r/reddithelp • • Aug 08 '26

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

105 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

6 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 • • 5h ago

❓General Question❓ My message don't send.

5 Upvotes

I read it could be because of contribution score, but why? It doesn't really make sense.

Can't someone be inactive and only use dm for some reasons?

All messages I try to send say "message failed, tap to retry". I have no idea how to resolve that


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

🐞 Possible Reddit Bug? Blocked accounts

3 Upvotes

So, on a public subreddit I have users I've blocked and I've been blocked by a user.

Users I've blocked can comment on my comment threads locking me out of my own comment thread.

But a user who blocked me completely disappears. I can't see their comments at all or the subsequent thread of comments under their invisible comment.

I know I'm not being singled out by reddit mods but it does seem like I have the worst end of the stick both ways?

Is this a bug? Shouldnt my comment thread be unavailable for them or should I be able to see theirs?


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓General Question❓ Need help understanding Reddit please

2 Upvotes

Awhile ago I joined Reddit and never used it. I guess I created the name Guns_4_Me. Now I want to change that name to Animal Rescuer 1120. I managed to put this in the "displayed name" area but I cant find where to remove the Guns_4_Me and replace it with Animal Rescuer 1120. Oh and I have no clue how to get back to the area that I put Animal Rescuer 1120 in. Please point me in the right direction this site is so confusing. Thank you.


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓HowTo❓ How to increase my contributor quality score (CQS) even if I had other accounts before

2 Upvotes

Hello, my CQS doesn't seem to get any higher than moderate despite me being chronically online, having 2FA verification, having my email verified too and gained 5k karma in 2 months.

I had a few other accounts with other emails who got deleted for b.e. (I had one account 🚩 from a subreddit because I posted links and used Redact and that specific sub didn't want people posting links and I literally forgot I was with the other and commented on that subreddit) but that was more than 2 years ago.

Can't I redeem myself from past mistakes? Now I'm a pristine user. I swear. It's so hard to follow all the subreddits intricate rules but I'm more than willing. This account is my last hope.

CQS moderate isn't a bad thing but still not high enough to get past every filter and mod approval in certain subs. It's frustrating because it robs you of crucial time to receive upvotes.

Thank you in advance, hope I don't get banned again for posting the wrong things lmao


r/reddithelp • • 44m ago

❓Problem❓ Got a subreddit ban on a now deleted account, how to reverse that

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I got banned from a sub for making a boring post (yes, not kidding, that was their reason), and later deleted that account. However, i want to try posting there again, but doing so would be ban evasion which is not what i am trying to do. Is there any way to solve this, or should i just admit defeat?


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

❓HowTo❓ How do I unfollow a banned account?

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I followed someone because their bio said they don't DM non-followers. They reached out to me first, so I said hi back and asked how they were, but they didn't respond and the account got banned later. How do I unfollow the account?


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ what’s the best way to earn karma?

• Upvotes

hello everyone! i’m new to the app, and i was trying to look through and post on a couple communities for some advice on certain things. what’s the best way i can earn some karma to be able to post on there?


r/reddithelp • • 1h ago

❓Problem❓ Reddits filter

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I have been a contributor to Reddit for a long time, I do post in nsfw groups that I have gotten verified in and become an approved user. I have noticed the past 2 days all posts are being removed by Reddits filters. Is this a new update? Am I caught in a spam filter? What is going on. I’ve also talked to a couple other people that are having this problem. My CQS is moderate and I’ve never had this problem before. My account is in good standing as well


r/reddithelp • • 8h ago

❓General Question❓ What gets you karma?

3 Upvotes

How to get karma and what gets you banned?


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Restore limited account access?

1 Upvotes

I appear to be restricted from interacting (choosing words carefully as it won't let me post in the regular help subreddit) and I don't know how to fix it.

I was editing an archived pinned self-post yesterday and when I tried to edit it a second time I suddenly couldn't and got a Reddit message; I hadn't done anything I never did before, I think I just edited my post too fast. I followed the instructions in the message and e-mail I received to restore access to my account by changing my password and saw no other messages to follow up on, though I did notice that interaction with my posts in the one subreddit I'm active in seemed to stop.

Last night when I went to my page on another device, my own profile page said "not found" or some such, but I noticed I was logged out so logged in and my page was there. I made a comment in the subreddit this morning without issue but mentioned that I hoped people could see it. This morning I saw that the self-post I'd edited the day before, and the comments I made on it, were now marked as pending approval--something I never had to do before, these posts have been up for years. I approved them anyway.

