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tulipsandroses

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2. Reminds me of another case - hit man was hired

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:01 PM

Jul 2021

To kill a man for his domain name. Luckily, he got the better hand and took out the hit man. He had been threatened by a popular social media figure to give up his domain name. When he didn’t, a hit was put out. Just crazy. I’ll see if I can find the report on that case. It was a while ago. I wonder how many times this has happened.

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'Swatting' call leads to death of Sumner County man targeted for his Twitter handle [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 OP

So freaking scary and devastating to this family Docreed2003 Jul 2021 #1

Reminds me of another case - hit man was hired tulipsandroses Jul 2021 #2

There have been cases Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 #3

Yeah, " Swatting"I'm familiar with. Killing tulipsandroses Jul 2021 #4

I think it's the first time Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 #5

Social media influencer gets 14 years in prison for plot to 'hijack' website at gunpoint tulipsandroses Jul 2021 #6