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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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21 March 10

no dye pack,
no tracker,
20’s, 50’s and 100’s
or I’m going to pull this.

male, 40, PNC Bank, Philadelphia PA, $2640

** Caught 3 mos later sleeping in his car. Suspect kept one of his hands down by his side to imply he was armed. In the suspect’s appeal, he argued that the use of the phrase “pull this” is not a threat of death because “it inarticulately implied that he possessed some unknown intention, capacity, or object. The defining quality of the statement, therefore, is that it was too vague to permit any conclusion as to what it meant.” Hmmm.

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20 March 10

Put money in bag

male, 58, TD Bank, Plymouth PA, $300

** arrested following day after ID via surveillance photos

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21 January 10

I don’t want to hurt anyone.
Count out $2,000 into my hand.
No dye pack or you’ll get hurt.
Merry Christmas and New Years.

male, 30, Franklin Bank, Minneapolis MN, 10:15a, $4097

** arrested when getaway van ran a stop sign

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8 January 10

Please give me $2,000 
all large, no dye pack

female, 49, Washington Savings Bank, Tyngsborough MA, $3000

** caught two weeks later. Spotted at casino shortly after second robbery.

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22 December 09

Large Bills
dye pack pulled

male, 30s, Webster Bank, Norwalk CT

** dye pack exploded in the parking lot

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21 December 09

This is a hold up.
Don’t give me a dye pack
or large bills.

male, 30s, Brookline Bank, Brookline MA, 2:30p

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27 November 09

This is a robbery!
Don’t include the dye pack
or bait money.

male, 49, Key Bank, Eugene OR, $620

** turned himself in a week later

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24 November 09

Give me the money
now.

male, 47, Wachovia Bank, Augusta GA, 10:30a

** escaped but dye pack exploded, witness captured license plate

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22 November 09

Give me all of the money
and no dye pack
or else.
No one will be harmed
if everything goes good.
Fast and clean.
Don’t try anything funny.

male, 36, Chase Bank, Wyandotte MI, 4:25p

** disguise featured sunglasses and hair glued to baseball cap

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