Kristopher Browne

Kristopher Browne

An Air National Guardsman thought a parody website for hitmen was real and tried to get work. Turns out he was messaging the FBI. | Boing Boing

An Air National Guardsman thought a parody website for hitmen was real and tried to get work. Turns out he was messaging the FBI. | Boing Boing:

Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, an Air National Guardsman from Tennessee, chanced across rentahitman.com and tried to sign up despite it glowing like the sun. He submitted his ID, his resume, and a cover letter identifying him as an expert marksman. At some point the site's operators realized he wasn't messing around and called in the FBI, which he soon agreed to kill someone for, earning himself federal charges instead of the anticipated $5,000.

It feels like Air National Guard might not be recruiting all the best…