Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A Claude 20x account from last year was banned on Oct 9; the author then registered three new accounts on different devices and upgraded them, none requiring phone or KYC.

The author had been paying monthly by gift card for Claude Code; after buying three months, the account was downgraded to free within days and then banned.

A newcomer who has never used Claude asks if registration is still possible, citing hearsay about frequent bans and recent unban waves.

A user who returned to China can no longer access Claude and asks whether their normally used two-year-old account is at risk of being banned.

Asks whether the person has been banned, whether the Apple ID must be changed, or one Apple ID can pair with multiple Claude accounts.

A user says a three-year-old Claude account was banned after asking how something was done, and shares tips from a new account that has stayed stable for a month.

The author recalls that on June 12 other internal Claude checkpoints kept running while Mythos/Fable 5 were banned, suggesting selective rather than blanket blocking.

The author jokes about absurd Claude bans, including someone banned for merely asking about social insurance, and points to a Claude verification and anti-ban guide.

After reading a night of Claude ban reports, the author reckons a Max ban wastes both subscription money and weeks of account aging, while those who test IP, split tunneling and WebRTC leaks before signing up keep accounts alive longer.

A user tried registering Claude with two long-standing Google accounts and both were banned immediately upon signup.

A blogger says their previous Claude Max account was banned and that a second Pro account is now running under a new setup; the rest of the post is about follower growth.

A video breaks down Anthropic's October 12 defenses: Claude distillation dropped 90–99%, tens of thousands of accounts were banned, and the company gave up distillation revenue worth 5–7%.