Date
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Location
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Establishment
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Incident details
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1994
|
Petersburg, Virginia
|
?
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[1]
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Hopewell, Virginia
|
?
|
Colonial Heights, Virginia
|
?
|
April 1994
|
Collinsville, Illinois
|
Hardee's
|
(may or may not be related, no caller mentioned)[2]
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August 4, 1994
|
Ashtabula, Ohio
|
McDonald's
|
A man claiming to be a sheriff's deputy called the restaurant, stating that a customer's purse was stolen from the restaurant. The caller told two minor females working at the restaurant to allow the manager to strip search them.[3]
|
March 7, 1995
|
Devils Lake, North Dakota
|
Pizza Hut
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'[4][5]
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June 17, 1995
|
Fallon, Nevada
|
McDonald's
|
1996
|
Starkville, Mississippi
|
Pizza Hut
|
A man claiming to be an Oktibbeha County deputy sheriff called the restaurant and accused an employee of stealing money from a restaurant customer. The manager of the restaurant was summoned to the restaurant in order to strip search the employee.[6]
|
August 30, 1996
|
Franklin, Kentucky
|
Burger King
|
[7]
|
September 9, 1998
|
Watertown, South Dakota
|
Blockbuster Video
|
[5]
|
October 29, 1998
|
Brookfield, Wisconsin
|
McDonald's
|
[8]
|
December 23, 1998
|
Toano, Virginia
|
McDonald's
|
[9][10]
|
January 20, 1999
|
Fargo, North Dakota
|
Burger King
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'.[4] A manager slapped the naked buttocks of a 17-year-old female employee after being instructed by someone on the phone claiming to be a police officer.
|
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
Discount store
|
[11]
|
June 3, 1999
|
Zanesville, Ohio
|
McDonald's
|
[12]
|
December 16, 1999
|
Blackfoot, Idaho
|
Pizza parlor
|
A 16-year-old female server working at a local pizza parlor was taken to the manager's office after a phone call made by a individual only identifying as "Officer Davis" for the Blackfoot Police Department, accused an employee of stealing a woman's purse with a $50 bill in it earlier that evening. The caller convinced the manager to strip-search the employee and to provide detailed descriptions of her naked body, including her breasts and genitalia. The incident ended when a 22-year-old male colleague of the victim came into the room and intervened, with the male employee confronting the "officer" on the phone before the caller hung up.[13]
|
April 1, 2000
|
Delaware, Ohio
|
?
|
[5]
|
July 24, 2000
|
Helena, Montana
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
McDonald's
|
August 15, 2000
|
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
Ruby Tuesday
|
(may or may not be related, no caller mentioned)[14]
|
October 5, 2000
|
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
Wendy's
|
[15]
|
Wendy's
|
Taco Bell
|
November 30, 2000
|
Leitchfield, Kentucky
|
McDonald's
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'. The restaurant manager undressed herself in the presence of a customer. The caller had convinced her that the customer was a "suspected sex offender" and that the manager, serving as bait, would enable undercover police officers to arrest him.[4]
|
December 12, 2000
|
Claypool Hill, Virginia
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
2001
|
Charleston, West Virginia
|
Hooters
|
The restaurant manager told two female employees that a police officer had called the restaurant and reported a stolen change purse. The caller told the women to strip in front of the manager and threatened them with arrest if they did not do so.[16]
|
January 2, 2001
|
Pearl, Mississippi
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
February 19, 2001
|
Lake Mary, Florida
|
Wendy's
|
[5]
|
March 1, 2001
|
Minot Air Force Base
|
Burger King
|
[17][5]
|
March 6, 2001
|
Vail, Colorado
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
March 7, 2001
|
Zanesville, Ohio
|
Taco Bell
|
[18]
|
April 27, 2001
|
Denison, Texas
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
May 3, 2001
|
Linton, Indiana
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
May 18, 2001
|
Louisa, Kentucky
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
July 15, 2001
|
Odessa, Texas
|
Burger King
|
[19]
|
September 5, 2001
|
Belmont, North Carolina
|
Taco Bell
|
[5]
|
November 1, 2001
|
Ottumwa, Iowa
|
Burger King
|
[20][21]
|
Charleston, West Virginia
|
Hardee's
|
[5]
|
December 17, 2001
|
Noblesville, Indiana
|
Arby's
|
[22]
|
Burger King
|
Employee refused to comply with caller's orders[22]
|
Pendleton, Indiana
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
December 20, 2001
|
Billings, Montana
|
Video Library
|
[5]
|
December 26, 2001
|
?
|
[23]
|
April 16, 2002
|
Wichita, Kansas
|
Applebee's
|
[5]
|
May 29, 2002
|
Roosevelt, Utah
|
McDonald's
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'.[4] An 18-year-old female McDonald's employee on her first day on the job was forced to strip naked, jog in place, and assume several poses, all in the direction of a caller on the phone.[24]
|
November 25, 2002
|
Statesboro, Georgia
|
Taco Bell
|
A manager at the restaurant received a call from a "detective" claiming that a purse had been stolen from the lobby. The manager then took a 19-year-old female employee (based on the caller's description) to the manager's office, where he completely striped the victim of her uniform, reading the clothing tags for the caller on the other end, and put them in a safe. During the incident, at the caller's orders, the manager also forced the employee to exercise before rubbing and inspecting most of her body, especially the orifices. The caller claimed this was to see if any sweat had revealed signs of "green residue" on her body, indicating that she had made contact with the supposedly stolen money.[25]
|
Ruby Tuesday
|
[5]
|
January 22, 2003
|
Wichita, Kansas
|
Village Inn
|
[5]
|
January 26, 2003
|
Davenport, Iowa
|
Applebee's
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'.[4] An assistant manager subjected a waitress to a 90-minute strip-search after receiving a collect call from someone who purported to be a regional manager for Applebee's.
