The creator of a fictitious “hire a hitman” website claims to have saved the lives of 150 people.
After accidentally creating a website called “Rent a Hitman” that was full of cheeky jokes, Bob Innes was inundated with requests to hire an assassin.
In 2005, Bob Innes purchased the website domain name “rentahitman.com” to promote his website traffic analysis services.
Bob was in business school at the time, and the term “hit” referred to the number of clicks a client’s website received.
His domain name did not take off for the first five years.
However, he revealed to The Guardian that in 2010, he began receiving messages from people who wanted certain people killed.
Innes came across a message from Helen, who claimed to be stranded in Canada and had misplaced her passport.
Helen stated in her message that she wanted three members of her family in the United Kingdom killed for “screwing her out of her father’s inheritance.”
While Innes initially dismissed the message, she persisted, even sending him the names, addresses, and other corroborating information of the people she wanted killed.
As a result, he pretended to be an assassin and responded to her message.
“Do you still require our assistance?” he replied, “in which case we can put you in touch with a Field Operative.”
Helen sent him her legal name, address, and phone number within hours, which he passed on to the cops.
“Three people’s lives were truly in jeopardy,” he stated.
Innes decided to keep the website after the first incident, even filling it with jokes and clues to show it wasn’t the real deal.
The website is full of amusing jokes, such as referring to his services as a “point and click solution.”
It brags about serving children and assures readers that they are protected by the “Hitman Information Privacy Protection Act (HIPPA)”.
Despite the jokes, Innes is inundated with requests for assassins, which he eventually passes on to the cops.
The website was set up as a decoy for those looking to commit such crimes, claiming to be able to “make any troubled relationship disappear.”
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“Caught my husband cheating with the babysitter and resolved after a free public relations consultation,” one fake review on the fake site, which has now gained worldwide notoriety thanks to Mrs Wein’s act, said.
“I’m back on the market and looking to mingle.”
According to Innes, he has saved the lives of a number of people.
The news is summarized on Brinkwire.
