Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The poster speculates that thin margins on high-quota subscriptions lead Anthropic to ban China-region users right after purchase without refunds, raising per-user revenue.

A user reports their Gmail- and US-number-registered Claude accounts never triggered KYC and stayed alive for two months.

A user asks how rakazo connects to Claude, suspecting it doesn't go through Claude Code and may breach Anthropic's ToS, risking account suspension.

A post citing Reuters says 5–7% of Anthropic's revenue in the first nine months came from paid accounts banned for terms violations, and jokes that refunds seem gone.

A post claims Anthropic's IPO filing shows 5–7% of first-nine-month revenue came from accounts later banned for violations, roughly RMB 6B in the first half.

The poster says Claude went from full refunds to banning accounts on day 29, then partial refunds, and now bans come with no refund from Claude or the app stores, blaming refund abuse.

Recommends the personal-edge-proxy repo, routing daily traffic via Hysteria2, AI traffic via WARP and Claude via a separate SOCKS5; the author makes no no-ban guarantee.

The poster argues mainland users who avoid Claude won't be banned or lose money, and that mass illicit use plus refunds cost Anthropic fees, making bans the company's last resort.

The author warns users whose Pro accounts got locked not to trust paid unban agents, since handing over face scans, 2FA and bank cards risks losing data too.

After reading many Claude anti-ban guides, the poster skipped the rituals and used an Alipay-bought US gift card for the $20 Claude Pro plan, seeing no extra Apple tax but admitting no ban guarantee.

The author reviews three Claude bans and shares how a fourth account lasted a month: overseas registration and card payment, free-tier warm-up before upgrading, clearing local traces, and a fixed residential IP.

A comment notes Anthropic's terms state banned accounts are not refunded, and App Store refunds are paid by Apple itself, so repeated refund claims would be exploited for arbitrage.