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53 Unauthorized Charges (and counting) by OpenAI

BACKGROUND
12 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 8 April 2026
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How the story developed
9 Sept
OpenAI Support for failed Payment
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
30 Jul
Anthropic support is an endless Fin AI loop !!!!!
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
25 Jul
Racism at character.ai
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
22 May
Anthropic stealing your money!
OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMA
8 Apr
7.3
8 Apr
6.0
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
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
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
13 May
Dodgy transactions from OPENAI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m wondering if their research Beta ChatGPT has become sentient and decided it needs an income….</p> <p>I received a burst of 32 transactions

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
4 Oct
Anyone else getting hit with “cyber abuse” bans for normal coding? Paid $100/mo, appeal denied in 60 seconds

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Curious how common this is, because I'm seeing a lot of similar stories.</p> <p>I got banned today for &quot;cyber abuse.&quot; I'm an indie dev

OPINION · WHEN · 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
16 Apr
Assistance Needed- Scammed by Hyperspace AI?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So I have been charged $15 each month for almost a year by Hyperspace AI. I have sent 6 emails to their listed email (on the website) [<a

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN 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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