He reportedly said: “Im looking for a job, that pays well, related to my military experience (Shooting and Killing the marked target).”
The joke website RentAHitman.com, which has fielded hundreds of apparently serious murder-for-hire requests, has now snared a young National Guardsman who was an aspiring killer, federal prosecutors say.
In a follow-up email, he reportedly said: “Im looking for a job, that pays well, related to my military experience so I can support my kid on the way.
RentAHitman.com was created in 2005 as a project for a class in cybersecurity. Its creator, Bob Innes,he left it live on the internet — and was shocked when he checked its inbox three years later and found hundreds of contacts from strangers wanting people killed. He now passes along such requests to law enforcement.
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