PIN number reversal tip

nearyj

Apologies if this is in the wrong place.

Received an email today which stated:
"If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse.

For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.

The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you."

When I searched online, the consensus was that this email was doing the rounds for 6 years and , although the technology was available, no one had yet to confirm its availability anywhere. Also, would it not be just as quick to call the gardai once the criminals run off with your cash?

In any case, if anyone has the ear of anyone within the banking sector, could you find out if this has been introduced or is it still just pie in the sky. At least if it turns out to be false, if I ever get robbed at an ATM (which has happened to me before), I can then concentrate 110% on my ninja moves.

shayser

Snopes says no.

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp

swoofer

read this, then have a cold shower, delete the email. happy new year

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theoretically its possible but ..........


noah

lynchie

nearyj wrote: »

Apologies if this is in the wrong place.

Received an email today which stated:
"If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse.

For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.

The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you."

When I searched online, the consensus was that this email was doing the rounds for 6 years and , although the technology was available, no one had yet to confirm its availability anywhere. Also, would it not be just as quick to call the gardai once the criminals run off with your cash?

In any case, if anyone has the ear of anyone within the banking sector, could you find out if this has been introduced or is it still just pie in the sky. At least if it turns out to be false, if I ever get robbed at an ATM (which has happened to me before), I can then concentrate 110% on my ninja moves.

If my pin is 1111, how do I put it in backwards?

matchthis

put the last 1 in first

youcancallmeal

Ye olde urban legend :rolleyes:
My advice, if your ever unlucky enough to be held up at a bank machine just do what they say. Its only money at the end of the day.

dudara

Moved to Banking & Insurance & Pensions

dudara

BuffyBot

*sigh*

Urban legend nonsense.