Theo Von
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And just because he thought it was a cop, they were willing to go to that degree. This is the craziest thing that ever happened. The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents mostly occurring in rural areas of the U.S. that extended over a period of at least 10 years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store.
And just because he thought it was a cop, they were willing to go to that degree. This is the craziest thing that ever happened. The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents mostly occurring in rural areas of the U.S. that extended over a period of at least 10 years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store.
And oftentimes it was a McDonald's claiming to be a police officer and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of employees and to perform other bizarre and humiliating acts on behalf of. The police. I'm sorry to laugh, but the shit is unreal. Yes.
And oftentimes it was a McDonald's claiming to be a police officer and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of employees and to perform other bizarre and humiliating acts on behalf of. The police. I'm sorry to laugh, but the shit is unreal. Yes.
And oftentimes it was a McDonald's claiming to be a police officer and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of employees and to perform other bizarre and humiliating acts on behalf of. The police. I'm sorry to laugh, but the shit is unreal. Yes.
With every hoax, a male caller who identified himself as a police officer would contact a manager or supervisor and would solicit their help in detaining an employee or customer who was suspected of a crime such as a theft or drug possession. He would then provide a generic description of the suspect. Like, oh, it's a female employee, et cetera, which the manager would recognize.
With every hoax, a male caller who identified himself as a police officer would contact a manager or supervisor and would solicit their help in detaining an employee or customer who was suspected of a crime such as a theft or drug possession. He would then provide a generic description of the suspect. Like, oh, it's a female employee, et cetera, which the manager would recognize.
With every hoax, a male caller who identified himself as a police officer would contact a manager or supervisor and would solicit their help in detaining an employee or customer who was suspected of a crime such as a theft or drug possession. He would then provide a generic description of the suspect. Like, oh, it's a female employee, et cetera, which the manager would recognize.
And then he would ask the manager to search the suspected person. So basically, he's had a guy calling up McDonald's. Eventually, the caller would have groomed the manager to the point where they would do almost anything asked by the caller. Yes. Such as spanking, kissing, inappropriate touching, oral sex, and even sexual assault and rape. Many of the incidents would last hours. I'm sorry, man.
And then he would ask the manager to search the suspected person. So basically, he's had a guy calling up McDonald's. Eventually, the caller would have groomed the manager to the point where they would do almost anything asked by the caller. Yes. Such as spanking, kissing, inappropriate touching, oral sex, and even sexual assault and rape. Many of the incidents would last hours. I'm sorry, man.
And then he would ask the manager to search the suspected person. So basically, he's had a guy calling up McDonald's. Eventually, the caller would have groomed the manager to the point where they would do almost anything asked by the caller. Yes. Such as spanking, kissing, inappropriate touching, oral sex, and even sexual assault and rape. Many of the incidents would last hours. I'm sorry, man.
This is not funny. I don't know what, I think there's something about it that many of, this is fucking crazy. It's psycho. It's crazy. Okay, good. Many of the incidents would last hours before either of the participants of the strip search realized the call is a hoax or by the intervention of a bystander.
This is not funny. I don't know what, I think there's something about it that many of, this is fucking crazy. It's psycho. It's crazy. Okay, good. Many of the incidents would last hours before either of the participants of the strip search realized the call is a hoax or by the intervention of a bystander.
This is not funny. I don't know what, I think there's something about it that many of, this is fucking crazy. It's psycho. It's crazy. Okay, good. Many of the incidents would last hours before either of the participants of the strip search realized the call is a hoax or by the intervention of a bystander.
Yeah, I did a deep dive on this whole thing. Yeah, this thing is fascinating. Yeah, basically they would call. They would get the manager on the phone, and they'd be like, yeah, I'm calling with the police. We have security camera footage that one of your employees has been stealing. They would give a description of the employee.
Yeah, I did a deep dive on this whole thing. Yeah, this thing is fascinating. Yeah, basically they would call. They would get the manager on the phone, and they'd be like, yeah, I'm calling with the police. We have security camera footage that one of your employees has been stealing. They would give a description of the employee.
Yeah, I did a deep dive on this whole thing. Yeah, this thing is fascinating. Yeah, basically they would call. They would get the manager on the phone, and they'd be like, yeah, I'm calling with the police. We have security camera footage that one of your employees has been stealing. They would give a description of the employee.
Then the manager would bring the employee into the back room with the alleged police officer still on the phone and be like, okay, yeah, I need you to have the employee take off their shirt, right? Yes. And a lot of times the person might have access to the cameras in the McDonald's or in the restaurant so they can actually watch this somewhere afar, right?
Then the manager would bring the employee into the back room with the alleged police officer still on the phone and be like, okay, yeah, I need you to have the employee take off their shirt, right? Yes. And a lot of times the person might have access to the cameras in the McDonald's or in the restaurant so they can actually watch this somewhere afar, right?
Then the manager would bring the employee into the back room with the alleged police officer still on the phone and be like, okay, yeah, I need you to have the employee take off their shirt, right? Yes. And a lot of times the person might have access to the cameras in the McDonald's or in the restaurant so they can actually watch this somewhere afar, right?