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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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13 September 11

Give me all the money or everybody dies!!!
$100s $50s $20s only

male, 23, Capital One Bank, Brooklyn NY, $1850

** serial bandit maintained an explicit facebook page which led to his arrest

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27 April 11
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9 November 10

This is a robbery.
Stack of 50s. Stack of 100s.
Make it quick.

male, 36, Bank of the West, Casa de Oro CA, $4100, 10:23a

** suspect showed teller note and put it in his pocket; teller was not sure what the note said and asked for it again. Suspect apologized and handed teller it again.
Only a couple days earlier, the suspect foreshadows the crime on facebook… 

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8 October 10

This is a robbery.
Give me 40 $100 bills.

male, 27, US Bank, Longmont CO, $400

** suspect arrested at a Dungeons & Dragons event, after boasting of crime;
teller misread his note and gave him 4 bills instead of 40. Police used
his facebook page to track him.

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28 September 10

Give me all your money.
I have a bomb.

male, 29, Key Bank, Portland OR, 12:59, “The Where’s Waldo Bandit”

** suspect arrested after posting on his Facebook page: “”im doing this to pay for my medical expenses. … live for today!”

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