Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says many people lose their Claude accounts right after paying, and shares a strategy of using cheaper AIs for bulk work and Claude only where it matters.

The author complains about daily checks on IP, environment and risk controls for fear of a sudden Claude ban, yet keeps figuring out how to get back in after repeated bans.

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.