evidence: No, you can’t get free baby formula from your state by calling these numbers [...] "Due to the shortage of formula if you call Enfamil or Similac they will notify the state you can’t find any for your child and the state will send you a 6 pack of 12 Oz cans to your address!," a May 16 Facebook post says. "For free! The shortage has gotten worse but it doesn’t hurt to call and ask!" [...] The post gives genuine customer services numbers for Enfamil and Similac, two baby formula brands, but a spokesperson for Abbott, the maker of Similac, told us this isn’t true. There’s no process in which parents call the company, the company notifies the state in which they live, and then that state sends the parents six cans of free formula.