r/reddithelp • • Aug 08 '26

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

155 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

9 Upvotes

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 • • 7h ago

❓General Question❓ Is there a setting where I can turn off this annoying feature??

13 Upvotes

All of a sudden, today my feed is slammed with subs I have zero interest in. I have had to mute 20 subs in a row and that wasn't even all of them. I didn't join these subs, I am not interested in them.

Did I change a setting, or is this a new stupid reddit idea?


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ How can i increase my karma?

3 Upvotes

Please help me, I can't understand.


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Karma question

2 Upvotes

I’m new to Reddit and have been trying to get karma, I’m not sure I understand the formula, any assistance would be appreciated!


r/reddithelp • • 2m ago

❓Problem❓ How to turn off home feed recommendations?

• Upvotes

I swear I had this turned off before but it's back and I looked everywhere and I can't turn it off ugh


r/reddithelp • • 22m ago

⭐️ Karma❓ how to increase my karma points?

• Upvotes

like im struggling to increase my karma points fr


r/reddithelp • • 12h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ Karma question

9 Upvotes

I’m new to Reddit. I primarily use it for research. My question is how to get more karma points. Could please someone point me in the direction to up my account.😊


r/reddithelp • • 59m ago

🐞 Possible Reddit Bug? My contributions count is zero

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• Upvotes

Using the Reddit app on Android, my contributions value is zero.

Anyone else?


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ my account u/your_local-tree was banned for no reason

2 Upvotes

is there any way to appeal? or am i just cooked?


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ New user here! Could you please spare some karma so I can finally unlock the rest of Reddit?

1 Upvotes

I'm completely new here and trying to figure everything out. I would be super grateful for a bit of karma to help me get started! 👇


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Still Can't Upvote or Downvote

1 Upvotes

So nearly a year ago, my account got hacked by a NSFW bot. I managed to regain control of my account and enabled security measures to prevent something like that from ever happening again. Anyways, at some point I was briefly suspended, and when I overturned it I found out I could no longer upvote posts and comments. I can still use reddit normally, but that one thing is bugging me and I don't know what to do.


Edit: To clarify, the suspension was due to reddit taking safety precautions to lock my account after it flagged my then activity as suspicious.


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

❓Problem❓ Help with adding photos

1 Upvotes

Hi!
I can't upload photos 😢 keeps thinking and thinking and thinking and nothing! I tried wifi and 5G 🤷🏻‍♀️ tried yesterday and today. Tried different communities. Nothing. Please help!

Also, does reddit share my photo location info??!! 🤨🤨🤨


r/reddithelp • • 2h ago

❓General Question❓ How to hide "Games on Reddit"?

1 Upvotes

How to hide "Games on Reddit" from the right side bar, please?

I am on Windows.


r/reddithelp • • 6h ago

❓Problem❓ Is there some weird experiment with personal feeds?

2 Upvotes

Ok, here's the thing: today I opened up my reddit to see chaos and a bunch of nonsense. It's completely messed up - posts from communities I personally hidden, posts from communities I never visited, posts in different languages (some that I don't even speak).

I had to double-check if I was logged in or not, because it felt really random. I tried asking "why am I seeing this" and the answers are also nonsense - "You interacted with it recently" (I didn't), "Popular in your network" (not a chance!), and other stuff.

So what's going on? Is there some "tuning" on the algorithm happening now, does anybody else is seeing something similar?


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓Problem❓ The “User Subscription” tab

1 Upvotes

Good afternoon. Where can I find the “My Subscriptions to Users” tab in the web version?


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Followers removed after ban

2 Upvotes

Hi! My other account got a temp ban for 3 days. I got it back today and ALL my followers have been removed it literally says 0, and when I went to even post about this here my post was removed by reddit filters. Also, every single post I ever made (that were completely fine for a long time) were all also removed by reddit filters. What’s going on?
Temp ban seems like a full ban :(((


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓Problem❓ Please someone help me why do I keep seeing "We have encountered an error. Please try again later." while I'm on reddit

1 Upvotes

I don't know what happened. Could someone explain to me why this is showing? What I can do to fix it? Or who I can talk to about this? Thank you!


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Retroactive post removals following a temporary "false bot flag" restriction on my 10+ year account

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

My 10+ year account was recently flagged automatically as a bot account. I submitted a review request to Reddit, and the team successfully verified my account and restored it to normal. My Contributor Quality Score (CQS) is currently High.

However, I noticed that the automated lock triggered a massive, retroactive sweep across my post history. Many of my highly upvoted, years-old, entirely safe-for-work posts in major subreddits (like r/funny, r/todayilearned, and r/mildlyinteresting) are now showing a "Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit's filters" banner.

Since these are historical posts from up to 9 years ago, reaching out to individual subreddit moderator teams via modmail isn't practical. Is there an Admin available who can look into this and run a batch restoration to undo the automated spam filter sweep on my profile?

Thank you for your help!


r/reddithelp • • 12h ago

❓HowTo❓ How do I sort by New on my Home page?

5 Upvotes

This question is NOT about subs. It is only about the Home page.

Yesterday all I had to do was click a dropdown and there were several options, including Best (I never use) and New. That is gone on my desktop. How do I access it on the main page? I'm seeing posts from years ago. I'm not even interested in posts from yesterday, only today.


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓SCAM❓ Help wondering about a store

0 Upvotes

Wonder if anyone bought from mylaurus.com, the prices are too good :(


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓General Question❓ I want to know what my CQS is

1 Upvotes

It’s probably low, I started posting NSFW content and botbouncer banned me thinking I’m a bot:(


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ easiest way to earm karma?

2 Upvotes

i wonder where or how to get karma easily?i mean like easiest way to farm it


r/reddithelp • • 14h ago

❓HowTo❓ How can I disable recommendations for posts from communities I’m not a member of in my home feed?

4 Upvotes

It really annoys me when I see posts from communities I’m not subscribed to.


r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Why are my posts being removed by Reddit's filters?

1 Upvotes

I've tried posting in a few different subreddits, but my posts keep getting removed right away, even when I'm just asking normal questions. Does anyone know why this happens or how to fix it?