PIN NUMBER REVERSAL (GOOD TO KNOW)
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> If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM
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> For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The
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> ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you
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> The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to
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> the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.
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> This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it
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> is seldom used because people don't know it exists.
2006-12-20 05:36:54 · 8 answers · asked by axon3_2001 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Snope.
http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
2006-12-20 05:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, not true. The idea has been thought of and some states were thinking of it, but nope, it has not happened. Think about it, some numbers can not be reversed like 1221. Snopes, the expert in urban legends has the whole story at:
http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
2006-12-20 19:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Seikilos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recently reported in the Straits Times, a national newspapers in Singapore, that this is not true.
2006-12-20 21:48:53 · answer #3 · answered by Learner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not true. I recently read about it on a site of urban legends.
2006-12-20 13:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by brenbon1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
2006-12-20 13:40:44 · answer #5 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not think so.
2006-12-20 13:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not true.
2006-12-20 13:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by PenguinsWife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno, but if its true that pretty clever...but i dont see how that would work?
2006-12-20 13:38:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