Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The post argues that bans persist despite a residential IP, foreign card and changed timezone because the local real IP leaks in several scenarios, and offers a self-check approach.

A reseller sells the $200 Claude Max 20x for over 2,000, with the extra framed as ban insurance covering replacement or partial refunds, and the post details the reseller's three-step method: warming up accounts, sending a wrong auth code to test the network, and locking down the authorization environment.

The user says their Claude account was banned after years of use despite being a free user who mostly kept a US IP.

The post argues the $20 Claude plan is loss-leader marketing, that heavy users in mainland China are banned first when compute is tight, and that bans come without refunds.

The author says his cousin made enough with Claude Code in six months of Web4.0 work to buy a BMW X5, while he can't even figure out how to keep a Claude account from being banned.

The post cites 11.4 million Anthropic account bans and 398,000 appeals in the first half of 2026, and relays reports that two-year-old accounts and new Max subscribers were banned during the National Day period.

A developer who builds mods for Claude says he was banned for no reason and will no longer use or build anything for Anthropic or Claude Code.

yetone replies that being banned while using Claude CLI directly is likely not a usage issue, but part of a large-scale Anthropic ban wave over the past few days.

A blogger reassures banned users that it is not about using Chinese or being Chinese, noting that overseas users on Reddit were banned after using Claude via VPN during a Hong Kong trip, suggesting random region-based targeting.

The author shares their experience buying a Claude Max account through a reseller, concluding that the authorized login environment and avoiding multi-device use matter most for avoiding bans.

A retweeted article explains Claude's recent ban wave, covering its risk-control mechanisms and practical tips like residential IPs, timezone alignment, and not maxing out usage in a single day.

The poster says Claude bans come down to luck and can't be prevented, so instead shares how to set up in-app or card payment and how to get a quick refund after a ban.