|
February 2, 2003
|
Hinesville, Georgia
|
McDonald's
|
The female manager (who believed she was speaking to a police officer who was with the director of operations for the restaurant's upper management) took a female employee into the women's bathroom and strip-searched her. She also brought in a 55-year-old male janitor, who conducted a body cavity search of the woman to "uncover hidden drugs". The cavity search entailed the janitor probing the employee's vagina with his fingers.[26]
|
February 19, 2003
|
Bozeman, Montana
|
Wendy's
|
[5]
|
February 26, 2003
|
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
Unnamed restaurant
|
[27]
|
March 11, 2003
|
Marshalltown, Iowa
|
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
|
[21]
|
Mason City, Iowa
|
[5]
|
March 16, 2003
|
Dover, Delaware
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
April 23, 2003
|
Charleston, West Virginia
|
Applebee's
|
[5]
|
May 9, 2003
|
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
|
Taco Bell
|
[5]
|
June 3, 2003
|
Aurora, Colorado
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
Juneau, Alaska
|
Taco Bell
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'.[4] A manager received a call by a man supposedly working for the company that he was investigating drug abuse at the restaurant where the manager worked. The manager then picked a 14-year-old female customer who he believed to be the suspect, where he proceeded to strip-search the customer and made her perform several lewd acts at the caller's request.
|
June 5, 2003
|
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
Hardee's
|
A manager was manipulated into strip-searching a female server and holding her against her will in his office for 3 hours after being told by a caller, claiming to be a officer for the city police, that an employee had stolen money from a customer. After searching her and finding no evidence of theft, the caller then instructed the manager to check the employee for drugs instead, before telling him to touch intimate areas of the victim's body.[28]
|
June 10, 2003
|
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
|
[5]
|
June 20, 2003
|
West Plains, Missouri
|
Taco Bell
|
[5]
|
June 30, 2003
|
Idaho Falls, Idaho
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
July 11, 2003
|
Panama City, Florida
|
Winn-Dixie
|
A manager received a phone call instructing him to bring a female cashier (who matched a description provided by the caller) into an office where she was to be strip-searched. The cashier was forced to undress and assume various poses as part of the search. The incident ended when another manager entered the office to retrieve a set of keys.[29]
|
August 2003
|
Charleston, West Virginia
|
Applebee's
|
[30]
|
August 23, 2003
|
Boise, Idaho
|
Pizza Hut
|
[5]
|
October 5, 2003
|
Wright County, Minnesota
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
October 16, 2003
|
Taylorsville, Utah
|
Applebee's
|
A shift supervisor strip-searched a 42-year-old waitress after a "police officer" on the phone threatened to arrest staff members if they did not comply with his orders.[31]
|
October 31, 2003
|
Wynne, Arkansas
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
November 2003
|
Claremore, Oklahoma
|
restaurant managed by LDF Food Group, Inc.
|
[32]
|
December 2, 2003
|
Sherman, Texas
|
Pizza Hut
|
[5]
|
December 5, 2003
|
York, Nebraska
|
Wendy's
|
[5]
|
December 17, 2003
|
Dubuque, Iowa
|
McDonald's
|
[5]
|
December 18, 2003
|
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
Blockbuster Video
|
The caller accused an employee of theft and stated that the employee could be searched by a manager because of Blockbuster's "privacy policy".[33]
|
Mandan, North Dakota
|
Movie Gallery
|
The employee refused to go along with the caller's orders[34]
|
January 2, 2004
|
South Portland, Maine
|
Pizza Hut
|
[5]
|
Portland, Maine
|
Kennel Shop
|
[5]
|
February 5, 2004
|
Gresham, Oregon
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
February 13, 2004
|
Richmond, Kentucky
|
Bob Evans
|
[5]
|
February 18, 2004
|
Collinsville, Illinois
|
Burger King
|
[5]
|
February 20, 2004
|
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
|
Wendy's
|
Four separate Wendy's restaurant branches within Plymouth County, Massachusetts (West Bridgewater, Abington, Whitman, and Wareham) were the targets of a strip-search phone call hoax in the course of a single night.[35]
|
Abington, Massachusetts
|
Whitman, Massachusetts
|
Wareham, Massachusetts
|
March 17, 2004
|
Dubuque, Iowa
|
Musicland
|
[36]
|
March 22, 2004
|
Fountain Hills, Arizona
|
Taco Bell
|
A young female customer (a 17-year-old high school student on her spring break vacation enjoying lunch with her two friends) was strip-searched by a 39-year-old male manager in the backroom supposedly at the request of a police officer on the phone.[37]
|
March 25, 2004
|
Grand Island, Nebraska
|
Movie Gallery
|
[38]
|
April 9, 2004
|
Mount Washington, Kentucky
|
McDonald's
|
Strip search phone call scam#The Mount Washington incident
|
May 26, 2004
|
Joplin, Missouri
|
Sonic Drive-In
|
From Louisville Courier-Journal article 'A hoax most cruel'.[4][39]
|
Country Kitchen
|
[39]
|
Springfield, Missouri
|
Fast-food restaurant
|
Fast-food restaurant
|