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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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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 

Tags: bandana
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27 August 11

Give me $300
or else

male, 30, Fifth Third Bank, Pontaic MI, 9:46a

** suspect walked in and out of the bank 3 times, wedging door open with a stick; tellers notified police, arrested before he even passed the note

Tags: bandana
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22 December 10

everything

male, 20s, Peoples National Bank, Powdersville SC, 5p

** teller offered to help suspect take the money out to his car; he declined

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25 November 10

I WANT $20 GRAND IN 20 SECOND’S
NO DIE PACK’S NO TRACER
OR YOU DIE FIRST
18 SECOND’S HAS PAST!!

male, 39, Regions Bank, Palm Bay FL, $17600

** suspect robbed same bank 1 year later (!), arrested on anonymous tip after 3rd robbery

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15 November 10

Give me all your $100s and $50s.
Not a joke.

male, 47, Farmers Bank of Willards, Salisbury DE, $1785

** suspect arrested two days later after police traced rental car back to bandit’s girlfriend

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20 October 10

This is a robbery.
Put the money in the envelope.
Be quiet.

male, 40s, Parkvale Savings Bank, Scott Township PA, 3:58p

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14 August 10

This is a robbery
No dye packs
Stay calm and normal

male, 39, Chase Bank, Sheffield Lake OH, 3:58p, $1845

** suspect arrested day after robbery on parole violation (!)

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16 July 10

Give me all the money.

male, 20s, Desert Schools Federal Credit Union, Mesa AZ, 3:16p

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10 May 10

I’ll shoot you in the face,
give me all the money

male, late 20s, Fifth Third Bank, Roseville MI, $3000

 

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17 January 10

This is a robbery
the bank needs to bail me out

female, 49, PNC Bank, Sharonville OH “the Bailout Bandit”

** left without money. Turned herself in the next day.

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