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[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 6 points 56 minutes ago

Contact your local FBI office - they'll put you in touch with some of the people they're keeping an eye on. You'll have to wear a wire though.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 50 minutes ago

Asking about it on lemmy, i would say incredibly hard.

[–] Remoed@lemmings.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

All you gotta do is use www.rentahitman.com They've been around for a few years now and have heard good things about them.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Ask Tiger King πŸ˜‚

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 37 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Its pretty easy to hire a hitman on the dark web. Just be aware, they all seem to be undercover FBI agents.

[–] tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

Well it makes sense to hire an FBI guy, they have the training and experience.

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

So what I just type in Hitman...not the game and there it is? Also how does one use the dark web? Never thought about it. But a friend or so called friend just got busted for hiring a hit man to kill her adult son. And when I knew here I had to teach her how to use windows and type. So I am guessing and correct me if I am wrong it must be pretty easy to use the dark web.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Or she just used Facebook marketplace.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago

You can Google it, there are guides

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 31 points 13 hours ago

Please don't go further with your curiosity.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 12 points 12 hours ago

Just stop man damn

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

You need a browser such as Tor to access the dark web, from there its similar to the rest of the internet. I'll let you figure out the rest and you too could be targeted by your own FBI sting!

[–] HATEFISH@midwest.social 5 points 14 hours ago

For the most part it's just a different browser and way weirder looking links that make navigation too much of a chore for average day to day users, but there are link aggregators, forums, and search tools for finding whatever category of the web you're looking for.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 64 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Professional hitmen don't actually exist. It's a 'business' that you can't possibly advertise for and has no way for the customer to assess the quality of the provider in advance. Sometimes killings do happen in exchange for money, but they don't involve someone that is a professional killer that works with the public as their primary source of income. It just doesn't exist. But there are some cases where killing does happen for money.

Sometimes two people will conspire to kill another for profit. Maybe one spouse hates another spouse. They ask a close friend or relative to kill their spouse, and they offer a portion of proceeds from life insurance as a payment for their risk and trouble. Or they're cheating on their spouse with someone else, stand to inherit all their spouses assets upon their demise, and promise to marry the person they're cheating with, thus sharing all the assets with them. In this case, it's not a stranger being hired; the killer has known the person 'hiring' them for decades.

Some killings-for-hire are gang related. A gang wants someone killed. They don't hire a random person to do it. They get one of their own members, who they've already known for many years and is a full member of the gang. In compensation for the huge risk the person is taking on to perform the deed, they offer a large sum of cash. Again, an unvetted stranger is not being hired. This person has likely already committed numerous crimes on the gang's behalf in the past. When you've already committed enough crimes on a gang's behalf to get you years in prison, a murder isn't such a stretch.

Some killings-for-hire are done at the behest of nation-states. Spycraft. The KGB or CIA hire someone in a foreign country who is already sympathetic to them to kill someone the intelligence agency wants taken out. The intelligence agency doesn't just select anyone, they go through a long vetting process just like they would any other intelligence asset. In fact, the potential assassin has likely already provided good intelligence and assistance to them for years, already risked extensive jail time or worse. If you're a US military member that's been providing intelligence to the KGB for a decade and have already participated in sabotage efforts, you're already looking at treason charges if you're caught. Offing someone for the KGB isn't such an escalation. And when a nation-state hires someone to perform a killing, they also offer the person a plausible way out. The CIA can hire someone to kill someone for them in a foreign country and hand that person a US passport along with a few million safely in a US bank account in their name. Hell, they can make sure the assassin's family has been given US citizenship and is already in the US before the deed is done. The CIA assassin can perform the killing, and as long as they can get to US or friendly territory before the foreign cops catch up with them, they'll be completely free and clear. And regardless, their family will already be set for life in the US.

These are the kinds of scenarios where killings actually do occur in exchange for money. No one hires someone to kill another that they haven't heavily vetted. If a random civilian is going to hire someone else to kill someone, they won't hire a professional assassin. They'll hire their brother or their lover. Otherwise contract killings only are done by organizations like gangs or national intelligence agencies, and they only hire people to do so that they've worked with for years and who has already committed numerous less severe crimes for them in the past.

In short, there really is no such thing as a professional assassin that serves the general public. Maybe if you are the spouse of a high-level violent gang member, you might be able to convince them to use the gang's resources to pay one of their trusted members to kill someone in exchange for cash. But if you're just a random average person? Forget it. There simply are not professional contract killers hiding in the shadows that a random civilian can hire if they have the cash. Anyone claiming to be that is simply a cop. Any person who DID try to start a career like this would be caught very quickly and have a very, very short career.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Professional hitmen don't actually exist.

