I have received an email from a friend that tells me that if a robber takes me to an cash machine and asks me to withdraw money, if I enter my PIN in backwards, the machine will recognise it, give me the money and alert the police. I am a bit sceptical and suspect that it may be set up in the US (if at all!). It sounds a good idea - but has anyone heard of/and/or tried it?
Being even more of a sceptic, my husband wonders how long it would take for the police to respond!
Naturally, if it is true, then we should all know about it - but if it isn't, it could be very dangerous to try it!
It was a bit difficult trying to find a category for this one!
2007-01-12 22:52:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No, this is a scam that has been doing the rounds over the pasr few months. We have had an email posted to every serving member of the Metropolitan Police Service stating that the practice of reversing your PIN number alerts the local police.
This is not true.
2007-01-13 00:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by Tazman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard this style of factor. Your chum is mendacity to you. The friendly thank you to ward off robbers is quite to no longer employ an ATM pc at night particularly if the financial employer is in a depressing section. There are some pin numbers is the equivalent as opposite and forwards like 2332. How can that avert robbers?
2016-12-12 10:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to have a second code number called a duress code which could be used to bring a false message on the screen such as "no funds available at this time" and then alert the police
2007-01-13 06:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by DAVID M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people have come on here with that question. It's not true - & you would probably lose your card if you tried. Best thing you can do is to hide your PIN when you're entering it. The police will only come if you call them from your mobile, or a nearby call box.
2007-01-12 23:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, actually, if your enter your pin backwards, a little fairy shows up with a bag of 1 million dollars cash and you live happily ever after
if this were true, don't you think that your bank would have advised you and that 2. robbers would know about it ?
2007-01-13 01:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by Officer Baz Says... 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not true it was on our local radio Heart FM last week and they invited people to phone in. A policeman phoned in and said that it is not true also bank workers said it was not true. Good idea though. But I have trouble remembering my pin forwards let alone backwards.
2007-01-12 23:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by kay s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
and now the robbers know why the cops come just after they get the money? Urban legends are fun huh? No.....It is not true. But since you read the online story-it had to be gospel.
2007-01-13 01:39:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I happen to belong to a chat group where this was discussed recently and one of our number actually put it to the test. It doesn't work and it has to be dismissed as an urban myth, I'm afraid.
Part of the correspondence read as follows: "The other day I popped into my bank and asked them about it. They phoned their head office and said no one had ever heard of this."
2007-01-12 23:01:55 · answer #8 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is some truth to this, because there was an idea to do this at one point (mainly by someone, I forget exactly who, that was an engineer that helped design ATMs), but it was deemed unfeasible. Like most internet hoaxes, there's a grain of truth buried deep inside.
2007-01-12 23:13:45 · answer #9 · answered by Devil Dog '73 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if your PIN was 8888??? It's not happening sorry!
And if a robber took you to a cash machine there are bound to be people out and about.
2007-01-12 23:02:01 · answer #10 · answered by Puma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