Yesterday, the Coupon Information Corporation (CIC) put out an email announcement about several fraudulent printable coupons that are currently in circulation.
Some of these include:
Stouffer's $6.50 printable coupon
Haagen-Dazs $2.75 printable coupon
Lean Cuisine $2.85 printable coupon
The above are designed to look like printable SmartSource coupons. Additionally, there are five fraudulent printable "FREE" coupons circulating via email right now:
Dannon
Duracell
Folgers
Freschetta Pizza
Pepsi
Please note that the CIC has stated that to its knowledge, there are NO printable coupons for outright FREE items available. When you find campaigns coupons for FREE items, they are often mailed to you.
Come across a coupon that appears just too good to be true? I recommend you: contact the manufacturer, and/or contact the CIC. I am also more than happy to answer any questions you might have about suspect coupons.
Thanks for doing your part to end coupon fraud so we can continue to enjoy legitimate printable coupons!
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Thanks for posting this great information and introducing me to the CIC! I am sharing this with my readers, too!
My Albertson’s won’t take any Smart Source coupons for this exact reason. Our Safeway won’t take any printables for B1G1F or that is over 50% of the items price. Although, if you have a large amount of groceries your purchasing they will usually take the ones for over 50% off because it won’t beep & the checker’s normally don’t remember the amount of the item in the first place. If you have just a few items to purchase don’t even try using a printable at Safeway. It’s more of a hassle than its worth. I’ve gotten to where I don’t print any Smart Source coupons anymore. Thanks for the info.