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This particular scam, yes.

From Post #20: Arpaio said. It appears the scam has been circulating since 1999. A person or persons call fast-food restaurants pretending to be law enforcement officers or corporate directors looking to arrest store employees, Arpaio said."

We had a case here in SD earlier this month for sure, and I believe a second before that this year.

There was a case on the east coast a couple weeks prior; there is the list of states at the end of this particular article.

There's the Indiana case cited in the Ananova story, in post #24.

Most I've heard about are identical: Caller poses as cop; asks about a female employee who is 'wanted'; tells manager to strip search; always mentions 'jumping jacks'.