Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author gained nearly 800 X followers in October while three long-used Claude accounts were banned within two weeks, suspecting a sudden policy change.

An article arguing Claude's bans track the person rather than the account, so recombining old signals sends a fresh account back into the same risk group.

A commenter says Claude's risk checks compare billing address, device and network, so a new card can still get flagged, and suggests using Claude via AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex for coding instead.

The poster relays that a US user's Claude account was banned after a few days on a business trip to China, criticizing Anthropic's strictness.

The author upgrades to the 20x tier and recalls a friend who wanted Claude Max but, after being asked about withdrawal symptoms from a ban, went back to GPT instead.

The poster says he wants to resubscribe to Claude after drifting from Codex and Cursor, but every payment method he used before was banned along with his accounts, so he may buy a short-term account to test for 10–15 days.

Independent developer Damon Chen says his Claude account was suspended two days after renewing an annual team plan, despite years of use and over $1,500 paid last month, and demands a reason or refund.

A small shop says it delisted Claude accounts due to heavy bans, relists them now that bans seem lighter, and warns buyers they bear the ban risk; it also adds muse accounts.

A user says their years-old Claude account was suspended out of nowhere mid-prompt in Claude Code, followed by three emails with different IDs, and suspects a false positive.

A post claims a Chinese-American user had their Claude account banned without refund immediately after renewing an annual plan while on a business trip in China.

The poster jokes Claude bans accounts so fast they're suspended before registration, and asks why so many users keep topping up despite severe bans in China.

The author rebuts common Claude ban-prevention advice—new accounts can subscribe directly, using the full 5-hour quota isn't a violation, home broadband isn't a shield—and reports DNS leaks correlating with instant bans.