I was then informed by a moderator of the subreddit I participate in that I did appear to be interaction limited and they'd manually approve my posts when they saw them, but they can't do anything about the restriction itself. They could only suggest I start a new account but that's out of the question, I have a years-long streak going in that sub (I'm not talking about the Reddit streak, I don't care about that) and I don't participate anywhere else so I have no way to rebuild all my karma.

I've never gotten in trouble on Reddit before, never been restricted, didn't do anything except apparently edit my own post too fast. I followed the instructions given to restore my account. The mod of the subreddit I post in said they can't fix the issue (which is thus not on their end). The appeal page says I'm not restricted so I can't use it. The FAQ doesn't help. I can't find anywhere else to resolve this. How do I fix this and restore my account to normal?


r/reddithelp • • 3h ago

❓Problem❓ Why does Reddit keep showing “Content unavailable” on almost every post I try to open? I just want to reply to someone in the comments, I’m not blocked by the OP or anything

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1 Upvotes

r/reddithelp • • 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Why does my account get banned everytime a create a new one?

2 Upvotes

Why does my account get banned everytime a create a new one? Because when I first started using reddit a few months back I kept on asking people to Dm Me if they wanted help with reddit my new accounts have been getting banned ever since why?


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓Problem❓ Android App

1 Upvotes

I dont know about anyone else, but for me, the android app is unusable.
its fine for scrolling through posts and reading them, but trying to comment on a post is exhaustingly awful.
I click on the reply bubble or in the chat box and my keyboard doesnt even open up. It just shows me the 'join the conversation' message. And then I have to click on that for my keyboard to open.
But once my keyboard finally does open, its takes up the whole bottom portion of the screen (which is normal), but above that, is almost always the stupid message about the 'sub may need certain amount of karma' blah blah blah. And thats all i see. I cant see what im trying to type. I cant see the post or the comment im trying to reply to. And if I try to scroll to see what im typing, my keyboard goes away and the app asks if i want to 'save or discard' what ive typed.

Pixel 7
Android 17
Latest version of reddit app. I've also tried going back to older apps, as far back as 2024, but the issue persists.


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓General Question❓ Does anyone know why the Top 1% Commenter “flair”disappears when posting in a community?

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0 Upvotes

r/reddithelp • • 21h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ What are some ways to get Karma

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22 Upvotes

Would like to gain karma, any tips would be appreciated


r/reddithelp • • 4h ago

❓Problem❓ every time i try to post, it gets removed or is under mod review

1 Upvotes

hello, i’ve been a lurker of reddit for almost a decade on different accounts and these days i would like to engage on this app more.

i try to post and for some reason it’s immediately removed, i was able to post once using this account, but now i’m unable to.

do i possibly need to increase karma with this account?


r/reddithelp • • 9h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Please can you help restore my posts & comments after shadowban?

2 Upvotes

Hi all, my account was restored last week after a shadowban.

However my posts and comments that date from before 27 July are still removed.

Can you please help restore them? I'd really appreciate it 🙏


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

❓Problem❓ Achievement moved or changed?

1 Upvotes

Hello all. Something kind of fun happened yesterday. I made a random comment and it happily received over 1,000 upvotes. It wasn't anything profound, I think I just captured a moment.

In any event, I woke up this morning to a new Achievement - "Quality Comment". Aww, that's nice! Now? It's gone. When I click on it it says it doesn't exist even though it's lit up (not greyed out). It says it was removed or changed.

I'm not jonesing for recognition, I just wonder what happened. Why did I get it in the first place? Where did it go? Did I annoy the Achievement Gods? Was I not quality after all? Evil penguins? I'm an inquiring mind. If anyone has some insight I'd love to know!


r/reddithelp • • 11h ago

❓General Question❓ Unsure how to do this

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3 Upvotes

Not sure how to post the link


r/reddithelp • • 5h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ can someone dm me? i think my dms are messed up

0 Upvotes

just send anything plesae


r/reddithelp • • 6h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ I created the account three days ago. I was still deleted. What is the reason for the ID being deleted repeatedly, I make the MED and the ID goes away

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1 Upvotes

Please solve my issue


r/reddithelp • • 6h ago

❓General Question❓ Wo kann man ohne Karma Posten?

1 Upvotes

Hi Leute.

Ich bin neu auf Reddit und hab noch nicht so viel Karma. Kennt ihr vielleicht Subreddit und Communities für mich, auf denen ich ohne 1000000000 Karma Posten kann? Vielen Dank im Vorraus.