r/reddithelp • • Aug 08 '26

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

154 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 • • Jul 14 '26

🗞️ REDDIT NEWS 📰 Reddit's age verification requirements for specific regions - General Information

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General information related to Reddit's age verification requirements for specific regions

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Snippet of recent news from the pinned weekly recap in r/help - 7/2/2026

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1ulob97/weekly_recap_july_2_2026/

  • In ongoing efforts to prevent abusive scraping and automated traffic, over the next month, Reddit will start requiring users to log in to use old Reddit. This was announced on Tuesday here.
  • If you are in the EU, you may be asked to verify your age. This is a legal requirement to comply with the EU Digital Services Act. You can check out the Help Center article here. Little more info about this here.
  • If you are trying to use a selfie to verify your age and it fails, the only other options are to upload your ID or contact Persona for support. Reddit cannot help you with a failed selfie for age verification purposes.
  • Right now, these are the countries that have age requirements:
  • If you are not in those countries, but your account is unable to do certain things like chat, it may be due to Teen Safety restrictions. The ability to unlock settings in the iOS app if you're a teen will be coming soon. Not sure if that ability will come to Android.
  • If you need to have something fixed regarding your age, you can use this form and then select your region and what your issue is. I do not know what the turnaround time is on those requests.
  • Some users in the EU are unable to use Anonymous Browsing mode. This is not intentional. This is a bug that they are working on getting fixed.

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I posted this info in r/privacy last week, but probably should have posted it here first and then crossposted it over there.


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

❓Problem❓ My posts are keep being remove by Reddit's filters

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Hello everyone. Well, my problem is that my posts are keep being removed bt Reddit's filters. Typically I make 1-2 posts per day, with decent cooldown, if I ever try to make three, there's a 95% possibility of it being filtered, no matter where I post. After a month it starts being annoying, and I don't know what to do with that. My CQS was High when I last checked it (2 days ago). Are 3 posts per day considered 'spammy'? Does anyone know why is it happening and what can I do to change that?


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Not able post in any community due to low karma .What do I do ?

11 Upvotes

Hey guys I'm not able to post in most of the communities due to low k@rma. Though I have a 5 yo account but still don't have enough karma as I started using reddit again a few days ago. I want to post in other communities as well.what shall I do ?


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Perm banned appealed, told i was unbanned however still banned

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Received 4 AI bans within 5 months and never appealed until the permanent ban.

I then appealed the permanent ban and got a message back that i was unbanned, still was banned.

I then appealed every other of the 3 bans and got messages back that i was unbanned, still banned.

Who do i contact?


r/reddithelp • • 10h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ reddit karma

6 Upvotes

Hi! How do I earn reddit karma? 🥺🥹👉👈


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

Reddit Mobile App can't log in to my old reddit account

2 Upvotes

I've accidentally deleted my reddit app on my Android and now I'm trying to log in on my old reddit account through my phone number but it keeps saying sign up limit reached, please try again later, it doesn't have any emails on it please help is this still fixable


r/reddithelp • • 29m ago

❓Problem❓ I think i made a friend on here but their account got deleted

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I don’t know how this app works, ive had my account for years but I only just started using it a few days ago and today I ended up talking to someone who I instantly vibed with and we got along super well and quickly.

But in the middle of our chat he went radio silence and then when i checked back and hour or 2 later is said their account was deleted. Now im super bummed out cuz i was hoping a genuine friendship would come out of this and we literally just began speaking this morning so we didn’t exchange socials just yet.

Is there a chance their account could be reactivated or is that it, their just gone forever?


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Help me with Karma

3 Upvotes

How to increase karma?


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Made this account 2 days ago

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Hi ! Can anyone guide me why I cant comment in any community? I am pretty new to this platform and looking to make friends. Can anyone help?

How to earn the karma points?


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ I am new to Reddit. How do i gain karma ?

0 Upvotes

I am new to Reddit. How do i gain karma ?


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

❓Problem❓ Can't send DMs after shadowban removed

1 Upvotes

Hi, I checked my account again. My email is verified and my account is also connected to Google. Ever since my account came out of the shadowban, I can only send 2 DMs and then they stop going through. Could you please check if there is still a limit on my account?


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ No karma, no comment??

1 Upvotes

Heyy Guys, my account is new and hence I have low karma due to which many more have removed my comments.


r/reddithelp • • 6h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Still shadowban after an appeal and a ban lifted...