Sammy β€œThe Bull” Gravano would probably disagree with you. He’d likely consider himself a professional since he admitted to involvement in 19 murders. Granted they were all mob related, and not β€œfor hire” by anybody with a pile of cash and a grudge…

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 14 hours ago

Look, I'll do it for a hundred bucks just to spite this person who wrote a pretty good reply. Be the chaos you want to see.

/s

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

This applies to the US and western Europe. There are places in the world where hitmen can be hired by normal people, but they are closer to homeless drug addicts than the sort of professional you are probably envisioning.

[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 42 points 17 hours ago (8 children)

From my extensive experience in this area (true crime podcasts lol), if your hitman is either quoting a reasonable price or offering a payment plan, they're a cop.

Unless you're in South Africa, in which case you can legitimately walk in to a bar and hire a murderer for a very reasonable price.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

From what I've heard that also applies to some South American countries. But in any developed country it's basically unthinkable to do something like this without getting caught.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 27 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

From my extensive experience in this area (true crime podcasts lol), if your hitman is either quoting a reasonable price or offering a payment plan, they’re a cop.

And the ones asking for payment up front will enjoy the free money. What, were you going to get a receipt for that?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Seriously man, it's a good price, and I have a plan setup with Affirm for payments, you can spread it out over at least a year.

"You better hope I can't get no bullets on layaway..."

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

LMAO ok now you got me curious what consists of a reasonable price? If the guy I was first married to who beat the shit out of me and raped me how much would that be?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 18 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Getting kinda specific here...

Edit: really sorry you went through that, but I hope you're not thinking about making a rash decision.

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no been through therapy for it and left the state. Was just kind of curious if someone would kill a abuser/rapist at less of a rate than like an ex husband who is well off.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

How easy or hard is it to hire a Hitman?

That's the man right there, Officer.

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

Seriously though I don't know if it is a stupid ass trope or what but people seem easily to contact.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

There was a movie about this last year. It was based on a true story, but strays a bit from what actually happened. It's pretty good. It's called Hitman.

It’s called Hitman.

There's also a series of science-based, 100% hitman simulator video games of the same name.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Last year? I only know 2007 and 2015 with 2007 being better IMO.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Man_(2023_film)

That one. Glen Powell actually showed some serious acting chops in that movie, I really enjoyed it.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I watched this one in the last two weeks, would recommend for sure. They even go into detail about how public hitman requests aren’t a thing. Like other commenters have said, the β€˜industry’ is primarily gangs, mobs, corporate or governmental agencies and all of them have their vetted, go-to guys. Not general public, and if you, as a normie, think you’re talking to one? They’re a cop, %100.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I just watched it. It's better than it has any right to be. Fun movie.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Exactly, just dumb fun. But, also murderously cute. Idk, they have you rooting for the bad guys. πŸ˜‚

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Oh, lol. I'll take a look!

[–] sobanto@feddit.org 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The German Name for the Film is "A killer romance". I dont know why they change the english name to an other english name but they did it.

Can recommend the film.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

It's all about the marketing. They probably wanted German audiences to know its a romantic comedy and not just an action movie

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

DM me, I'll hook you up πŸ˜‡

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[–] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

US:

A common murderer-for-hire is difficult to hire because they'll probably take your money and disappear. A muderer-for-hire that won't get caught is impossible to hire because they don't advertise to the common person.

If you want the full package then it'll cost you five to ten years: Commit a somewhat violent crime to avoid being sentenced to minimum security prison. You'll have lots of time. There's not much to do except be violent and learn whatever you want from other inmates and books. Choose your friends wisely.

[–] tuckerm@supermeter.social 5 points 16 hours ago

You need some kind of special coin -- no, I'm not sure where to get one -- and then you go to this hotel right here. Then you go to the bar and ask.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

From my understanding, in Brazil, you just ask your local dealer if he knows someone and he'll put you in touch

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ok that has me thinking never go to Brazil.

Well first off go look at all those articles where someone hires a hitman and is arrested. its harder than that for sure but you keep seeing the stories pop up.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The dark web is a pretty good bet. Going into a bar is probably going to get you arrested.

If you go through the dark web don’t meet the hit man in person. Remain anonymous (plausible deniability). Use an anonymous way to send money. I have no experience in the dark web but I’d assume there is a way to do the equivalent of an escrow account. Where you put the money in and it won’t release until contract is complete.

[–] Nytefyre@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 16 hours ago

The Dark Web is full of honey pots set by the FBI. Chances are, you're never going to find an actual hitman for hire without it being a sting operation.

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