Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user asks whether a US PayPal payment can be refunded after a Claude ban, and whether rebinding another Apple account allows repurchase or the name and address are already blacklisted.

A developer claims Anthropic banned their account for building a validator-level tool that blocks pumpfun transactions, in a post mainly promoting an LST.

A veteran warns that reopening Claude on the same machine, network, passport and payment path after a ban leaves a link — any one overlap can get the new account flagged.

The author says their studio topped up 200–300 Claude CC Max 20x accounts and that 99% of bans trace to IP, with residential IPs essential.

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.