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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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21 September 11

This is not a joke,
give me the money
before you die

male, 20s, Mission Bank, Mission KS, 11:45a

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16 September 11

this is a robbery
give me the money
and I won’t hurt you

male, 40s, Hudson City Bank, Garfield NJ, $2000

** written on Post-It note

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15 September 11

I have a gun! Give me the cash!

male, 28, Heritage Bank, Crescent Springs KY, 9:10a

** serial bandit ID’d by fingerprints

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10 September 11

Gun, no $1.00!!!
Money both drawers!!!
No alarm!!! No tracer!!!
No dye!!!

male, 30s, Wells Fargo Bank, Scottsdale AZ, “Black Binder Bandit”

** serial bandit struck 12 Arizona banks prior to arrest; carried a binder during robberies; “I had to drink a lot to have the bravery,” said the bandit

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9 September 11

Hand over $4,000 in $50 bills
and no die packs
I don’t want to kill you but I will

male, 33, Bank of Nova Scotia, Penticton BC, $1800

** serial bandit arrested at local motel after subsequent robberies

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5 September 11

$100 bills
I have a bomb

male, 40s, Bank of America, Venice CA, 11:47a, “The Tourist Bandit”

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2 September 11

This is a robbery
give big bills.

male, 40s, U.S. Bank (inside Albertson’s), Vista CA, $2500

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30 August 11

Make it fast
I have a gun

male, 43, Commercial Bank, Middleton MI, 3:39p

** caught in subsequent robbery

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26 August 11

Give me your money
in hundreds and fifty’s —
I have a gun and I will kill you.

male, 40s, Chicago Community Bank, Chicago IL, $2236

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25 August 11

Give me $20,000
I have a gun
and will shoot everyone here
if I get the money

female, 24, Bank of Clarke County, Winchester VA, $20000

** arrested that afternoon, vehicle ID

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