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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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8 September 11

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

male, 30s, U.S. Bank, Prairie Village KS, 1:45p

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24 June 11

I have a bomb in my briefcase
fill this bag with all the money
in 15 seconds
or I blow this place up

male, 40s, Magnolia State Bank, Laurel MI, 9:30a

** handed dye pack; suspect turned himself in

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28 May 11

give me 100s, 50s and 20s

male, 20s, First Commonwealth Bank, Pittsburgh PA, 12:25p

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7 May 11

Give me your money
and don’t say anything.

male, 40, First Citizens Bank, Lawrenceville VA, 2:20p

** caught fleeing from scene with note

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13 March 11

I have a gun
give me big bills only

male, 30s, Wachovia Bank, Durham NC, 10:40a

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6 January 11

give me the money
i have a gun

female, 30, Regions Bank, Dunwoody GA, 11:30a

** suspect id’d by police in the area (without disguise); on her Twitter page she claims to be an “event planner and marketing genius.” Indeed.

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10 September 10

Please press no alert buttons!
I have a loaded gun in my bag.
Give me all the cash.
Make it look like a normal withdrawal
and I won’t shoot a customer.

female, 48, Citibank, Jamaica Estates NY, 2pm

** suspect panicked and fled empty-handed; she robbed a liquor store afterward

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6 September 10

This is a robbery.
Place all your money
on the counter.
No dye packs.

male, 40s, Fifth Third Bank, Rocky River OH, 2pm

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10 August 10

Give me all your money.

male, 35, Wells Fargo, Phoenix AZ, 10:45a

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