r/reddithelp • • Aug 08 '26

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

124 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 • • 10h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ How do I increase my Reddit karma?

19 Upvotes

I’m still new here and my karma is pretty low, so I can’t post in a lot of subs. Any tips on how to get it up without spamming? Also open to sub recommendations where new users can comment and post easily. Thanks! 🙏


r/reddithelp • • 10h ago

❓Problem❓ Is r/all gone?

14 Upvotes

Self descriptive header. Tried to access r/all on the reddit app and it redirects to my homepage. Has there been any official announcement that I missed?


r/reddithelp • • 6h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Reddit auto banned my 14 years old account wrongfully and then accepted my appeal that they were wrong and now still won’t unban my account!!

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7 Upvotes

I was banned in a mass auto ban on a thread. For “promoting violence” after some one said it was wrong for siblings going up to fight with one another. I submitted an appeal and was rejected (an auto reject by computer) but I submitted another one and actual humans looked at it and saw it was a mistake! How many accounts get banned bc of automation?? I’ve been a daily user for 14 years and this censorship is out of control. Joining Reddit so many years ago it was a space for free thinkers and discourse and now it’s just as modded as the rest of the socials with its computer bans. This is not the site I know and love and has really lost its appeal. Haha and I go to post this and get a message that this is considered “ranting” which I am not but trying to bring awareness to this issue. I have no way to contact Reddit to help me with this issue. Their online help form won’t allow me to submit a request and their message they sent does not take replies. I’m out of options here and this is my last resort for some kind of help


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ What's best way to build karma?

2 Upvotes

New to Reddit and trying to figure out how to build karma! Please let me know 🤝🏼


r/reddithelp • • 43m ago

⭐️ Karma❓ How do I get Karma?

• Upvotes

Hello! I’ve had my Reddit account for a few years. I didn’t start using it until recently when I started using the subreddit “r/MangaSwap”. I frickin’ love that subreddit. I use it a decent amount, but I can’t post until I get 15 Karma. Any way to get Karma to 15? Or is this just a “Karma Farming”-esque post? Either way, YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ How do I get out of NSFW NSFW

• Upvotes

I don't browse NSFW, I did search up gore a few times for research purposes but nothing besides that, unfortunately my account says it's nsfw?? How do I get rid of this on my account


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

❓General Question❓ Account question

2 Upvotes

Can we determine the date and time when a reddit account is deleted?


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

❓General Question❓ Account question

2 Upvotes

How to create password for the account?


r/reddithelp • • 12h ago

❓General Question❓ Who tf did this to me lmao is there a way to know?

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7 Upvotes

r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ How do I get my subreddit out of quarantine?

1 Upvotes

So i made a game variant where people draw their own boards for the game and made a subreddit where people can post their custom boards. The sub also has the rules for the game pinned. The problem however is that the subreddit has not yet lost the unreviewed content warning which prevents anyone from viewing the subreddit without the app. This is very problematic as that subreddit is the first result that shows on Google for searches for that game, and It would be very much better if people could view it from the open internet.

Any advice would be much appreciated.


r/reddithelp • • 13h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Struggling to post places due to low karma

7 Upvotes

Hi all, new to reddit. I want to be able to ask questions in certain subreddits but for obvious reasons, I can't because I have no karma. I find it frustrating sometimes because I look at all the subreddits rules, spend time creating the post, and then once I post it, only then do they notify me it's not allowed.

Is there any good ways to get it up? Is it just commenting?


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓General Question❓ I have lost my ability to give free awards!

0 Upvotes

Good Evening: I recently realized I no longer have the ability to give free awards to posts I appreciate. Is there a way I can get them back?

Thank you


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

❓Problem❓ r/redditrequest is not reviewing my request

2 Upvotes

I made a post request on this (mentioned in tittle) sub hours ago, but still haven't received any response. I mean I'm not talking about grant or rejection responses just any response at all.

At first I thought it might be some kind of glitch so I deleted my post and tried again, When that didn't work either, I tried one more time making sure to double check everything and ensure that all the information in my post was correct before submitting it.

But still nothing worked. I haven't received a single response from the bot.

Meanwhile ,while scrolling through the sub I noticed that other accounts were getting responses within around 10 minutes


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Why are my posts automatically filtered in certain subreddits?

2 Upvotes

Hello, I’m looking for help understanding why my posts keep getting removed.

When I check Reddit’s appeal page, it says my account is neither suspended nor restricted.
However, my posts in some specific subreddits are removed by Reddit’s filters after about 6–8 minutes, while I can post normally in other communities.

Is there a way to determine whether my account is being caught by an automatic spam or reputation filter? I’d also appreciate any advice on what might be causing this and what I can do to resolve it.

Thank you for your help!


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Cant post anywhere (almost)

2 Upvotes

Hi, for some reason I cant post on any forum, Ive tried a few and keeps saying my post get removed by reddit filters. My posts are all decent and when I contacted moderators they said my profile is flaired? Some of them manually approved my post but I still cant post anything anywhere.

Does anyone know how to fix this?


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

❓General Question❓ I have turned off content visibility yet my contents are showing up

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2 Upvotes

Same as above, i have them turned off, but when i search my acc from my 2nd acc or even anonymously my posts are showing up😭 what should i do??


r/reddithelp • • 13h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Account locked - didn't receive an email

3 Upvotes

My account was locked due to suspicious activities. They want me to verify it is me by reacting to some email but I never received it. I can't even delete the account, it is super annoying, I don't want a ghost account. I made a new account with the same email and it worked just fine so what is the problem 😭


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

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

0 Upvotes

Need to post something


r/reddithelp • • 6h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Original Reddit account gone

1 Upvotes

Had my reddit profile for a few years, I go to get on and my profile is gone so using my secondary account that I rarely ever use, I cant find my original main profile which had a custom avatar and had all my karma so now having to start over. Also when I check my email for anything from reddit about it being deleted or banned nothing shows and when I use the information to log into that account I get a invalid account message which shouldn't be the case any idea


r/reddithelp • • 17h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Sending private messages

7 Upvotes

I know that you need a karma or account age minimum threshold to post in certain communities, but is this the case with messaging someone as well?


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

❓General Question❓ Posts disappear on Popular

1 Upvotes

Hello,

So with the mobile app, on Popular, when it gets refreshed, every post that was shown on there becomes hidden even if I hadn't read the post yet. Is there a setting that I can change so popular will always show the most popular posts instead of what's popular that haven't been shown to me yet?


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Not able to post after being temporarily banned

1 Upvotes

I was temporarily banned for 2 days and it's been half a day since then I'm not able to make any new posts in any subreddits.

I'm posting the content, it gets posted too but it gets deleted immediately without a reason.

Can anyone help fix this problem?


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Help? This is confusing

1 Upvotes

How am I supposed to build up karma so I can comment in post in groups when every group has karma requirements to be able to post or comment?