follow this on twitterThis is a bank robbery,
place 1 100.00 bill
on the counter
or I will shoot you.
male, 41, First National Bank Alaska, Anchorage AK 12:01p
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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 robberyDo It Yourself
Feeling lucky? Have the Random Bank Note Generator do the work.
male, 41, First National Bank Alaska, Anchorage AK 12:01p
male, 30, Citizens Bank, Bensalem PA $4000
male, 28, Key Bank, Vancouver WA, 11:15a, $1785
female, 19, Wachovia Bank, Vienna VA, “the Cell Phone Bandit”
male, ??, First Security Bank, Magna UT, 10:53a
male, mid 20s, Bank of California, Union CA, 1:27p “the Soda Jerk Bandit”
female, 30, Wells Fargo, Hillsborough OR
male, ??, Midland Bank, Mission KS
** note the cereal box concealing his ‘weapon’
female, 34, Wells Fargo, Santa Cruz WA, 5:30p
“The Bag Lady Bandit”
** lady bank robbers tend to use bags
‘Note’ robberies are the single most popular method of robbing banks today. Some use a one-line directive. Others are explicit in detail. Some are plain bizarre. Each day there is another.
This book collects Notes from successful and unsuccessful bank robberies - “note jobs” in FBI-parlance. And much like you see here on this blog, provides the vital stats for each attempt.
The contents of these hapless acts fall somewhere between Art and Sociology. Ever since Woody Allen’s ‘Take the Money and Run’ I have been intrigued by the brutal urgency of demand notes and the audacity of those who have created them.
As featured on PSFK, The Atlantic, Boing Boing, BuzzFeed, Utne Reader, Creative Review, Sundance Channel, truTV, New York Times, The Stranger…
“…fascinating…” - Utne Reader
“…hilarious…” - Comedy Central
“…a brilliant collection of notes…” - Creative Review
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