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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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4 January 12

I’m armed.
Give me all your money.
Don’t hit the alarm.
No bait bills
and don’t call the police
until I leave.

female, 30s, IBC Bank, Bethany OK, 5:52p

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5 December 11

Do not say more than how can I help you.
Give me as many $100’s & $50’s
within 20 seconds.
When I say OK,
hand me the cash directly
with no envelope.

male, 33, RBC Bank, Venice FL, 10:44a

** arrested on anonymous tip later that day

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14 November 11

I have a gun.
Give me Everything in your drawer in the back.
No Bait or Alarm until I leave

male, 22, SunTrust Bank (inside Kroger), Apex NC, $4500

** ID’d by surveillance photo 

Tags: baseball cap
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8 November 11

Give me 400 $100 bills.
Just do what this says.
Don’t push the alarm.

male, 19, KeyBank, Issaquah WA, $4000

** ID’d by surveillance photos; caught at local hotel

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30 October 11

Plz don’t make me/Just hand over your cash
No Dye Packs! No problems
Just do it

male, 28, Eastern Bank, Falmouth MA, 10:45a

** suspect caught after subsequent robbery

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26 October 11

Give me all the money
and no one gets hurt!

male, 30s, TD Bank, Roselle NJ, 4:34p

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17 October 11

Fill the bag with money.
Nobody will get hurt.

male, 30s, BancFirst, Oklahoma City OK, 9am

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14 October 11

all the money in the drawer
i have a gun

male, 30s, East Boston Savings Bank, Wakefield  MA, 3pm

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12 October 11

This is a robbery.

male, 30s, Chase Bank, Fair Lawn NJ, $3400

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25 September 11

Give me $1,200 
and you won’t get hurt

male, 43, Emprise Bank, Wichita KS, 2:30p

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