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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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2 May 11

fill the envelope with big bills
or my knife comes out

male, 28, Key Bank, Park City CO, $3600

** captured 3 hours later; id’d from surveillance photo

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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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26 March 11

This is a robbery.
No alarms. No dye-packs. No tracers.
No one gets hurts.

male, 46, Wells Fargo Bank, Rutherford NJ, $1099

** serial bandit; turned himself in after 5th NJ robbery 

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24 March 11

give me all the money
and no one will be hurt
God bless.

male, 25-35, TCF Bank, Lakewood CO, 9am, “The Blessings Bandit”

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19 March 11

this is a robbery

male, 30s, People’s Bank, Southington CT, 11:20a

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18 March 11

I have a gun
put $5000 in the bag
No dye packs

male, 30s, US Bank, Dayton OH, 10am

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17 March 11

I got a gun and I ain’t playing.
I want all the loose bills
100s, 50s, 10s, 5, 1s.
Don’t act stupid,
I will shoot you.

male, 33, Evansville Diamond Valley Credit Union, $6200

** suspect’s wife drove the getaway car; suspects caught in subsequent robbery where dye pack exploded while driving. All the banks robbed were located near highways, and after each robbery the couple would drive to another state 

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16 March 11

Give me $1000 in cash

male, 20, Penobscot County Federal Credit Union, Bangor ME, $1000

** suspect arrested the next day at a local Burger King

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13 February 11

ARMED

male, 30s, CitiBank, Rockville Center NY, 2:55p

** suspect fled after teller walked away

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11 February 11

you have 30 seconds to hand me 10,000 dollars
no tracking devices or dye packs or I start shooting

male, 20s, Fifth Third Bank, Dearborn MI, 5:47pm

** on the other side of the note it said: “This is a robbery! Do not hit the silent alarm or I will shoot everyone look at me.”

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