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Robbing a bank is as simple as putting pen to paper. Here are actual demand notes used in successful and unsuccessful unarmed bank robberies - - accompanied by a photo of each robber and appended with details about the robbery itself.

= a successful robbery

= an unsuccessful robbery


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31 December 11

$50’s, $100’s ROBBERY.

male, 40s, TD Bank, West Palm Beach FL, 6pm

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30 December 11

Give me all the money out of your drawer,
please don’t say anything,
if you do he will kill me.
Please hurry.

female, 50, Guaranty Bank, Roseville MN, $3313

** suspect ID’d by photo and arrested outside local bar

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29 December 11

Give me the money.

female, 19, People’s United Bank, Trumbull CT, $2800

** after arrest, suspect implicated drug dealer who forced her to rob

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21 December 11

You are being robbed.
Give me all your 100’s, 50’s and 20’s.

male, 20s, MidFirst Bank, Edmond OK, 1:36p

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20 December 11

My kid is dying and I can’t afford to pay
I’m scared and have a gun
please no GPS or red dye.

male, 50s, California Bank and Trust, Encinitas CA, 3pm

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12 December 11

This is a bomb.
It’s going to go off in 20 seconds.
I want all your 100’s, 50’s and 20’s.
Give me all your money. Hurry. Hurry.

male, 42, Chase Bank, Randolph NJ, $46,211

** suspect dropped his child off at day-care before robbery; K9s traced robber’s scent to parking lot where suspect’s key ring was found (!)

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11 December 11

I have a bomb, and a gun,
give me the money
or I will kill you.

female, 20s, Wells Fargo, Pearland TX, $3100

** suspect arrested 3 days later

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10 December 11

100s, 50s, 20s fast.

male, 57, Bank Plus, Jackson MS, $4284

** suspect asked for $5 in quarters and then passed note; later ID’d by video

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9 December 11

I just want your large bills,
don’t set any alarms
or I will blow everybody’s … heads off
— and I’ll kill you, too.

female, 42, Pacific Continental Bank, Eugene OR, $1750

** suspect later ID’d through DNA taken from bandana 

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7 December 11

You are being robbed.
Give me all the $100 dollar bills in your drawer.
You have 10 seconds.
No alarms. No dye packs.

male, 23, Kansas State Bank, Manhattan KS, 9:30a

** suspect arrested after subsequent robbery 5 days later

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