Cruel prankster sends Atlanta into a frenzy with fake In-N-Out location



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The burger-loving residents of Atlanta were subject to the cruelest April Fools' joke in the nation when a prankster hung an "In-N-Out COMING SOON!" sign outside an empty building.

The very official-looking sign appeared outside the Little Five Points Coin Laundry and Dry Cleaners in Atlanta on April 1, prompting an outpouring of excitement on social media.

Sadly, however, there will be no animal-style fries in Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called the phone number listed on the poster and found it was disconnected. Further investigation uncovered the origin of the number: It's 281-330-8004, the number used by rapper Mike Jones in his song 'Back Then.'

Mike Jones is not affiliated with In-N-Out, nor does he have the power to hire fast food workers.

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The Journal-Constitution did discover that a restaurant is taking over the old dry cleaner space. It's going to be a Nashville hot chicken restaurant — delicious, no doubt, but not an In-N-Out burger.

A few years ago, the Bay Area was also host to a devastating In-N-Out hoax. An empty storefront on Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley suddenly got a sign proclaiming an In-N-Out would open in that space.

It was the work of a clever prankster with access to a printing service.