gaz1 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 thought you might like to know PIN NUMBER REVERSAL (GOOD TO KNOW) 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 recognises 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. This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists. Please pass this along to everyone possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Its rubbish apparantley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Reeeeeeep*st???????? Won't work if your pin is 1221 or similar (same backwards as it is forwards)!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 oh no, my pin is 2002, what happens if I get mugged and put that code in backwards? (obviously its not 2002, its 1771 but I dont want to give the game away) JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Its rubbish apparantley. Yep, It's a myth I'm afraid. The banks have no knowledge of such a system;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Just click your heels 3 times and say: There is no place like home. Worked for Judy Garland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 This is the actual background to it guys: Enter your ATM Pin Number Backwards to Summon Police-Fiction! Summary of the eRumor: An alert that if you ever find yourself in a scary situation at a banking ATM machine, such as a thief forcing you to withdraw cash, just enter your personal identification number (PIN) backwards. That will automatically send a message to the police that you are in trouble and they will respond to the machine. The eRumor says that most people don't know about this. The Truth: The eRumor is false because there isn't anywhere that we could find where this emergency procedure at ATM machines is actually being used. There is a seed of truth to it, however, in that the idea has been floating around for a while. One of the biggest proponents has been in Illinois attorney named Joseph Zingher. He says the notion came to him when he was a law student at the University of Illinois and one evening was withdrawing money from an ATM in a scary part of town. He patented his concept in 1998 and has been trying to talk banks into using it ever since. Under Zingher's system, every ATM account would have two PIN numbers---the normal PIN used to withdraw money and what he calls the "ATM SafetyPIN" to alert police that something bad was happening at the ATM. It has also come to be popularly called the "Panic PIN." The SafetyPIN would typically be the reverse of the normal PIN number or some other variation that would be easy to remember. Legislation was passed in Illinois that would allow banks to adopt the system, but did not mandate it. So far, no banks or financial institutions have done so. Zingher has offered to let Illinois-based banks to use it for free but some of them have said they think it would be too expensive and that ATM crime is not frequent enough. Zingher says that ATM crime is much higher than believed because not all crime reporting reflects whether it has taken place in connection with an ATM or forced withdrawal of cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupra Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yep, It's a myth I'm afraid. The banks have no knowledge of such a system;) O well, it sounded like a good idea.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 police turn up to stop a crime - nah, got to be a rumour Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Good idea for sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Commit this URL to memory http://www.snopes.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Commit this URL to memory http://www.snopes.com You saved me from having to go there to post a link, this storys on there... A very good site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 If you enter your pin wrong 3 times doesn't it eat your card anyway ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 never work in UK ayway. You'd be so far down the priority list the robbing person would be down his local having a pint before the police turned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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