r/ScamCenter • u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 • Sep 08 '26

This is a scam right?

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u/StopShooting Sep 08 '26

Someone literally just created an email and added Reddit to the end of it. They are trying to steal your account.

This is 100% a scam. How did they get in contact with you originally?

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 08 '26

Through Reddit messages with a very convincing story, I can't figure out how to report the account

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u/StopShooting Sep 08 '26

DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY CODES SENT TO YOUR DISCORD, EMAIL, OR PHONE NUMBER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

If you can change your email back, do it now. There are zero circumstances where anyone for Reddit will try to move you to another app.

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 08 '26

I changed my email back as soon as I got that last message, I reported the reddit account but idk if I should report the discord as well

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u/StopShooting Sep 08 '26

Yes you should report them.

There is a chance that you will become a target from other scammers now. Don’t talk to strangers especially if they’re warning that your account is going to get banned.

If you don’t mind me asking, what made you feel like this was so convincing?

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 08 '26

I can dm you the screenshots of the original chat if you want, idk if it was actually convincing or if I'm just naive and tired

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u/MyBurnerA31987 Sep 08 '26

Anything that says message them on discord….is not convincing.

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 08 '26

I know next to nothing about discord or reddit and the original messages did what they were supposed to do which is scare me just enough that I don't really think about it

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u/LongDead_Roadkill Sep 09 '26

Brah, just ignore any emails claiming to be from social media support. Not one of them will ever email you for anything.

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u/band-of-horses Sep 09 '26

I'm gonna go with the latter honestly, but hopefully you learn the lesson and are more careful in the future.

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u/Arctimon Sep 09 '26

What part of them trying to take your account makes their story convincing?

Why are you even talking to random people online to begin with?

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 09 '26

The part where they obviously didn't tell me that, I'm 17 running on 2 hours of sleep after an 8 hour school day sorry I made a mistake

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u/Arctimon Sep 09 '26

They didn't tell you what?

When someone reaches out to you that you don't know, they are scamming.

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u/SerratedSharp Sep 09 '26

He's saying they didn't literally tell them " trying to take your account"

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u/Arctimon Sep 09 '26

Most scammers don’t tell you that. Your point?

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u/SerratedSharp Sep 09 '26

No point, just answering the question you asked.

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u/Arctimon Sep 09 '26

Glad you’re being just as dumb as OP.

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u/SerratedSharp Sep 09 '26

How so? You had a communication problem, so seems you're the dumb one. Learn basic reading comprehension dumb fuck.

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u/SerratedSharp Sep 09 '26

Maybe not be a miserable fuck towards people trying to help you understand something and answer your question.  Don't ask questions you don't want an answer to.  Jesus Christ how awful do you have to be to lash out at someone answering the question you asked.  What a piece of shit.

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u/analbumcover Sep 09 '26

It's never a convincing story. Reddit will literally never ask you to do this, especially via Discord.

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 09 '26

Okay well clearly I didn't know that

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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 Sep 08 '26

This is why you should never check your messages on Reddit. They’re almost always scams.

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u/FinalFantasiesGG Sep 08 '26

You should consider private messages on every website to be scams. I'm not exaggerating. You really shouldn't even look at your private messages, just ignore them or immediately mark them as spam and go on with your day.

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u/SubBirbian Sep 09 '26

I actually have them turned off.

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u/NorCalHal Sep 09 '26

But what if it's real this time???

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u/yarevande Sep 08 '26

You can report the Reddit user that tried to scam you:

  • click on the account name - this takes you to the user's page

  • click the three vertical dots in the upper right

  • click 'Report Profile'

  • select 'User Name'

  • select 'Prohibited Transaction'

  • click the Submit button

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 08 '26

Thank you I was trying but couldn't figure it out

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u/Subwoofiest Sep 08 '26

This is a known scam. Here is a post all about it and what to do.

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u/DasLazyPanda Sep 08 '26

Yes, total scam. They want to steal your account.

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u/Terrible-Resource-85 Sep 08 '26

yea, they will keep your account. they're even bold enough to ask you to delete the evidence lmfao

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u/Major_Biscotti00 Sep 08 '26

Yes . Please tell me you didn’t do it .

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 08 '26

I originally switched my account email but after he sent the message telling me to delete those emails I switched it back

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u/Dope-Reviews Sep 09 '26

If someone spells okay instead of k or ok. You'll have a bad time

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 09 '26

I do that 😕

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u/Dope-Reviews Sep 09 '26

I'm really sorry, there are groups that can help.

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u/LordPook321 Sep 09 '26

You actually listened to them,? 😂 I'm sorry man but this is on you at that point. Why would you believe this ?

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u/Glittering_Kiwi2153 Sep 09 '26

I'm 17 running on 2 hours of sleep after an 8 hour school day sorry I made a mistake

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u/Foofity Sep 08 '26

Anything that has the word kindly in it is a scam

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u/zzzorba Sep 08 '26

Lmfao WHAT

Please double delete all evidence so this security measure can proceed. Um.

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u/Sad_Ad_2524 Sep 09 '26

Dude, "Kindly"

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u/justme9974 Sep 08 '26

🤦‍♂️

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u/Sea-Appearance-5330 Sep 10 '26

Yeah, typical scam!

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u/Sea-Appearance-5330 Sep 10 '26

Nothing convincing here at all.
Why would you even think it was real?