A New Orleans woman allegedly sought a hitman to kill a romantic rival, so what better place to go find one than the Internet?

This woman, Zandra Ellis, finally settled on one service that advertised hitman services. The website in question was, in fact, a parody.

As you may already have guessed, this story does not end well.

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This news comes courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which published a statement this week.

This parody website had its own web-based intake form for would-be solicitors to fill out, “in their own words, the who, what, when, where, and why for requested services.”

“The site boasts its own fictitious privacy statement known as HIPPA (Hitman Information Privacy & Protection Act of 1964) and is linked directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov),” U.S. Attorneys said.

Whatever the name of the parody website, U.S. Attorneys would not identify it.

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Last July Ellis met with an FBI undercover agent who posed as a hitman. Ellis confirmed an ongoing feud with the romantic rival and reiterated her desire to have that person killed. She agreed to pay the “hitman” $1,000.

Eilis provided a $100 down payment. Federal agents then arrested her. They did so ever so promptly.

This week, Ellis pleaded guilty to transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce.

Do you think a story like this is an anomaly?

Not quite.

The Hayride reported in April that a Tennessee man ran afoul of the law after he allegedly got involved with a similar parody website, Rentahitman.com.

In 2005 a team of entrepreneurs started rentahitman.com to advertise…wait for it…a cyber security startup company.

The company failed. Rentahitman.com remained. During the next decade, people tried to use the website for murder-for-hire services. The authors transformed it into a parody page that showcased false testimonials from people who claimed they used it to find hitmen. The website also (sarcastically) advertised for hired killers.