Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A long-time Claude user with a US company and green card says their account was banned after spending over $1,500 last month, simply for temporarily staying in China.

A user living in the US had their Claude account banned after visiting China; an appeal was rejected for violating the regional restriction policy.

A user says they were in the US and only remotely accessed a server in China to edit code with Claude, yet their account was still banned.

A commenter warns that having other agents call Claude Code is prohibited and can get the account banned, so this approach won't work.

A user says their Claude 20x account was banned while a 5x account ran fine for three months, suspects higher-tier accounts face tighter enforcement, and notes no appeal entry was available.

A commenter mocks Claude's risk controls as heavy-handed after a US user was banned for spending a few days in China.

A reply argues that Anthropic's risk controls track account and traffic fingerprints, so switching billing to Google Cloud does not prevent key bans.

A user asks whether accessing Claude through Google Cloud reduces the chance of getting their account banned.

An image post asking which friends still have a Claude account that hasn't been banned, riffing on the ban wave.

A commenter attributes the Claude ban wave mainly to signup environment and payment method, saying a US-region ID with gift cards is safer than direct card binding.

The poster says a friend got their Claude account banned after visiting China, and notes DHH publicly claimed using Claude remotely via Tailscale from China doesn't get you banned.

The author won't add another Claude Pro plan for fear of being banned, since the account holds lots of work material that may become unreadable after paying.