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The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...
Prank call. A prank call (also known as a crank call or a hoax call or a goof call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person answering. It is often a type of nuisance call. It can be illegal under certain circumstances. Recordings of prank phone calls became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette ...
Jack Jersawitz (August 13, 1934 – December 6, 2012) was an American television host, mayoral candidate, and Marxist activist. He was well known for hosting a Public-access TV show called Brainstorms, a current events talk show on People TV, featuring live telephone call segments that were often targeted by prank callers.
Since there is no limit to a scam artist’s potential, recognizing signs of common scams will serve you well. Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block ...
The Tube Bar prank calls are a series of prank calls [1] [2] made in the mid-1970s to the Tube Bar in Jersey City, New Jersey, in which Jim Davidson and John Elmo would ask "Red," the proprietor of the bar, if they could speak to various non-existent customers. The gag names given by the pranksters were puns and homophones for often offensive ...
Laugh 4 Life is a popular YouTube channel with 1.17 million subscribers who tune in to check out some of the group’s pranks. The channel’s most recent hit “Stealing People’s Groceries ...
Rickey Smiley. Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley ...