Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A satirical list mocking the Claude ban wave, joking that Claude identifies Chinese users with 100% accuracy, bans accounts before they're even registered, and can't be dodged with VPNs or timezone changes.

A user reports their Claude account was banned right after the welcome screen despite a Japanese static residential IP, and asks for help diagnosing the cause after spending $100 on relays in a week.

The poster says their Claude Code account has been banned by Anthropic many times and questions paying $160/month to rent a base Mac mini M4 as a runtime.

A user asks why a Claude Pro purchase via China Merchants Bank Visa led to an instant ban yet a refund days later, recalling that refunds were supposedly not offered.

The user says avoiding Claude bans is partly luck but recommends a new machine, pinning Claude domains to one VPN node to avoid IP hopping, normal usage that avoids anti-distillation triggers, and a long-standing email.

After a friend's Gmail used to register Claude was banned, the user found Claude offers no way to change email, forcing export of chats, subscription cancellation and re-registration.

As Claude Code bans and risk controls escalate, a major Chinese company now buys KYC-verified standard accounts separately and upgrades them to Max, spreading risk versus buying ready-made Max 5x accounts.

A user complains that Claude keeps sending them emails even though their account has already been banned.

A user shares two incidents where multiple subscriptions on the same IP led to bans: a secondary account banned same day with failed appeal, and their own account banned next day but restored on appeal.

The poster's Claude account was banned, so they moved to Codex, finding it fast and its built-in image model handy for making videos.

The author says his Claude account was disabled after he mentioned being in mainland China in a chat, and notes Anthropic admits using automated systems to review conversations for policy violations.

The 16k-star magpie runs a local gateway to switch Claude Code and Codex onto domestic models, though routing a Claude subscription through it does not guarantee you avoid a ban.