The Word of mAn[S]o0r

What is it with robbers these days? Cant they just rob a bank the old fashioned way? Walk in, subdue guard, show gun, take money, make getaway. I mean.. is it really that hard? I think there's some competition going on somewhere for the zaiest way to rob a bank! Read on and you'll know what im talking about...

Would-be robber asks bank how to do it

TOKYO (Reuters) - A would-be Japanese bank robber asked staff how he should carry out the crime before meekly obeying a request to leave and then accidentally stabbing himself in the leg with a knife he was carrying.

The 58-year-old unemployed man went into a branch of the Saitama Resona Bank in the town of Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, on Wednesday, intending to rob it, a police spokesman said.

According to local media reports the man first asked a bank teller, "Any idea how you rob a bank?" The teller alerted another member of staff, who asked the man to leave.

"He left quietly when asked to," the police spokesman said.

Man accused of trying to rob bank with fake bomb

MESA,AR - Police said they arrested a 46-year-old Apache Junction man Monday after he used a simulated explosive device to rob a Bank of America branch at Southern and Power roads.

The suspect, whose name was not released, entered the bank about 3:20 p.m., told an employee and manager that he had a bomb and demanded cash, said Holly Hosac, a Mesa police spokeswoman.

There were about 30 people inside the bank when the suspect went behind the teller counter and shoved cash into a duffel bag. Meanwhile, a silent alarm and calls from people inside the bank alerted police.

And finally, someone has the right(?) approach to it! Read on..

Polite robber has recipe for success?

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian bank robber, who politely presents a hold-up note on a recipe card, has hit 29 banks in four months, police said on Thursday.

The unidentified man is the main suspect behind two bank heists in Toronto on Wednesday and 27 other robberies in the region since August.

The suspect waits his turn in line and, once at the teller, quietly makes his intentions known on a recipe card. He has never shown a gun.

The clean-shaven robber, who looks around 30 years old, usually wears a baseball cap and sometimes sunglasses.

On the local front, a bank guard thought up of a novel idea to rob the bank he guarded. At nite, he called up his buddies, and they sat inside the bank after disabling the camera's. They waited till morning, where the guard let in the staff one by one till they were all there, all the while keeping the shutters down, and turned away customer's saying they were having an inspection or something.. the manager steps in, they take make him open the locker, and get away with all the cash in the bank. Now that's using their brains.

And so said mAn[S]o0r on Thursday, June 08, 2006 at 8:48 AM | Permalink | |