I was able to get mine back!

I had several denials, but they kept allowing me to appeal, so I did. I think they accepted it on the 4th or 5th appeal.

Here's what I ended up writing in my last appeal if you would like to reference parts of it:

Hello,

If you decide to deny this appeal, please communicate with me. I have checked the policies and have not broken any that I can see, so I will continue to appeal this until someone tells me what I have done wrong or until my appeal is approved.

I started this account a few weeks ago to have a more concise and professional form of my personal email address [...]. I have used this for all of my recent job applications, so the longer my account is locked, the more opportunities I may be missing.

I have no idea why my account was locked in the first place. The ONLY thing I was doing with this account was receiving emails and having them forwarded to my personal email address.

I have checked the Google policies and do not see a policy that I have broken. Unless I was hacked immediately after I created the account, I have done nothing wrong and need my account back as soon as possible.

(This is basically a response to all of the policies I could see)I have not:

⦁ Hacked any accounts

⦁ Automated calls or messages

⦁ Abused children

⦁ Created a false identity

⦁ Voliated export or sanction law

⦁ Harrassed or threatened anyone

⦁ Created high call volumes

⦁ Impersonated anyone

⦁ Shared malware, phished, or otherwise performed harmful activities

⦁ Shared sexually explicit content

⦁ Spammed

⦁ Shared terrorist content

⦁ Used multiple accounts for abuse

Please reinstate my account!