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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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18 December 10

DO NOT CALL 911
I have a gun
I want all large bills
$100’s, $50’s, and $20’s

male, 50s, Citizen Bank (inside Stop & Shop), Hingham MA, 6:45p

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1 December 10

Give me $4,000 in large bills.
I do have a weapon. I am armed.

male, 20s, Bank of America, Buffalo NY, 11am

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22 November 10

Please pass all 100s, 50s, 20s.
No bail or funny money.

male, 40s, Capital One, Brooklyn NY, 10:15a

** suspect got spooked and fled without cash

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18 October 10

I am a non-violent bank robber.
give me all your money and
God will love you.

male, 57, Adirondack Trust Company, Saratoga Springs NY, 9:10a

 

** after receiving $6573 from teller, suspect put the money back
on the counter and left on his bicycle

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16 October 10

It is a robbery.
Don’t want anybody to get hurt.

male, 42, Sovereign Bank, Lynn MA, $272.50

** robbed bank a week later; ID’d by photos

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6 October 10

This is a holdup. I have a gun.
Just hand the money over.

male, 51, NewAlliance Bank, Stamford CT, 2:19p, $900

** suspect tried to escape by taxi, the dye pack exploded in the taxi

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4 October 10

Give me all your $20’s,
$50’s and $100’s, no alarms.

male, 20s, Citizens Bank, Cheektowaga NY, 11:34a

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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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17 September 10

Gun.
Twenties. Fifties, Hundreds.
Stay Calm.

male, 47, Chase Bank, Orange CA, 10:30a, “The CPA Bandit”

** robbed bank on Tax Day - arrested a month later at a Carl Jr’s restaurant

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21 August 10

Armed Robbery.
No alarms. Don’t Scream.
Hand over the money. Stay Calm.

male, 54, Barclays Bank, Leiston Suffolk, 9:06a

** teller laughed and passed note to manager who sounded alarm.
Suspect left empty-handed. Upon arrest, suspect claimed it was a ‘joke’.

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