Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user who returned to Opus 5.5 for two days had their Claude account banned last night, says it stings more than losing $200, and is unsure whether to renew Max or if Pro is enough.

Some people are using the Claude ban wave to sell eSIM cards, U cards and VPS services, and the poster argues most ban-avoidance tips are unreliable superstition.

A poster says their seventh Claude account was banned after only two days of use and is now looking into getting a refund.

A user shares that claude.ai/api/organizations shows an account's registration date, and credits being an early Claude Waitlist user for their account never being banned.

A reposted guide claims that tuning the IP environment kept a new Claude account alive for two months during the ban wave, noting signup is easy but using 5.5 requires proper setup.

A user says they wanted to write a guide on keeping a Claude account alive, but lost confidence in it after being banned just days after thinking they had fully figured out the ban mechanism.

A post claims that people using muse to bulk-register Claude accounts now see accounts banned immediately upon registration, with an image as evidence.

The author initially dismissed X users complaining about their Claude accounts being banned, but says they were completely convinced after watching a video and now understand why those users insist on using it.

A user says their Claude account was banned less than 24 hours after paying, despite barely using it, calls Anthropic too strict, and asks whether a refund is possible.

The author says coworkers using Claude Code were banned while a year of personal use never triggered one, and shares their usage scenarios and habits to explain the difference.

A user says they were banned an hour after buying a Claude subscription, after letting Codex and Claude discuss an app's design on their private machine, and plans to stick with Codex.

The author plans to broadcast through their US company's own IP to test whether Claude bans it, while believing bans are tied more to usage behavior, and says the IP exit is also needed for legitimate business.