# WTF is "getitfree.com" all about? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816 "2015-10-26T21:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/1 "2015-10-26T21:02:57Z")
Getting 2 or 3 emails a day from this outfit with offers of free shit. Haven’t found too much on the web but I assume it’s a scam of some type. Anyone have details or inside knowledge? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/2 "2015-10-26T21:18:47Z")
There’s nothing at that domain. It’s parked and says “Buy or rent this domain”. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/3 "2015-10-26T21:48:13Z")
Here s the email header Free Swiffer Samples at GetItFree \ I had assumed the .com part. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/4 "2015-10-26T21:49:41Z")
It’s spam. Ignore it. It may be a scam. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/5 "2015-10-26T22:19:02Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It’s spam. Ignore it. It may be a scam. Oh, sure. _May be._… ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/6 "2015-10-27T01:09:27Z")
My wife used to get hundreds of these emails. In her case I think it came from responding to something she saw on Pinterest. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/7 "2015-10-27T13:06:04Z")
But she GotThemFree, right? It’s already working! ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/8 "2015-10-27T20:53:13Z")
I clicked on some “get free shit” thing on Facebook once. After clicking on a zillion different questionnaire things it said thanks, goodbye. Thought that was the end of it and I’d been had. But then about 3 months later for about 2 months straight we’d get a free sample of something in the mail almost every day. All one shot type things: laundry soap, perfume, gum, cereal, razors, cat food that tasted awful (I wish we still had cats. I’d of given it to them), shampoo, condoms (:rolleyes: ), etc… So they’re not all scams. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/9 "2015-10-27T20:56:06Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > condoms (:rolleyes: ) Why the rolleyes? Were they too big? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/10 "2015-10-27T21:45:59Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > … cat food that tasted awful (I wish we still had cats. I’d of given it to them) Well I laughed anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/11 "2015-10-27T22:26:57Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It’s spam. Ignore it. It may be a scam. > [@beowulff](#): > > Oh, sure. > _May be._… The site (.us as opposed to .com) is operated by “Abby Freebies” and their contact address is [a mailbox store](https://www.google.com/maps/place/113+West+G+St+San+Diego+CA+92101/@32.7125509,-117.1644539,3a,75y,179.33h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m4!1sqHe68iE7wY38FLE8gdcCWQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xa415b9d2fdb9fa92!6m1!1e1). I’m guessing their entire staff, other than “Abby Freebies”, is comprised of envelope stuffers. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/12 "2015-10-27T22:48:41Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Why the rolleyes? Were they too big? > > 😃 Too small. Magnum my foot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/13 "2015-10-28T01:08:00Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Too small. Magnum my foot. 😃 They’re not supposed to go on your foot. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-getitfree-com-all-about/735816/14 "2015-10-28T02:35:53Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > They’re not supposed to go on your foot. That’s the only appendage I have the small little things would fit on. Besides, it was raining out. (They are “rubbers” after all!)