Certain PDF files open with scrambled contents? Why?

I received two brochures from some colleagues but the text and graphics were scrambled - photos were OK. I thought they sent damaged files. I sent them a screen shot of what I saw when I opened them and they in return sent a screen shot of what they saw when they opened the same files. Theirs showed a perfect brochure. I have since opened the same pdf at work and it was fine there too - BUT it opens scrambled on my iphone and iMac desktop. 
Why would Apple products not be able to read or display a pdf? I thought a pdf was universal....
Is there a solution to this? I made sure all my software on my macBook pro was updated and still no luck.
Here are the two screen shots - first is how the pdf looks when I see it. Second one is how everyone else sees it.....
Thank you for any suggestions to this problem. This is for a very important cause -my brother's orphanage- so I hope it can be resolved soon!
Thank you,
Bob

Might be caused by some old Adobe Plug-Ins lurking around somewhere?

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