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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


Compiled by Ken Habarta

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28 January 10

Give me you 100s and 50s
from your top drawer

male, 30s, National City Bank, Massillion OH, 12:58p

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23 January 10

I have a gun.
Give me 100s and 50s.
No dye packs.

male, 38, Fidelity Bank, Enyon PA, 10:45a

** fingerprints on bank note traced

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4 January 10

This is a pipe bomb,
send me all your 100s and 20s.

male, Wachovia Bank, Johns Creek GA, $3000

** drive-thru robbery - bandit sent note wrapped around a ‘pipe bomb’ to teller

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23 December 09

GIVE ME YOUR MONEY
100, 50, 20s,
NO ALRMS NO TRICKS.
I HAVE A GUN UNDER MY SHIRT

male, 20s, Sovereign Bank, Bellingham CT, 10:08a

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28 November 09

This is a holdup.
Give me 100’s, 50’s, 20’s.
Hurry up.

male, 38, Scotiabank, Ontario CAN, $9600, “The Exchange Bandit

** An investment banker (!) by day  - earned his nickname by first asking tellers ‘What the exchange rate was for the dollar?’ and then handing them a demand note. Turned himself in after 6 years of lunchtime robberies.

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16 November 09

Robbery,
don’t be a hero,
start with a stack of 100’s
and a stack of 20’s,
no funny money.

female, 40s, Las Vegas NV

** spooked and left without money

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20 October 09

Do exactly what this says,
fill the bag with $100s, $50s and $20s,
a dye pack
will bring me back
for your ass, do it now.
Truely yours

male, 28, PNC Bank, ???

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