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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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28 November 10

I have a gun, give me your money.

male, 46, WesBanco, Chillicothe OH,  1pm

** setting his sights higher, suspect went on to rob a McDonald’s, Dollar General and Goodwill store; caught 1 week later riding a 20-inch girl’s bicycle in the area

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13 June 10
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28 May 10

This is a robbery
Don’t give me a dye pack
or a tracker

female, 42, Chase Bank, Eugene OR, $336

** suspect handed dye-pack.

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24 May 10

Give me the money.
No dye pack.
Hurry up and no one gets hurt.

male, 26, PNC Bank, Mountain Lakes NJ, $100

** suspect grabbed a bag of 100 $1 bills. ID’d by surveillance photo. 

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9 March 10

Your life is in danger …
give me all the money.

male, 27, Ocean National Bank, Dover NH, 2:18p

** Caught 2 days later by surveillance photo. Suspect was had drafts of robbery notes in his home including: “Your life will end!” “I have a gun!” “10 thousand now,” and “I have a gun, I will shoot you!”

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12 January 10

I don’t want to hurt anyone,
just put the money in the bag

male, 42, Bancorp, Litchfield CT, 2:00p

** Arrested the next day. Robber made 911 call minutes before as diversion.
Call was traced.

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