but has gotten worse, while Claude accounts are prone to being banned, leaving them stuck.

A user in China says three Claude accounts were banned and that they opened a new Gmail with a Chinese phone number to register again, unsure when it will be banned too.

A post says a US company founder with a green card was banned two days after renewing Claude Team annually, and lays out monthly-vs-annual risk plus refund routes via Anthropic and Apple.