Quote from: acroman08 on Today at 03:38:38 PM

Quote from: decodx on Today at 01:58:12 PM

I see that no one here has mentioned proxyban (evil fees) yet. Could it be that the user registered an account from an abused IP range and is required to pay an evil fee in order to post?

Quote from: theymos on July 27, 2014, 04:08:57 AM

When you register, the IP that you used when you submitted the registration form is used to calculate your evilness. The more frequently this IP or its neighbors were banned, the more evil is associated with your account. The amount of evil associated with an IP decays slowly over time, but the amount of evil associated with an account does not. You must pay or be manually whitelisted to enable posting on one of these "banned" accounts.

If this is the case, there is a topic started by LoyceV on how to remove the evil fee for free:
Remove Proxyban (evil fees) - email to get whitelisted for free

it is possible but I've read somewhere that the account will receive a message saying that they can't post or send PM due to evil points. it would be nice if OP could clarify whether his friend's account received such a message after creating the account.

Yes, I believe the message only appears after registering a new account (and maybe after each successful login - I am not sure), but I do not think it is visible on the user's profile page or to other forum members. I agree that this is something OP should discuss with his friend and ask for clarification. As decodx pointed out, there is a procedure on how to remove proxyban without paying the evil fee.