Free Computer Video Games 🎮This Week’s Worth $40

Epic Games Store gives away free video games on a weekly basis! They've given away over 200 games since this amazing freebie started back in 2019 and is still on-going as of 2023! Each week, on Thursday, at 8am PT / 11am ET, Epic releases one to three free games!

These high-value games are available only for a week to checkout & download for free. However, once you go through the checkout process (with no payment method required), the computer game is yours to keep permanently forever! It will be added to your account and free to download, even after the giveaway ends.

The free Epic Games video games page also shows both the current week freebies and the upcoming next week free games.

The current games are available through March 21 at 10:00am.

  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – $29.99
  • The Bridge – $9.99

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a cyberpunk action-RPG where your choices have lasting consequences. You play as Adam Jensen, an augmented covert operative intent on taking down the Illuminati, a shadowy group conspiring for control over humanity’s future.

The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces the player to reevaluate their preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M.C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

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Thursday Amazon Deals

SOLPEX 6 Pack Diamond Solar Pathway Lights
These solar pathway lights feature 5 LED beads to provide bright, energy-efficient lighting for your outdoor space, ensuring your path is always visible and safe. With an IP44 waterproof rating, these yard lights are designed for outdoor use and are durable enough to withstand harsh weather conditions, ensuring long-term performance and reliability. Attach the included stakes and insert into the ground or sit them on a table as lamps. 100% solar-powered. With a power capacity of 600 mAh, the solar outdoor lights are able to run for 8-12 hours on a full charge, making them ideal for extended use throughout the night.

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Fake Freebie Site Alert

I Believe Smplit is a Scam Site

I'm on a bit of a fake freebie bender. Last month I discovered the high probability of Samplesso being a fake freebie site. Today, once again, I believe I've discovered that Smplit[.]com is also a fake freebie site.

Before I show my work, I once again want to ask – has any Hiffer actually received one of these freebies over the past five months?! Since October 2023, Smplit has supposedly offered:

  • Spa Luxetique Ocean Breeze Shower Mousse.
    https://smplit[.]com/spa-luxetique-shower-mousse/
    Many freebie sites posted this around October 31, so it's been almost four months since people started requesting it. I even posted it here on HIF – did anybody get it?
  • Spa Luxetique Lavendar Dream Body Cream
    https://smplit[.]com/spa-luxetique-body-cream
  • Secret Key Glow Lipstick
    https://smplit[.]com/secret-key-lipstick
    This seems suspect to me now that I notice the Privacy Policy links to Spa Luxetique, even though I don't think they make this brand.
  • Exrthx Custom Logo 4D Silk Mascara
    https://smplit[.]com/exrthx-mascara/
    Again, the Privacy Policy links to Spa Luxetique, even though I don't think they make this brand. In fact, I don't even know who owns or makes Exrthx!
  • Victoria's Fleur Body Mist
    https://smplit[.]com/victorias-fleur-body-mist/
    This is one of the most recent offers I've come across starting around March 2024.

Again, in the interest of full disclosure, I posted the first four offers listed above to HIF between October 2023 and February 2024. Did anybody actually get these?! I've since removed all of these posts after my investigation.

Why I Think Smplit Contains Fake Freebies

Once again, I'm happy to show my work and walk you through all of the 🚩 that I uncovered regarding this website.

  • The company is rather new – the domain was registered, but never used, from 2017-2019. Then it was recently re-registered on 2023-07-21.
  • The oldest snapshot from 2023 says they're working with 350 brands right from the start? It also contains a lot of clues about the amateurism of its owner:
    • The bottom left says “TheNextTech is a technology-related news and article publishing portal where our techie and non-techie readers, interest in technological stuff, read us with equal curiosity. We hustle to keep them updated.” What does this have to do with samples and who is TheNextTech? It looks like they copied another website's content when setting up Smplit and forgot to change this.
    • The original links to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram don't work.
    • The email address says [email protected], but actually hyperlinks to a different email. More on this later.
    • Their About Us page talks about SampleSpot. Who is this?!
    • Their contact page lists the following info (which I'll also address later):
      USA
      347 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10016
      212-858-9393

