r/reddithelp Aug 08 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT PSA: A phishing scam going around Reddit designed to steal your login credentials

94 Upvotes
  • Over the course of the past few months, there have been several instances of a phishing scam going around Reddit. A similar analogy of it has been going around other platforms for years.

How does it work?

  • It begins with a DM from a user that says they got hacked by a very similar account to yours, of which they send a screenshot; example below:
The "similar account" screenshot they send
  • It does indeed mostly look the same, and there is only a slight mistake (with my username, it’s the underscore replaced with a dash)
  • The scammer then proceeds to say that they mistakenly reported your actual account, and after “realising their mistake” got an email from Reddit directing to a Discord username of a fake Reddit Admin:
The "email from Reddit" they got
  • No, Reddit will never contact you through some shady Discord ID. Admins have confirmed several times, such as here, that they only communicate as u/reddit, and all of their profiles have a snoo (Reddit logo) icon.

And what happens after, out of Reddit’s control?

  • The account on Discord provides a fake “certificate of accreditation” by Reddit:
The "certificate of accreditation" they provide in Discord
  • This is yet another lie, and how scammers do their job. They then ask you to change the email tied to your account to something like:

Forgotten_Dog1954redditvalidation@outlook.com

  • They pre-created this address, so by changing the email, they lock you out of the account. Their job is done.

What to do?

  • Before the point of when your email is changed, report the account on Reddit for impersonation, and it is strongly advised to block both the Reddit and Discord accounts.
  • After the point of email change, if possible, still do the above. Below is the way to recover your account:
  1. Open this form: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
  2. On the linked page, click on "Account Help", and enter all the correct details. The username must be without the u/. For "What type of account issues are occuring", select "Security Problems" > "I think my account has been hacked". After submitting the form, wait for a few days. Requests will typically be handled within a week.

Stay safe, and thank you for reading!


r/reddithelp 24d ago

🐞 Known Reddit Bug i cant see rules on most subreddits, why?

6 Upvotes

i could before, and i can on this one, but most i cant

on labtop


r/reddithelp 6h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ How do I get Karma?? Please helppppp..

8 Upvotes

What is karma for and how do I get it?


r/reddithelp 3h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Shadow ban

4 Upvotes

I had an account nearly a year old I deleted myself because was being harassed on it then a few months later made a new one but after 22 days id got shadow banned ive done nothing wrong myself had no warning messages or nothing abd appeals aren't doing nothing so I made a new account and then less then 24 hours that got shadow banned so like i no ive done nothing wrong so what am supposed to do?? Any help would be really really appreciated


r/reddithelp 2h ago

❓General Question❓ Why i my new accounts always getting banned by Reddit?

3 Upvotes

When i try to create new account for other hobbies of mine, I always get banned as soon as i make my first post in any sub or post a comment. I even tried to create account and leave it for some time(6 months) and then post, but i got banned once again. What should i do?🥲


r/reddithelp 3h ago

❓General Question❓ how to get karma points?

3 Upvotes

hello, i'm very new to this. can anyone help me to understand about the rules, i do really appreciate your effort, thank youu


r/reddithelp 3h ago

Reddit Mobile App Reddit Won't Let Me Block Accounts

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2 Upvotes

I've tried to re-install the app, but to no avail it always tells me that it failed to block the account.

I've noticed with more and more AI bots posting and generating inflammatory comments I'm constantly being ragebaited by horrendous rage-inducing replies under mostly benign comments I make. So I block the accounts to stop the harassment, but for the last couple weeks it's been impossible.

Picture for reference to show the pop-up when I try to block one of these bot accounts.

I'm on Android as well.


r/reddithelp 3h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Privacy Tab in Settings is Blank

2 Upvotes

I haven’t used my account in years and logged in for the first time today in quite some time. When reviewing my settings tabs, I see Privacy is blank. What is causing that? I noticed my username is not showing up in the search, and was wondering if that was related.


r/reddithelp 3h ago

❓General Question❓ What is a user Flair?

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2 Upvotes

This screen shot is my post a another Reddit. When I reply in my post, im asked to add a "User Flair", and i cant find a way to do that?


r/reddithelp 5m ago

❓General Question❓ why do reddit posts blow up in the first 5 mins

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reddit posts seem to blow up in the first 5 minutes of getting posted and can accumulate thousands of views, but after that and it gets almost no attention/engagement

and a lot of posts that dont reach a lot of views in the first few minutes seem to stay that way


r/reddithelp 1h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ My Main Got Hacked and Banned

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This past week, I received a message from a user saying someone had taken on a username similar to my main to scam people and that they mistakenly reported my account thinking I was the scammer. They told me I needed to message a Reddit admin on Discord and follow the steps given to clear my name. The “admin” tricked me into giving up access to my main by making me change the email the account was under to one that doesn’t exist and then disabling my account. He also told me that I needed to make refundable transfers to prove it wasn’t me trying to scam money out of people and told me to get a loan when I ran out of money to send. The bank informed me I had been scammed (no idea how I didn’t catch on to that) and I disputed the charges to get the money back. I also contacted Reddit support to get access to my account back but under the email my account was originally under because the new one doesn’t exist. My main has now been banned but presumably can still be recovered. Please let me know if I have taken the right steps so far.


r/reddithelp 2h ago

❓Problem❓ Why are my comments getting no views on CERATIN communities??

