Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user suspects their Claude account was banned because they opened Claude before connecting the VPN, hitting a login failure first.

The poster says their Pro plan has run seven months with a third-party top-up, Outlook email, home broadband IP and all-Simplified-Chinese use, never banned.

Someone banned twice reacts to posts envying Anthropic employees who can use Claude freely without bans, saying they'd take half pay for that.

The author shares a tested 2026 setup covering dedicated nodes, eSIMs, Hong Kong bank cards and a US Apple ID for Claude Pro, claiming it avoids most bans and payment rejections.

A user says Claude Code is powerful but bans are so aggressive that many around them avoid it, calling it paying for nothing without tricks.

A non-programmer recounts a year of wiring GPT, Gemini, Codex and Claude Code into their workflow, noting their Claude Code account got banned along the way.

The poster says Claude free accounts registered via Muse are still alive and is selling early-October hand-registered accounts that survived the Oct 14 ban wave.

A long essay likens Claude to Rei Ayanami and Dario to Gendo Ikari, discussing restraint and rules, and notes a conversation can be cut off by an account ban.

A user who registered many Claude accounts and bought Pro immediately without KYC prompts suspects that being overly cautious is what gets accounts banned.

The poster claims Claude now accepts mainland Chinese bank cards, lists China as a region option, and lets permanently banned users appeal with documents, with some accounts restored.

The author reflects on a gray mood after their Claude account was banned, noting the sky outside is blue, with no appeal or prevention details.

A post says the Claude ban wave plus bank chargebacks has resellers panicking and legitimate users caught in the crossfire, advising against single-vendor reliance.