      Canada
      32121 McCowan Rd, Scarborough, ON M1S 3Y6
      416-572-5222

  • The archive snapshot from August 2023 is also revealing. It links to @InfoSmplit, which is a now-suspended Twitter account. It also links to this Facebook page, which was created on August 7, 2023, but didn't begin posting until February 2024.
  • It's not until their October 2023 snapshot that we see they've finally cleaned up the branding on their About Us page, as well as their footer info. This is when we see their contact page change as well:

  • The email address listed in their footer says [email protected], yet when clicked it takes you to [email protected] What the what?!? This is also another odd UK connection that raises 🚩 for me.
  • Their site currently links to @smplitsamples, which is a brand new account as of February 2024. It had 309 followers when I began researching and has grown to 612, as of publication. However, I strongly believe they purchased the first 300 followers and suspect they purchase an additional 300 followers this month. These accounts all have the tell-tale sign of being bots, which is a username that starts with a name or word and ends with a string of random letters.
  • Meanwhile, their Facebook page contains 912 followers, as of publication, almost all of which have Asian names. This again is a tell-tale sign of purchasing low quality, bot followers in bulk, which is aimed at creating a sense of legitimacy to anybody who just looks at the fan count total. This is especially true for a site purporting to have a large US, UK, and Canadian presence that works with 160+ brands and has 700,000+ reviews.

    I have screenshotted some of the bots here in case they try to scrub their account.

  • The source code from their websites contains meta data that looks to have been copy & pasted from TopSubscriptionBoxes.co.uk.
  • The stock artwork on their site appears to come from a blog post from another website in 2017.

I mean, look, at this point it's pretty clear to me that this is a fake freebie site. I feel bad, because unlike the other scam freebie site I exposed recently, Smplit slipped under my radar for much longer. After Juls' death, I kinda went on auto-pilot regarding freebies, because they certainly didn't seem to matter among all my grief. But these two recent investigations of mine have gotten me back on high alert regarding fake freebies!

Again, I'm interested to hear if y'all have received any of their supposed freebies over the past few months! Until I am convinced otherwise, I will withhold any of their future offers and I apologize for not catching this issue earlier.


Ben & Jerry’s Birthday Freebie

Ben & Jerry's birthday freebie made me realize I've been focusing my attention on birthday offers that revolve around ice cream lately. I think that's a sign from above that I need to eat more of it. I knew living beneath this dairy farm was a stupid idea.

I originally posted this offer in 2011, but they cancelled their birthday promos starting around 2013. It remained that way for the following decade, but I decided to check their rewards program on a whim today after posting about their free cone day and was pleasantly surprised to see they've brought the birthday reward back!

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Birthday Freebie
Birthday Offer "a cone-gratulatory surprise on your birthday,"
Full Birthday Freebies List!
🎂 Don't miss all the free stuff on your birthday available each year!

Ben & Jerry Free Cone Day

Free Ben & Jerry’s Cone Day

Holy moly, the old Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day is returning! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 12 – 8pm. Then stop in and get a free scoop of your favorite Ben & Jerry's ice cream!

Fingers crossed the weather should be gorgeous and warm, so I hope my local establishment is liberal on their dress code. There are only so many hours in the day and I need to maximize my tanning by wearing only a speedo as much as possible.

Also, don't be fooled by the name. Last year I spent hours cleaning out a giant traffic cone, but for some crazy reason, my local Ben & Jerry's wouldn't fill it to the brim with free ice cream. So I guess it's not just any old cone, right Ben? Or was it Jerry who instituted this insane policy?!


Free Kindle eBooks

Today’s Free Kindle eBooks

Here is the current list of free Kindle eBooks. Many of these are available to everybody! For the longest time, I thought they were only for Amazon Prime members, however I discovered anybody can read these free eBooks with any number of free Kindle apps. Be it on your phone, computer, or tablet, you can download a Kindle app and get these books for free!

They're split into different categories and were all free as of this morning, though please make sure they're still free when you go to redeem them since sometimes these promos only last for a few hours / days. You can basically think of this as the top 100 free kindle books available each day, give or take a few dozen.

Hopefully, you can find something fun to read. 📚 😃 And as usual, please check the price before you download. These free books are often time-based and will go up in price after a certain amount of time, so before you download, make sure the price is $0.00!