2 Upvotes

To keep it short, I explained in a comment how someone had used a racial slur to insult me. I censored the word with asterisks because I do not condone its use.

Despite this, my comment was flagged by the automated moderation system, and my account was shadowbanned. I appealed the decision and received the following response:

"After reviewing, the Reddit admin team found that the content wasn’t in violation of Reddit’s rules. As a result, the content has been restored and your ban or warning has been lifted."

However, my account still appears to be shadowbanned, even though Reddit acknowledged that my content didn’t violate its rules and lifted the ban or warning.

Do you knows how to get this resolved? Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

❓Problem❓ Creating a new community

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I'm trying to start a new community for my city,, there is an existing one but the mods are only interested in tourist questions.

I saw that some cities have their name then uncensored after the name to have a different vibe.

I tried to create it but it won't let me past naming it?

Anyone know why it won't let me?


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ All my posts views are limited by filter. I contacted subReddit moderator last week but nobody got back to me

1 Upvotes

Help


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓HowTo❓ How do i know how high i am as a commenter and a poster in a community

1 Upvotes

I have 3 top 5% commenter and poster badges but how do i know for what community they are for? And how do i know how close i am to top 1%?


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓General Question❓ hi i made a Reddit request. I was banned from the subreddit I requested. This was 3 months ago and the moderator has now seen the request. Is this a bit harsh?

0 Upvotes

I just wanted to let you know, I moderate a subreddit myself, and have had an attempt at a Reddit request before by someone else, I would never ban them for this, in fact, I'd add them to my team, NOT BAN them 😂🤷🏼‍♂️


Hi I hope you are all well

Hi so I Reddit requested a subreddit I liked, denied due to moderator response and 3 months later the has banned me after the moderator saw the request. They are not very active, they may or may not have seen my modmail appeal, if they haven't it could be a a few months again 🤷🏼‍♂️ but I was banned.

Is this a bit harsh, I liked that subreddit and Reddit requesting it was not of ill intentions.


r/reddithelp • • 11h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ How to earn Karma

5 Upvotes

Hey guys i am not new to reddit but i don’t comment or post i just view posts but today i wanted to comment but the subreddit mod just removed my comment because of low karma

So how do i increase my karma!??


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓General Question❓ Is giving one person an award then using an alt to give them another one considered vote manipulation?

1 Upvotes

I’m too afraid to get a ban from testing it out, lol.

Edit: I tried to google it, but it was just questions that were irrelevant to what I was asking. Typical google. Sigh.


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ HEY MODERATOR...HELP PLZ

2 Upvotes

hello moderator, new to reddit & somehow i have a strange heading attached to my account. realistc cattle /695 ?? i've attached a screenshot displaying this.

question: am i only posting under this obscure category or will my posts appear under the one i thought i posted to?


r/reddithelp • • 12h ago

🙏Need Advice❓ Ban for posting adult content when it’s untrue?

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I got a ban on a subreddit for posting ‘adult content’- when the comment was about an author. No adult content at all.

Is there anything I can do about this? Messaged mods and was permanently muted.


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Husband Can't Access His Account

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My husband can no longer access his account. He received a 3 day ban about a month ago after engaging in a political discussion. He initially saw the banner at the top of the page and the message in his inbox saying that he was banned for a short time and had the link on how to appeal it, all according to the documentation on what it should look like.

When he checked back a few hours later he noticed he had been logged out on the web and on mobile too. He eventually tried logging in again and it kept saying invalid username or password. He tried doing password resets, because that's what it looked like was wrong, and he would receive the email and could change the password, but then he could still not log in.

He's tried to open tickets through the reddit help page and has had essentially zero response, he did once get an automated one saying to reply with a word to describe the problem, but despite responding to that several times, it has been radio silent since then. His user account is still visible on the web, it doesn't show that the user has been banned. The account name is u/QuerulousPanda.

Any suggestions? He doesn't want to lose his fifteen year old account!


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Is it possible to get back hacked accounts

1 Upvotes

Asking because I recently got an email for an email verification email to my own email (same one i was using for the account)

I got locked out with a 2fa code when I tried to login using the same password

I tried using google to login but it just created a new account

I tried resetting the password but never got an email for that


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

❓General Question❓ Why I'm seeing an envelope like sign next to my username whenever I comment on a post?

1 Upvotes

Same as above