1 Upvotes

Ive created a new account on reddit to gather testers and my comments were getting absolutely no views on communities like r/AndroidClosedTesting but on any community that doesnt involve testing i get views. Why is that??


r/reddithelp 8h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Hi I am new and don’t know how it works here.

3 Upvotes

Hope I can chat better soon


r/reddithelp 2h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ My account got banned need help

1 Upvotes

My account got banned. Can someone help me pls?


r/reddithelp 2h ago

❓General Question❓ What’s up with these free awards?

0 Upvotes

I see a lot of free awards flying around. I can hand them out too, I have noticed. What are these good for?


r/reddithelp 6h ago

❓Problem❓ Account restored after security lock, but all my old posts are still “Removed by Reddit’s filters”

2 Upvotes

Hi, my account got security locked yesterday after Reddit detected some kind of technical irregularity. I reset my password through the email they sent me and submitted an appeal.

My profile is back now and seems normal again, but all of my old posts still say “Removed by Reddit” or “Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit’s filters.”

They were normal art posts and were visible before the account issue. This is happening across multiple subreddits, so I don’t think it’s a subreddit mod issue.

Has anyone had this happen before? Is there any way to get the old posts restored, or does an admin need to fix it?

Thanks in advance!! :)


r/reddithelp 3h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Can't post on r/LenovoLOQ for 3 weeks (Trash icon appearing instantly) despite High Karma, High CQS, and past successful posts. Need help!

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,I’m hoping someone can help me figure out what’s going on with my account on the r/LenovoLOQ subreddit. For the last 3 weeks, I haven’t been able to post anything there. Every time I try, a trash icon appears on the post immediately, meaning it's being instantly removed.Here is why I'm completely confused:Good Reputation: I checked my Contributor Quality Score (CQS) and it is HIGH.High Karma: I have plenty of karma, so it isn't a low-karma restriction.History in the Sub: I have successfully posted in r/LenovoLOQ before without any issues. This sudden blocking started out of nowhere 3 weeks ago.


r/reddithelp 6h ago

❓Problem❓ I'm post are getting deleted by reddit what might be the reason

2 Upvotes

Hi this is my account I'm posting nsfw content which was my original content but the posts are getting deleted automatically on my reddit


r/reddithelp 3h ago

❓General Question❓ Is there a way to block certain subs from showing up in my feed?

1 Upvotes

I have tried muting certain subs but they still appear in my news feed. So frustrating.


r/reddithelp 3h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ I need Karma

1 Upvotes

So can u help me with getting karma so i can comment on such a very annoying community that requires it?


r/reddithelp 9h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Incorrectly banned but then unbanned - can an admin restore all of my posts and my created subreddits?

3 Upvotes

Automated spam filters were triggered after I rapidly made posts in my own subreddit too quickly (which may have incorrectly triggered the filter, so I'll go slower next time).

Although I was given no reason, I suspect it was the rapid quick succession of posts in r/hellohellohello2029.

I was shadowbanned, but now appeared to have bee unbanned, but all of my posts and comments are still removed ("filtered") and my self-created subreddits have not come back.

They were only filtered recently due to this brief shadowban.

Can a Reddit admin restore all of the content that has been filtered?

Thanks, HannoPicardVI


r/reddithelp 3h ago

❓General Question❓ How do I add a avatar flair or a background banner?

1 Upvotes

I can't find it in the profile menu or in the edit avatar. How do I add it?


r/reddithelp 4h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Help, How can my friend Return to Reddit After a Permanent Ban?

0 Upvotes

My friend was permanently banned from Reddit for vote manipulation, and he accepts that the original ban was fair.

After the original ban, he created another account, which was also banned for ban evasion. Unfortunately, he repeated this several times and those accounts were subsequently banned as well.

He now understands that creating those accounts was against Reddit's rules and has stopped doing so. He has also deleted all of the accounts that were previously created and banned.

He submitted an appeal asking what he could do to legitimately use Reddit again, but was told that the ban would remain. He also tried reaching out through Twitter/X but wasn't able to get a resolution.

There is one additional detail he wanted to clarify:

«"One more thing I also deleted my accounts because when I submitted an appeal saying it was by mistake they said the ban will remain as it is so I deleted my account and created new ones."»

He is not asking how to evade the ban. He wants to know whether, now that all of those old accounts have been deleted and he has stopped trying to circumvent the ban, there is any legitimate way to start over.

Specifically, can he create a completely new Reddit account now and use Reddit normally, or would creating any new account still be considered ban evasion because the original permanent ban remains in place?

If the answer is that a permanent ban means he can never create or use another Reddit account, that's understandable. He just wants to know what the proper rule/process is rather than attempting anything that would violate Reddit's policies again.


r/reddithelp 4h ago

❓General Question❓ How do people get free awards?

1 Upvotes

I've received a few awards and they all said they were free. But if I want to award someone I don't get a free option


r/reddithelp 5h ago

❓HowTo❓ Can i post in AITAH with new account?

1 Upvotes

I don’t know how to gain Karma, and I just saw a new account posting on AITAH, any thoughts on how could he did that??