Do you think you could properly execute a bank robbery? Do you know anyone who has? If so, how?
Yes.Do you think you could properly execute a bank robbery? Do you know anyone who has? If so, how?
Success:What your definition of success?
I certainly don't think I could do it and never get caught.
But could I do it potentially, get a good amount of money and drive away, maybe. But never get caught. . . nah I'm not gonna be able to outsmart the FBI for very long.
Sure. I worked in banks right out of college. They were robbed while I worked there several times. Don't believe anyone was ever caught. Doesn't take a genius.Do you think you could properly execute a bank robbery? Do you know anyone who has? If so, how?
Was it about the dude in the treehouse?I watched a documentary on it on Netflix recently. Looked pretty easy.
way too many cooks imoThis topic comes up in a friend group chat about once a year.
Short answer is yes but I'd need a team of 4-5 guys.
Buddy 1 - Wheel man
Buddy 2 - Muscle
Buddy 3 - Maestro/planner
Buddy 4 - Crowd Control
Me - Safe Cracker.
Success:
At least 1 piece of money that that does not belong to you, you never get caught.
Watch the documentary on the tree house bank robber.If you've never seen the movie Heat, I highly suggest you do.
One of my favorites.
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Everyone is overthinking. You get a disguise that makes you look like an old man otherwise change your appearance. You walk into a bank in a part of town that was once nice but is going to seed, you slip the teller a note, you take the cash and you leave. Car without a plate and dump it somewhere. Cops take a long time to respond in crappier neighborhoods.I've thought about it and how I would do it.
I think I'd try a bank in a town similar to my size which is around 5k.
Start some type of a large distraction. Bomb threat? Start a fire? Not exactly sure.
Would have to steal a car of course as I'm not using my own.
With all the cameras around nowadays you better make sure your plan is SOLID.
The last line is the big issue. The bank employees aren’t going to give much resistance, but you could still be thwarted inside if your plan sucks or you take too long, but cameras in and around the bank plus vehicle tracking via nearby business cameras, the ability to track cell phones, etc., leave a lot of things out there to screw up.I've thought about it and how I would do it.
I think I'd try a bank in a town similar to my size which is around 5k.
Start some type of a large distraction. Bomb threat? Start a fire? Not exactly sure.
Would have to steal a car of course as I'm not using my own.
With all the cameras around nowadays you better make sure your plan is SOLID.
I've thought about it and how I would do it.
I think I'd try a bank in a town similar to my size which is around 5k.
Start some type of a large distraction. Bomb threat? Start a fire? Not exactly sure.
Would have to steal a car of course as I'm not using my own.
With all the cameras around nowadays you better make sure your plan is SOLID.
Agree with this, and also, you’re significantly increasing your own risk of physical harm or catching the dead.If you want to score real cash from a bank hit the people filling the atms on a busy holiday weekend.
200 bucks and you can buy a mask that's better than early 2000s Hollywood makeup.Sure, I could rob a bank and get away. I'd get caught though. I think there's way too much security/surveillance now. Back when Dillinger and Jesse James and Bonnie & Clyde were robbing banks it was pretty easy to get away with it because there weren't photos of them - just drawings that might or might not look very close to them, and could only be distributed manually.
I think Whisky has the right idea - multiple switches in multiple different unmonitored remote/forested places.
But like Belem said - banks aren't sitting on open cash like they used to.
It'd be WAY easier to just convince some old people that you're their grandson and you're in trouble, and they need to send you bitcoin/gift cards to get out of it.
I've watched enough Fast and Furious heists to know how to pull off a bank robbery brochacho
Why would you ask that? What have you heard?Do you think you could properly execute a bank robbery? Do you know anyone who has? If so, how?
I think that's probably effective if you're ~5'10", 180#. The farther away you are from that baseline, the easier it will be for them to find you. I can't hide that I'm like 6" and 80# away from that. The pool of possible suspects is going to be limited.200 bucks and you can buy a mask that's better than early 2000s Hollywood makeup.
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Do you think you could properly execute a bank robbery?
I went to high school with a guy who was charged with 4 counts of second degree robbery for robbing multiple banks in CR. He was really smart in school but a dumb bank robber. He was just wearing a medical mask (this was before COVID) They found the masks and the jacket he was wearing in the search of his apartment.
Although after the arrest I could not find the resolution of his case. No word of a trial or anything so maybe he did get away with it. I just looked him up on Facebook and he just posted a day ago so I don't think he's in jail
Valid.I think that's probably effective if you're ~5'10", 180#. The farther away you are from that baseline, the easier it will be for them to find you. I can't hide that I'm like 6" and 80# away from that. The pool of possible suspects is going to be limited.
Google your local town bigger than 50k people and 'bank robbery'. They happen all the time and are almost never caught if just done once.Random Door bell cameras, ATM cameras, random security cameras, ever increasing random dash board cameras.
Vehicles with onstar or similar tech are always tracking even if you don’t pay for it.
Cell phone triangulation, smart watches, and fitness trackers pinging off wifi (don’t need to connect).
Homeland security satellites with 100% archived footage.
You will need a lot of luck.
You might get caught on a video stealing your getaway car days before actual robbery.
Google your local town bigger than 50k people and 'bank robbery'. They happen all the time and are almost never caught if just done once.
The dumb ones do. You don't need a gun and it will just add to your sentence if you're caught. Tellers are trained to offer no resistance. Just pass a note, and take your cash.Hoe do they rob the bank...just walk up to the teller with a gun?
The dumb ones do. You don't need a gun and it will just add to your sentence if you're caught. Tellers are trained to offer no resistance. Just pass a note, and take your cash.
Also, a smooth in/out also relies on people inside the bank acting predictably. If another customer tries to play hero or a bank employee does something unexpected or an off-duty cop just happens to walk in to talk to a banker, etc., shit can blow up fast and throw the whole plan off.Valid.
You may be better going off the other way, wear giant, platform, boots and put on a bunch of weight with thr mask, make it so over the top they think they have nothing.
"He's 7 foot 390"
60% are caughtGoogle your local town bigger than 50k people and 'bank robbery'. They happen all the time and are almost never caught if just done once.
I think with that, even if I get caught, the entertainment value in the security footage and the police stories might cause them to take it easy on me. "It was the damndest thing we'd ever seen!!"Valid.
You may be better going off the other way, wear giant, platform, boots and put on a bunch of weight with thr mask, make it so over the top they think they have nothing.
"He's 7 foot 390"