Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

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.

A post points to a GitHub project, Claude-Guardian, said to distill lessons from 80 banned Claude accounts into a reusable anti-ban skill.

A ranked list of ten Claude Code ban-avoidance guides by bookmark count, covering Max-account lessons from 30+ bans, the open-source CCBaga tool, and overseas VPS and Tailscale setups.

A user reports their Claude account was banned right after using a proxy, citing claims that webshare IP ranges are flagged.

A commenter says tool-type accounts that switch frequently are easily flagged as multi-account rotation and are almost always banned by Claude.

An article on Claude ban appeals argues that Anthropic's warning emails already contain the verdict, so angry protests rarely change the outcome.

A reply describes how ordinary Chinese computer science students using Claude are frequently turbo-banned, flagged as potential spies, and hit with IP bans, leaving lasting trauma.

The author says their secondary Claude account was reinstated again, joking that Anthropic bans accounts then unbans them before the IPO, winning goodwill without offering anything.

One of the poster's three Claude accounts was banned immediately after upgrading to Max in September, and the remaining Pro account has not been upgraded since.