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I got the gift card below in the mail with no return address. The stamp says it’s from Utah, but I don’t know anyone in Utah. I also don’t know anyone who goes by Jenny B and I am NOT pregnant! It's a lot of money in gift cards that I would like to return if possible. Does anyone know what this is about?
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I received the exact type of coupons, gift cards, quantities, signed by Jenny B and coming from Utah. My daughter is not even pregnant. We got it back in October 2019This seems to be a farming scam.I hope this post was more readily available when doing a search so more people are aware of this.I visited a couple of places and people complained of how expensive the shipping is and that most products come from China.I decided to throw away those coupons.Thank you for the post
I would like to address the stupid people that thought this was a good idea. We opened a card addressed to my daughter who is in college and we stressed a long time about this. We thought something until we did some research more into this. This can give a mom a heart attack!
Got one in Michigan today. It scared me because I thought I WAS pregnant as I've recently visited my OBGYN.
Yeah, just got the same letter. Definetly a scam albeit a strange convoluted!
I got one today for my daughter, who is not pregnant and doesn’t live here. It was confusing because I have another daughter who actually IS newly pregnant, and also doesn’t live here...
My daughter got one. She passed away 4 years ago from cancer. This was a kick in the gut! I’m angry and sad. She was only 19. She will never be pregnant. I wish I could find out who sent this!
I got one in PA today as well! I am not expecting either. Called and was told it is just a promotion, they are not real gift cards.So stupid!
It’s a scam! People keep getting the same thing!
We received the same addressed to my husband's first wife. She died 30 years ago. Thankfully I picked up the mail first today. How disgusting!
Found this on the internet: "They are not gift cards, they are advertising. They are sort of coupons but not really. Either you are having (or just had) a baby, or someone thinks you are/did. Everybody gets these in the mail. We got them when we had our kid, and somehow so did all our other friends with kids. If you google "carseat canopy coupon" or whatever, you will see that these "coupons" are all over the place, and that all these companies are related. The products are legit so it's not a scam per se, but it's not a great deal or great products. And you pay a pretty healthy amount for shipping IIRC."
