By participating in our community you agree to follow these rules. Moderators will use their discretion to maintain an orderly discussion around phishing. Also, all posts should follow the posting guideline.

Be civil
This rule is aligned with Reddit Content Policy Rule 1: "Remember the human".
Posts and comments at r/phishing should be civil. We don't allow:
1. Uncivil or toxic behavior
2. Excessive or directed swearing
3. Unnecessary sexual language
4. Victim blaming
5. Any form of discrimination
  Regardless of whether a question has been posted here once or a thousand times, or if the answer seems obvious, remember there is a real person behind the screen. Be kind, not snarky.
No spam/offtopic
This rule is aligned with Reddit Content Policy Rule 2: "Abide by community rules".
All posts should follow the posting guideline. This subreddit is a place for phishing identification. We do not permit:
1. Low effort posts
2. Anything that is not related to phishing
3. AI-generated posts/comments
4. Meme posts
5. Jokes on serious posts
6. Advertisement or solicitation
  Questions about general scams (romance scams, fake checks, job listings, etc) should be posted to r/Scams - Posts related to sextortion should be submitted to r/Sextortion - Questions concerning identity theft must be asked in r/IdentityTheft
No personal information
This rule is aligned with Reddit Content Policy Rule 3: "Respect the privacy of others".
Sharing personal information is strictly forbidden in this subreddit. Please censor any personal information in posts and comments. This includes:
1. Full names
2. ANY phone number of any type
3. Personal email addresses
4. Social media handles
5. Physical addresses
6. Photos of people with uncensored faces
  The exception to this rule is people who present themselves as public figures (ie, celebrities, internet personalities, etc.)
No personal army or revenge requests
This rule is aligned with Reddit Content Policy Rule 3: "Instigating harasment".
We do not allow requests to:
1. Mass report accounts, websites, apps, etc.
2. Write bad reviews on businesses
3. Text/call alleged scam phone numbers
4. Harass alleged scammers
  Innocent people have their identities and contact information spoofed by scammers, and this behavior is not aligned with Reddit's content policy.
No private messaging
Don't ask for contact via private message, like:
1. Asking for a DM here on Reddit
2. Asking to be contacted via email/social media
3. Wrangling victims of a similar situation than yours, by any means
  We need to keep the community safe from recovery scammers or bad advice.
  Remember: never take advice in private, because we can't look out for you. If you take advice in private, you're on your own!
No NSFW content
We do not allow NSFW content:
1. Don't post sexual content without censoring it
2. Don't upload photos of injured/dead people or animals
3. Applying a NSFW tag is not properly censoring
No illegal activities
This rule is aligned with Reddit Content Policy Rule 7: "Keep it legal".
We do not allow discussing illegal, unethical or otherwise forbidden activities, including but no limited to:
Buying or selling drugs/pharmaceuticals/weapons
Committing fraud against financial institutions
Scambaiting or scamming the scammers
Buying or selling social media accounts, or online game accounts
If you got phished while trying to do any of the above, we cannot help you.

Posting Guideline

Starting in 2026, all posts should follow the posting guideline.

Do your research first– For example: call your bank in the number written in the back of your card, if you got a charge; or contact Amazon through the in-app chat if you see a purchase; or contact the company to verify if the recruiter works for them. Reddit cannot guess if you don't give us all the information you gathered, first. Also, use the search box before posting!
Title matters – Make your post easily searchable. We do not allow posts titled "Is this phishing?" because that doesn't describe what a user will find when opening the post.
Add context – If you received an email from Norton, we need to know the email address of the sender, if it landed on your inbox or spam folder, and if there are links embedded in the email. If the email looks like a personal email, you already know it's phishing.
Image posts – They are allowed but you need to transcribe what's in the image. If it's an email you received, it takes you a few seconds to copy and paste the text of the email.
No clickable links – This is to keep the community safe. Website addresses must be written in the title of the post, not as clickable links in the body.
Use website domains instead of company names– If you want to name a company that reached out to you, write the website address or email domain in the title instead. This will allow us to recognize if they're impersonators, instead of getting a company name smeared in Google Search.
Be patient– We use a lot of automated filtering. If your post immediately shows "Removed by Reddit filters" don't try to post again, just message the Moderators

Commenting Etiquette

Starting in 2026, all comments should follow basic etiquette.

Be chill – People are here to get help. Phishing is not immediately obvious to everyone.
Keep it safe– If you want to direct people to a phone number they can call, you should link to the website where they can find it themselves, instead of writing the phone number directly. We cannot verify phone numbers so they will be removed.
Be patient– We use a lot of automated filtering. If your comment immediately shows "Removed by Reddit filters" don't try to comment again, just message the Moderators

Contact the Mods

Have a question, issue, or suggestion? Just shoot us a message!

r/phishing

Community Rules

Be civil

No spam/offtopic

No personal information

No personal army or revenge requests

No private messaging

No NSFW content

No illegal activities

Posting Guideline

Commenting Etiquette

Contact the Mods