Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

After five consecutive Claude bans, a user shares a warming routine: use free tier first, then Pro, then Max once Claude Code runs smoothly, instead of paying $100 upfront.

A user reports that after their Claude account subscribed via the US App Store was banned, their first refund request succeeded but the second was rejected.

Claiming zero bans, the author lists tips: residential IP with trust score above 80, device-level proxy, matching timezone, official subscription, and one fixed IP with few devices.

The user says they paid via a U-card linked to Google Pay from February to May, then got banned in early June just after opening Claude Code, with the $20 subscription not refunded.

A user says U-cards carry high fees and that paying for Claude with one got their account banned.

After their App Store Claude Max 5x subscription was banned, the user's new account was charged for a Pro upgrade that never applied and got linked to the banned account; they are now requesting a refund.

A user says their Claude account was permanently banned after a review, sharing a screenshot and expressing frustration.

A user's Claude Max subscription bought via the App Store was banned; their appeal was rejected and support said the US side was out of reach, leaving them venting online.

A user asks in a reply thread how to use Claude reliably, saying both of their accounts have been banned.

A user shares their anti-ban setup: a whole-home router with a fixed Japan VPS node, keeping Claude Pro unbanned for four days, with low latency from Guangdong Mobile.

A user says Claude bans seem arbitrary, noting that during the June wave even a free account unused for months (previously Pro) was banned.

The author checks Anthropic's official docs and finds no basis for a viral post claiming Claude now supports China, accepts UnionPay, and can unban suspended accounts.