That's a little too harsh I think. There are lots of real giveaways out there whose main reason is to promote the website or the associations. I have not myself received anything from them but I know somebody who did.
Shapeshift did one and really they shouldn't have done it as it looked just like all the fake ones on the surface thusly adding to their validity. If no legit company had ever done it then that adds an extra layer of caution.