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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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24 February 10

Give me 6 $100 bills
No alarms
and wait 4 minutes

male, 73, Bank of America, Tampa FL, $600

** identified from surveillance photo

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12 February 10

This is a robbery.
Hand over all the cash in your drawer
and everybody will remain safe!!
no alarms; no dye packs.

male, 20s, Acushnet Federal Credit Union, Acushnet MA, 11:40a

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1 January 10

give $2,700.00
mainly large bills,
no die packs,
no alarms
and no one gets hurt.

male, 57, Regions Bank, Decatur GA, $1750

**arrested 3 days and 1 bank robbery later, identified by photo

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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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4 December 09

No alarms or else you die.

male, 24, Sterling Savings Bank, Federal Way WA

** identified by photo - shot & killed by police 2 weeks later

Tags: alarms die
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30 November 09

You have 15 seconds
to put at least $9,000 
in $100’s & $50’s in front of me.
Alarms, dye packs, bait money,
tracking devices, or follow me out,
will equal death.
My briefcase
will inflict a deadly wrath
on all of you in this bank
if you follow me.
Time starts now!

male, 29, Sun Trust Bank, Waynesboro VA, $727

** Wearing ‘dreadlock’ disguise. Caught 34 hours later.

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28 October 09

$5,000 in 20s and 50s.
No dye packs,
no alarms,
no one gets hurt.

male, 30s, Capital One, Brooklyn NY 2:45p

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21 October 09

This is not a joke.
I have a gun loaded. Ready.
I want all the money in the drawer now.
No dye packs or alarms.
If there are, this place will ‘explode.’
Do as I say and everyone will be OK.
If not, people will die.

male, 25, Croghan Colonial Bank, Ballville, OH

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6 October 09

Do not hit any alarms
or people will die.
I have a gun and will use it!
Your are to got
to the drive through tellers drawer
and empty it of ever 100, 50 and 20 
no dye packs or tracking devices —
then empty your drawer of every
100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1,
no alarms, no dye packs
or tracking devices
or I’ll use my gun
-hurry up

male, 29, Riverside Bank, Port St. Lucie FL, 11:15a

** caught by tracking device - the irony!

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12 September 09

THIS IS A HOLDUP, I HAVE A GUN,
BILLS ONLY, BOTH DRAWERS,
NO BAIT MONEY, NO JUNK MONEY,
NO ALARMS

male, 44, Fifth Third Bank, Louisville KY

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