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[CW: SV] Today I learned about something horrifying called the "strip search phone call scam" (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 days ago by BeanisBrain@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Short version: guy posing as a cop calls random restaurants impersonating a police officer and convinces staff to commit escalating acts of sexual violence against arbitrarily singled out female employees. He successfully pulls this off dozens of times and gets away with it (a suspect was arrested but not convicted).

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 days ago

They made a movie about this — not sure if the Wikipedia article mentions it — Compliance.

I can see why the guy wasn’t convicted though. The people who participated wanted to participate (except the victim). The managers involved definitely wanted to do those things. They absolutely could have ended the call but it justified their fantasies. At least that was the read I got from the movie. Like this guy's too beta to make the move but the caller justifies his authority.