r/reddithelp • • Aug 08 '26

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

125 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 • • 4h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Removed Post

6 Upvotes

Bakit po dinidelete agad ni reddit ang post ko sa mga community na naka join ako?As in after one minute ko mgpost nakalagay na removed by reddit,ano ibig sabhin nun at paano ko maayos?


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓General Question❓ is it spam to post something then delete it then post the same thing slightly altered in same subreddit?

2 Upvotes

i posted something then realised i forgot to add something in the post that was required in the rules so i quickly deleted it and want to post it again properly following rules, but I’m not sure if that will count as spam and either not show my post to people or ban me from the subreddit or something? or should i just wait a bit to post it again?


r/reddithelp • • 19m ago

❓General Question❓ New Redditor in need of help

• Upvotes

What’s the best way to post on subreddit to make sure to post not get deleted

Please help


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓General Question❓ How Can I Change My Reddit Username?

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I recently started using Reddit and wanted to know if it is possible to change my username after creating my account.

I can see the option to change my display name, but I cannot find an option to change my actual username (u/username).

Is there any way to change it without creating a new account? If not, what would be the best alternative?

I'd appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks!


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓Problem❓ Custom Feed Issues

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know what's going on with the custom feeds? The default display is Hot and that shows normally. As does Top. But if I select New or Rising I get "We Encountered An Error we were unable to load the content of this page". This happens on my PC and my Chromebook. My (Android) phone app doesn't even have Custom Feeds as an option under Navigation.


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

❓HowTo❓ New on Reddit

3 Upvotes

I posted already and I have 0 comments, how does this work? Haha I like to read on here and since I’ve seen good advices on people pots I wanted to ask for advice too :) (it’s on my profile)


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

❓General Question❓ Does anybody know why I am getting these types of comments? I made something under R/blanks and all these strange comments showed up

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r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Historical posts removed

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1 Upvotes

Suddenly today or maybe yesterday I see that every historical post in my history feed has been "removed by reddit's filters", except for a post from yesterday and a post I made today. I am still able to post and comment and as far as I know I have been not banned or received any warnings lately. The only clue I have is that 11 days ago I had some kind of security alert about irregularities in my account that forced me to change my password. Also just after that accured I noticed that that the last 10 comments in my account (from different subs) had been downvoted. Please help. Why is this happening? Is there any way to restore all of the posts? Thanks.


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ How to get karma cause I can't even comment on posts cause of low karma

0 Upvotes

How to get karma cause I can't even comment on posts cause of low karma

I just opened this account like 2 weeks ago


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

Reddit Mobile App Reddit only works when off WiFi. No VPN.

1 Upvotes

Forgive me if I have posted this before, but my Reddit mobile app on my iPhone will only load pictures and videos when WiFi is off. Reddit is the only app giving me any trouble. I’m not a tech savvy person. Help? TIA!


r/reddithelp • • 9h ago

🙏Need Advice❓ Content and subreddit build

2 Upvotes

I'm new to this and me and the wife are in serious financial hardship so we want to know if we can post our "explicit" content on here and if so, how do we go about the the "compensation" for viewing it.


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🙏Need Advice❓ CQS oscillating between Low and Moderate

1 Upvotes

My CQS keep oscillating between Low and Moderate on a regular basis though I'm posting same kinda stuff in the same subreddits. How to know the reason and to get my CQS go upwards


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Account restored after being hacked, but all previous legitimate posts are still removed by Reddit's filters

1 Upvotes

I deleted all nsfw posts made my the hackers manually. I've reset my reddit password, my google password, and my pc. I have so many post on my account that I paid a lot of work, could a reddit admin please restore my legid posts. Really appreciate it.


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

❓Problem❓ Account unbanned and CQS is Moderate, but previous posts are still stuck in Reddit filters

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My account was reinstated after an appeal and my CQS is now at Moderate. However, all my posts and comments submitted prior to the unban are still marked as "Removed by Reddit's filters" across subreddits.

​Could an admin or helper please assist in running a manual filter refresh on my account's post history?


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

❓Problem❓ 'We have encountered an error. Please try again later.'

1 Upvotes

Keep getting this on Safari desktop


r/reddithelp • • 13h ago

🙏Need Advice❓ Got hacked and my subreddit is now banned. Need help.

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2 Upvotes

I made a post a while back about me being hacked. The advice I got was to make a ticket and every time I tried to submit one, the links never worked.
(Old post):
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddithelp/s/WkUbGn8xSS
But now I checked and for some reason my subreddit I made recently was banned. Won’t say why and I got no alert/notification it would ever happen or why it did.
I don’t know what to do.
Can someone help?
Is there anyone I can just contact?


r/reddithelp • • 13h ago

❓HowTo❓ Checking my CQS

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Can you tell me my current CQS rating?


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

❓Problem❓ How to fix my Playlists on Tiktok

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1 Upvotes

The Support Team was not of assistance I've cleared the cache, I've logged in and out and made a new account to see if it's just my account. It works on the site on my laptop but not my phone. No matter what play list I load whether is in my favorited all I get the same "Something went wrong please try again" message Play lists won't even load under the profiles of creators that I know have them so I only technically have access to the ones in my favorites but they give me the error message. I've dealt with it for the past 2 weeks trying to fix it but nothing works all I wanna do is re listen to S&D Tier and Hells Belles


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

❓HowTo❓ Is there a way to deactivate this "global" search history?

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1 Upvotes

r/reddithelp • • 12h ago

❓Problem❓ Accounts keep going "grey".

2 Upvotes

Every time I post an image with any of my accounts they all go grey and are like banned but without me getting the banned notification. What is going on?


r/reddithelp • • 9h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Hacked, recovered account but now what?

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I noticed I was not able to access reddit on my phone app but I was able to login on my PC. I noticed my profile pic had been changed to a girls photo and the bio changed to something like I just turned 18. There were also about 20 NSFW photos posted to various subreddits. I was able to reset the password and change everything back, but what do I do now? afaik, there has been no bans or actions taken against my account. I tried to open a support ticket with reddit but the link does not work. I deleted every post made by the hacker.


r/reddithelp • • 10h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ account ban

1 Upvotes

my friend needs help reddit won’t answer her appeals what should we do?


r/reddithelp • • 14h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Is post karma and comment karma a different thing and does it matter?

2 Upvotes

I’ve been using Reddit for a while but my karma is still very low. How do I earn karma ? I use Reddit almost everyday.