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Wednesday Amazon Deals

Kinetic Sand Mermaid Crystal Playset
Uncover mermaid treasure with this playset that comes with Kinetic Sand, including shimmer gold sand! Unlock your reusable crystal container using the Mermaid key to discover what’s inside. Use the clamshell mold, shell scoop and roller to create your sand art! Reveal pearls and gems to accessorize your creations. Kinetic Sand is the original magical, moldable and mesmerizing play sand. Better than arts and crafts modeling clay, this sensory sand never dries out, so you can play with Kinetic Sand for hours of tactile independent play. It’s a great addition to sensory bins and mermaid toys collection. Let it flow through your hands – it’s so satisfying, you won’t be able to put it down! It magically sticks together and cleans up easily.

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Free CVS Photo Prints Promo Code

CVS: Five Free 4×6 Photo Prints

CVS is back with another great five free 4×6 photo prints freebie!

Use code 5FREE46 at checkout and select in-store pickup, giving you five completely free photo prints, a $2.11 value. Just make sure you remember to pick it up today. Or, if you're like me, tomorrow. Maybe the day after, who knows when I'll get around to it.

I don't know when this promo code expires, so but I just confirmed it's working as of time of publication.

If you are having trouble getting this freebie via the CVS mobile app, I suggest using a computer instead! CVS recently changed their freebie system to reject these codes via their mobile app for some reason.

I used my free print to get a nice photo that says “stop reading this and do your work.” I can't wait to hang it above my desk and promptly ignore it!


Free LEGO Mini Model Event

Free LEGO Custom Photo Frame Event on Apr 20 & 21

LEGO is bringing back their free in-store events on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21! It also looks like they'll have more events throughout the summer.

A limited amount of free LEGO customized photo frames are available to those who register for space ahead of time, so be sure to signup here if you're interested in attending! To find the registration link, scroll down to “Celebrate Your Star Power” and click on the “Sign up” link. Then enter your zip code, select your local store, and reserve your space.

Is your child a star in the making? Whether they express themselves through music, movies, singing, dancing or any other art form, we want to celebrate their passion with a fun building activity. Kids will create and decorate their own LEGO® photo frame to show off their creative accomplishments.

This event is scheduled for an hour and intended for children ages 6-12. All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Supplies will be provided, but they may be given to others if you don't arrive on time.

Also, I've noticed a few super cheap items lately in LEGO's sale and discount section. If you have a little one with an upcoming birthday who loves LEGOs, it might be worth scoping out.

Free LEGO Custom Photo Frame


Free 8x10 Walgreens Photo

Free Walgreens 8×10 Photo Print

Through April 2, 2024, we can easily get one free 8×10 custom photo print at Walgreens with checkout code SPRING8X10. You can see the details of this offer at the bottom of the page I just linked.

This is a $4.49 valued freebie. As always, select in-store pickup and avoid any shipping fees, making this offer completely free. These regular custom photo freebies go great with gifts!

Many times these Walgreens free photo offers only work within the Walgreens app. If you're having trouble getting it to redeem on a computer, I'd suggest trying the app!

When uploading your photos, make sure you select the option to upload in full resolution. This will ensure your freebie photos look crystal clear instead of grainy.

Remember, this is an 8×10 photo, not 8×10=80 freebies. Somebody actually once angrily emailed me because they felt I didn't spell the freebie out well enough. What am I, a freaking riddle master? I guess instead of saying this is available at Walgreens, I should have said “those things between ceilings and floors that are painted the fourth color of the rainbow.”

Use Gorgeous Free Stock Images!

Did you know there are over thirty free stock image sites? You can use an aggregate search site like Free Image Site and download a royalty-free image to print and use as artwork.

These sites have all sorts of royalty-free images in hundreds of categories. Maybe you like architecture or dogs or scenic mountains – there are free images of all these and way more!


dozen crumbl cookies

70 Free Crumbl Cookies Crumbs Points

Did you know that you can get 70 free Crumbl Cookies Crumbs by downloading their app and completing all of the “Earn” activities listed under the Rewards tab? Then once you hit 100 Crumbs points, you'll get $10 in free Crumbl Cash to use on your next order.

Signing up means you also get a free cookie on your birthday with no purchase necessary. Judging from my records, over a thousand Hiffers have redeemed this annual freebie, making it a pretty sweet deal!

When making your first order, be sure you don't accidentally order a dozen cookies for just two people – because these things are HUGE! You should have seen the look on my face when I saw “party box” written on the top. 🤣