Robber Inspired by TV Commercial
"The first time, authorities said, Timothy Connor just slipped a note to a bank teller. The next time, he slipped the note while nonchalantly talking on his cellphone. Then he stopped using notes altogether. He just spoke on the cellphone, and demanded the money. After one robbery, police said, he shook the woman teller's hand after she gave him the money, as if it were a common transaction.
His technique, police said, is similar to one used in an Ameriquest Mortgage Company commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl. In the commercial, a man talking on his cellphone at a convenience store tells the person on the phone that he/she is getting robbed, and the store clerk thinks the store is being robbed."
-- Boston Globe via AdLand
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