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My money stolen ("expired" they call it).

BACKGROUND
7 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 8 April 2026
Narrative synthesis pending — 7 signals collected.
How the story developed
3 Oct
OpenAI API account vanished ?!
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
2.6
7 Sept
OpenAI's unethical API token practice
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
13 May
Dodgy transactions from OPENAI
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
4.7
8 Apr
4.4
Other feeds and industry voices
5 May
Warning: Anthropic's "Gift Max" exploit drained €800+, ruined my credit, and got me banned.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Heads up to anyone here using Claude/Anthropic as an alternative. If you have a card saved on their platform, <strong>remove it now.</strong></p>

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
10 Apr
800 Million non paying accounts for free inference, but theyre nickle and diming paid users with lessened Codex rate limits.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1sh9aar/800_million_non_paying_accounts_for_free/"> <img alt="800 Million non paying accounts for free

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
5 May
Warning: Anthropic "Gift Max" Exploit cost me €800, tanked my SCHUFA score, and got me banned.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m writing this as a warning and a cry for help. I am a top-performing Data Science dual-student in Germany, and Anthropic’s current billing

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
15 May
Permanently banned by OpenAI for "Cyber Abuse" I didn’t commit. No blocked prompts, no in app banners, just 4 silent emails to my spam folder.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’ve been a $20/month Plus subscriber for over two years, using ChatGPT daily for work and dev projects. Last week, my account was deactivated

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
2 Oct
Anyone else receive 62,500 credits from OpenAI out of nowhere?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1ww1e95/anyone_else_receive_62500_credits_from_openai_out/"> <img alt="Anyone else receive 62,500 credits from

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
1 Apr
Account Deactivation Warning

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello!</p> <p>I recently received this email from OpenAI:</p> <p>Hello,</p> <p>OpenAI's terms and policies restrict the use of our services in a

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
20 Oct
Billing support is a total joke

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Long story short: OpenAI Ads issued incorrect invoices and my accountant can't file these as a business expense unless corrected. Their billing

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
28 Mar
open ai wont delete my account despite proof

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>i tried contacting support but all they would just do is give me a link to their privacy policy page and delete it from there but my problem is

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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