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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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18 May 11

I have a gun! Give me the cash!

male, 27, Warsaw Federal Loan and Savings, East Price Hill OH, 1:40p

** suspect caught at his home

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16 May 11

I have a gun.
Put all the money in envelope.

male, 20s, Bankers Trust, Des Moines IA, 12:40p

** suspect approached teller singing

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26 November 10

Give me all the money
I got a gun
4500 or 2500.

male, 32, Compass Bank, Mobile AL, $2884

** suspect ID’d by relatives

Tags: backpack
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23 November 10

Give me cash, I have a bomb in my backpack

male, ??, Atlantic Bank, Bay Ridge NY, $3600

Tags: backpack
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6 June 10

This is a holdup!
Give me money

male, 55, PNC Bank, Wilkes-Barre PA, $2530

** caught a couple hours later

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28 May 10

This is a robbery
Don’t give me a dye pack
or a tracker

female, 42, Chase Bank, Eugene OR, $336

** suspect handed dye-pack.

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3 April 10

This is a robbery,
give me all your money

male, 40s, Berkshire Bank, West Reading PA, 2:20p

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29 March 10

I have a gun. I’m not afraid to use it.
Me and my friend know where you live at.
No alarms no cops.
I will shoot you or someone.
Put $20,000 in the bag.

male, 26, PNC Bank, Fredericksburg VA, $8804

** arrested 3 days later with female accomplice, police spotted getaway vehicle

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