Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author tests a US-based Mac Mini rental service, remoting into a physical machine to run Claude tasks without getting banned overnight.

A user shares an unbanned setup: Gmail signup via Cloudflare relay, US Apple gift cards, location off with Taiwan timezone, TUN mode split routing and an ISP-grade VPN.

A user whose Claude account was banned lost access to Claude Design, found Open Design much worse, and is asking for alternative tool recommendations.

A Chinese user says they used ChatGPT to help file a refund request for their banned Claude account and it succeeded.

A user says their Claude account was banned before use, likely due to a custom-domain email, and they refunded and left after regaining it.

A collection of Zhihu jokes about Claude detecting and banning Chinese accounts with absurd accuracy, from banning before signup to pre-writing appeals.

The poster mocks a site owner who claims to have opened hundreds of accounts and had hundreds of Claude 20x accounts banned while still acting confident.

A user reports their Claude account was banned and says they need to find and switch to another tool.

A user says their GitHub account was hit twice and their Claude account, registered while physically in the US, was also suspended.

The author says Claude Max bans are severe, recommends buying Pro via iOS in-app purchase and stacking multiple Pros instead of Max, and shares anti-ban tips on domain email, IP risk checks, and multi-account setups.

A Hangzhou firm is hiring subscription engineers at 20k–40k RMB monthly to handle cross-border payments and keep users working around Claude bans.

The author calls renting a US Mac Mini to remotely use Claude a waste of money, says only one of their dozen Claude accounts was suspended, and credits stable networks and following usage rules.