Update: Tammy asked a very good question and you can read the info in the comments below but I wanted to clarify. You can always type in the coupon veri-fi code here to verify the validity of a printable coupon. I just entered the numbers on my Johnson & Johnson coupons and they are valid, however since the CIC has deemed them counterfeit because of excessive copying and redeeming by and individual or group, they should no longer be used. Hope that helps to clarify.
The Coupon Information Corporation (CIC) just listed a new counterfeit coupon that is circulating. It is for $2/2 Johnson & Johnson products. Now I actually printed this coupon and just pulled it out of my binder. The one printed from coupons.com or the bricks coupon is not counterfeit, BUT it appears someone had turned it into a PDF. If you see the PDF circulating, DO NOT print and make sure you pass along the information. The bad news is that if you have a legitimate coupon in your organizer, you will need to go ahead and destroy it. There is no need to risk $2 on trying to prove YOURS is not the counterfeit version. Just shred them and forget it.
If you have already used the coupon, there is nothing you can do. Chances are it was the legitimate one from the bricks software anyway. It’s very sad that there are people out there ruining a perfectly good coupon for the rest of us.
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How can I tell if a coupon is conterfeit for future reference…..
Tammy, coupons printed through “coupons.com, redplum, smartsource and bricks software” are legitimate coupons. You can head over to http://www.couponsinc.com/crc/index.asp and type in the veri-fi code on the coupon to check. These sites use specific software to prevent fraud. However this is a case where someone or a group people have copied this particular coupon and it has been redeemed in excess, so they have deemed them all counterfeit from here on out. You can always check the CIC website for future reference. Hope that helps.
Thank you! I will be aware now!
I had that coupon and I printed it from the bricks. But if you read the first line of the fine print the word “value” is misspelled to say “balue”. Why would there be a mispelled word in a legimate coupon?
Yes I had the coupon too. But once it gets sent to stores, you’ll have a hard time convincing a cashier that YOURS is legit.