A Miami man claiming to be armed with a bomb held his Uber driver hostage and forced him to Facebook live stream while he robbed a bank then gave the cash away to strangers.

The man, known only as Enrique, launched his crime spree in Miami Beach on Monday to spread his 'message' on Russian hacking.

He claimed the government was lying about Russian hackers being behind security breaches during the election to start another world war and 'kill us all'.

His Uber driver live streamed him in the car and bank, telling his own friends in frantic comments accompanying the videos: '911 I need help' and 'I'm a f****** hostage'.

Uber driver Mike Billy (left) live streamed the bizarre ordeal on Facebook as he drove around a passenger, referred to only as Enrique, claiming he was armed with a bomb (right)

In his first video, the driver, who calls himself Mike Billy on Facebook, showed the bald man walking in to Navy Federal Credit Union Bank in Brickell and approaching a member of staff.

Their conversation was not loud enough to be captured on camera but the man, dressed in a grey suit jacket, shirt and tie, could be seen placing one hand on the female staff member's shoulder.

Together they approached a teller and he was handed a pink envelope stuffed with cash.

The driver, who captioned the video 'omg I need help', whispered to other customers: 'Get out, get out, get out' as the passenger spoke with bank staff.

In comments beneath the video, he told Facebook friends: 'I'm in trouble, bomb.

The man calmly approached a staff member at the bank, placing one hand on her shoulder (left) before walking up to tellers to demand they hand over cash. He received wads of bank notes in a pink envelope (right)

The driver shared pleas for help with Facebook friends as he streamed the ordeal on Monday

'He's got a f****** bomb. I'm a f****** hostage'.

The man then turned to the driver to ask him to take off his sweater while staff watched on.

At one point the man, referred to only as Enrique, even waved for the camera

He later asked a bystander in the bank to take his photograph before launching into a rant.

' I just want to be honest. I want to make a point. I want people to listen....

'I want people to listen to me and for them to stop lying to us. They're lying to us! They're telling us that Russia hacked the elections and they're trying to start a war.

'They're going to kill us all,' he said.

The driver's live feed suddenly cut out but friends and family had already begun monitoring the posts and alerted police.

The next video was filmed inside the car. In it, he asked the robber to show the camera the envelope stuffed with money as the pair drove towards the beach.

'I don't want us to fight with Russia, why are we leading to another world war?' he continued angrily, adding: 'Maybe what I'm saying will get me killed.'

In the last video, the driver turned the camera on himself.

Once back in the car, the man said he had a bomb which was controlled by a clock he had programmed. He showed the envelope, stuffed with cash, to the driver who was live streaming

The man was later seen handing out the cash to passers-by at Ocean Drive before police shut down the street

'So I'm riding with Enrique. He's got a bomb. He's got me riding around with him... he's got a message for you guys.'

The passenger described a clock on his bomb which was 'keeping track with the sequence and code' he set.

The pair were next seen handing out money at the beachfront, with passers-by flocking to Enrique as he offered it up.

Miami Police Department and Miami Beach Police Department soon intervened, shutting down the street and those surrounding it as a bomb squad was scrambled.

Both men were taken for questioning by the FBI which gave no update on Tuesday morning.