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Ep 78: DARK WEB: Rent-A-Hitman: How a Fake Website Led to Multiple Arrests

3AM Fear

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In 2010, Bob Innes, the owner of a website called RentAHitman.com, received a strange request via email. The message came from a British woman named Helen, who was stranded in Canada without her passport. However, instead of asking for help, Helen had a darker request—she wanted to hire a hitman to eliminate three family members back in the UK. She claimed they had cheated her out of her inheritance and wanted revenge. At first, Bob wasn’t sure if Helen was serious or if this was just another prank email. But when she followed up, providing personal information about her family members, including their names and addresses, Bob knew he had to take action. Unfortunately, Helen was not the only one to contact Bob. Check out the full episode now on all platforms. Episode show notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.3amfear.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Narrated by: Nikita Ferrao Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@3amfearpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ncferraoauthor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find me on Youtube @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠3AM Fear Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free thriller eBook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ncferrao.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.purple-planet.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode Music: Music: Halloween 1 by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3qumnPH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/33RWRtP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email me on nikita@3amfear.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RentAHitman.com https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/rent-a-hitman-wendy-wein-murder-for-hire-sting-operation-1066756/ https://people.com/crime/rentahitman-website-bob-innes-parody-lures-real-life-criminals/ https://rentahitman.com/ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/iowa-girl-17-arrested-for-using-parody-website-to-try-and-rent-a-hitman-to-kill-7-year-old-child-101686292392867.html https://abc7news.com/rent-a-hitman-murder-for-hire-arrest-website/11273056/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/07/hitman_for_hire_jail/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/fbi-would-be-hitman-arrested

16m 32s  ·  Oct 8, 2024

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