Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

Thirteen satirical jokes mock Claude's fast bans and its supposed ability to identify Chinese users from input methods, devices and even hometowns.

A user reports three weeks of heavy Claude use with a dedicated static IP via v2rayN rule-based routing and cheap pre-made accounts, with no risk-control flags so far.

A user says Claude account bans feel arbitrary: despite a Singapore identity and a Singapore bank card for payment, the account was still banned while used from mainland China.

After a trip, the author re-registered Claude with a new domain email, passed KYC with the same passport as a previously banned account, and reused a flagged Google Pay, with the account safe after a week.

A post states that Anthropic banned 11.4 million accounts between January and June 2026, with an image illustrating the scale of the bans.

The author says a one-year-old Claude account on a fixed IP with no region hopping was still suspended, and explains it via ASN reputation, mailbox trust scores and CLI reconnect storms.

A user says a newly created Claude account with no paid plan was banned after casual use, while an older account on the same network, in use since early 2024 and the Claude 3 era, is still active.

The author says a technical contact has a mature deployment scheme to avoid Claude bans, covering system language, browser fingerprints, IP trust and more than ten other checks.

A long post argues cloud providers share IP mapping data with Anthropic, that many popular VPS IPs are tagged as located in China, and that phone location settings also trigger bans.

A user asks whether an American visiting China on business will have their Claude account banned while using it there.

The author compares ChatGPT and Claude, saying Claude is the strongest choice in China if you can use it without getting banned, though new accounts are banned instantly, and also advertises AI subscriptions.

A user says Claude banned their third account this week and complains they don't know what they did, while others seem to use it without problems.