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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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7 July 11

Give me all $100 and $50 bills
or else everyone dies!!!

male, 30s, Chase Bank, Brooklyn NY, $6600

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27 June 11

I have a gun! I want all 50’s and 100’s
no dye packs.

male, 33, Bank of America, Milton WA, $3000

** second robbery on same day; later ID’d by family

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26 June 11

This is a stick-up. No dye packs.

male, 33, Whidbey Island Bank, Shoreline WA, $3400

** was given dye pack; later ID’d by surveillance photo - former Cougar

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23 June 11

this is a robbery
put all the money in the bag

male, 20s, Sovereign Bank, Melrose MA, 12:15p

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9 June 11

This is a robbery
10,000 in the bag
or I will SHOOT YOU!

female, 20s, US Bank, Nashville TN, $1044

** suspect caught 2 years later

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9 May 11

No Dye Pack

male, 43, PNC Bank, Washington DC, $5915

** suspect turned himself in the next day

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28 March 11

cash, no alarm, no die

male, 44, City National Bank, Beaver NC, $5975

** suspect turned himself in

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8 February 11

COOPERATE AND NO-ONE GETS HURT!

male, 20s, Bank of America, DeLand FL, 1:30p

** suspect arrested 1 month later

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10 January 11

This is a robbery
Give me all your money.
Don’t do anything stupid.

male, 44, CIBC Bank, Peterborough CA, 12:18p

** suspect id’d by photo; arrested at home

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