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Woman jailed after RentaHitman.com assassin turned out to be – surprise – FBI
- sdevlimbo 3y agoWhat are the chances that the website is a honeypot?
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- hyperhopper 3y agoPlease don't comment without reading the article. The article clearly states it is not a real website intended to actually connect killers with clients.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoNeither is a honeypot…
- zztop44 3y agoYes, but the article clearly states that the website is a joke, not a honeypot.
- jfghi 3y agoOnly 18 months?
- epicureanideal 3y agoGender disparities in sentencing is a statistically well documented issue.
- merpnderp 3y agoYeah I’m in awe that attempted murder only gets you 18 months at the federal level. For some reason we’ve decided that murder and attempted murder just aren’t that big a deal anymore.
- kristjansson 3y ago> She also told the undercover g-man that her real name was Zandra Ellis, confirmed she wanted BH killed, paid him $100 for the hit, and agreed to pay the remaining balance in $250 installments every two weeks This person really tried to put a hit on layaway.
- wavemode 3y agoIt's a good business model. Noone would dare default on such a loan.
- p1mrx 3y ago> This person really tried to put a hit on layaway. Layaway would mean $100 for kidnapping and $900 later to close the contract. Sounds like a deal until you get the bill for room and board.
- anigbrowl 3y agoRuthless
- upupupandaway 3y agoMaybe WeWork can reinvent itself in this... business.
- mcphage 3y agoYeah, this is more rent-to-own.
- tastyfreeze 3y agoIf you can't pay for a hit in one payment, maybe try DIY instead of a payment plan to save some dough.
- m463 3y agowouldn't that be DHY?
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- chii 3y agoAt what point would it be considered entrapment to have law enforcement run these honeypots?
- smegsicle 3y agosomething about working to convince someone that breaking the law is a good idea
- pilif 3y agoAccording to the article, in this case it was a (pretty obvious) parody website and the webmaster called law enforcement on their own.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoIf the parody was obvious, why isn’t being a customer also considered parody? If it was a real hitman site, presumably it would be illegal for the site owner and not just customers.
- yieldcrv 3y agoshe was charged with "threatening communications over interstate commerce", if she had money for appeals court she'd probably walk free with a constitutionally questionable law like that just because the feds never go after anyone with money with their weaker laws doesn't mean their laws represent legality or illegality. you just still might wind up in prison for being indicted and convicted of something illegal. this changes when you're rich and your rights matter if they indicted her with a conspiracy charge that could be stronger. but I've seen those get dropped on appeal too specifically with some kind of parody/fan fiction defense. so what's the difference? it's unresolved.
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- tedunangst 3y agoLesson learned: don't take your assassin larp to Waffle House.
- COAGULOPATH 3y agoHas anyone ever hired a hitman WITHOUT it being an undercover agent?
- CamperBob2 3y agoThere's a famous instance in Seattle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wales
- defrost 3y agoSure. The instances we know for certain about are on FBI recordings of organised crime meeting places and in the details confirmed confessionals of assassin plea deals. It seems reasonable to conclude there are non-LEO assassins for hire that haven't yet been caught or recorded.
- paulpauper 3y agoi am sure many have. the hitman simply runs off with the $
- chriscjcj 3y agoI suppose it has happened, but I agree with the point you're making. Unless you're really connected and know exactly WTF you're doing, there's probably about a 99.99% chance that the hitman you've hired will be an undercover agent.
- sersi 3y agoIn 2003, in Hong Kong, see https://www.scmp.com/article/399304/diners-flee-teahouse-execution https://www.scmp.com/article/399304/diners-flee-teahouse-exe...
- dgrin91 3y agoA few years back there was a hilarious case of a guy who hired a hitman, and that hitman subcontracted to someone else... who did the same.... who did the same... x5. In the end the last guy was so cheap & bad that he got caught and the whole chain went down. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/10/25/chinese-developer-five-hitmen-sentenced-after-failed-murder-outsource/4094899002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/10/25/chinese...
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- jasonhansel 3y agoUnfortunately, the fake hitman site has been shut down, apparently due to financial difficulties: https://rentahitman.com/ https://rentahitman.com/
- LoganDark 3y ago> This website uses yummy cookies. ZAHFjkdahflkasd > We are 100% HIPPA Compliant sdajfkghlkhgfjhlgasldhjkfgblhj (this website is a meme, who would ever believe it??)
- lemper 3y agobelieve it or not, literacy is a skill. many has it and many more doesn't. not to mention, humour is difficult. so, never set you expectation too high.
- thrill 3y agoLiteracy is an effort.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoliteracy is easy. I read word, make sound. common sense, credulity, and being able to place things in contexts, esp. ones you might not know, is also a skill, and arguably what this person was missing. Like she was able to email and negotiate with the undercovers, she clearly had basic literacy.
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- lakpan 3y agoIt looks like their form submission handler is being annoying, probably because it was being asked to store a database of murder requests. In the day of free static hosting and insane amounts of otherwise free computing power, it's hard to believe it's "financially difficult" to serve web page and store what probably is a form submission per week at most. Also from the website: > I have purposefully refrained from accepting funds from any source to avoid any misinterpretation. and in the next paragraph: > [if you] feel inclined to contribute, you can do so by clicking the SUPPORT link Guy's weird.
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- steve_adams_86 3y agoI guess I better be more careful about the websites I use to find hitmen!
- fbdab103 3y agoSounds like a market exists for a hire-a-hitman review site. Some kind of guarantees on how many of the agents my be feds.
- Miserlou57 3y agoWe need a more anonymous site for this. Hitmonchan.
- neom 3y agoCouple of interviews with the Rent a Hitman webmaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiPajuyET1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiPajuyET1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYBCuU1C1xg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYBCuU1C1xg And fun short doc by wavy websurf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHDWi4EEW2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHDWi4EEW2c
- chriscjcj 3y agoDoes fruit hang any lower than this?
- tumsfestival 3y agoNot the first idiot that falls for this website. If it were kids, I might forgive the ignorance and lack of common sense, but how are fully grown adults this naive and oblivious? It always boggles my mind.
- red-iron-pine 3y agolike all things, it's a bellcurve. and it's a big curve. by definition 50% are dumber than the median. and now remember that most of these people have cell phones and can post on the internet. and vote.