Since I work in aviation, this is one of my favorite pranks of all time. It works like a charm, but you have to know enough information about what your job's logistics are and are not, in order to make it work. (i.e. If you work in food, the health code enforcers, if you work in retail the higher ups, if you work in aviation, the FAA, TSA, etc.) There are two ways to leave them.. You can decide to leave it up to a "surprise inspection" so that they panick and think they are going to be investigated, or you can just come out with the truth, I find the previous to be the funniest.

1.) On a very busy day, enlist someone, or disguise your voice and make a phone call to your immediate supervisor, using an alias such as "Special Agent Amanda Johnson with the Federal Aviation Administration or 'Inspector Curtis Brown with the County Health Code Enforcement, or Second Lieutenant Frederick Taylor with the Classified Drug Abatement Administration". (You can make these up, even the titles, as long as they are long and sound professional. Make sure you use the full title, it's much more effective.)

2.) Create a suspicious scenario either a surprise inspection, or a specific situation involving one of your employees or any situation that 'has occured'. i.e. "We've been informed of a situation that has taken place involving one of your employees, (insert employee name and crazy scenario here)." Make it sound good.

3.) Have fun with it, but don't forget to let them know it was a joke, after they've panicked.. of course.

*I've found this especially effective if you work with someone REALLY gullible. Then you can use anything.. The Federal Bureau of Investigation involving a murder or burglary that has taken place, Florida Fish and Wildlife involving a wild animal that has been reported to have ransacked a house at the address of (fill their address here). It works like a charm! :)

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