

Here's the text of one popular Facebook post: The companies would then contact the state government where the caller resided, the rumor claimed, and the state would eventually send the caller a six-pack of 12-ounce cans. The rumor claimed that people could simply call the phone numbers and tell whomever answered that they were having a hard time finding formula.


In May 2022, during a baby formula shortage in the United States, a rumor started circulating on social media that supposedly gave people an easy solution to the problem: Just call customer service lines of two baby formula brands, Enfamil and Similac.
