Is this true...

[laxmanb]

Here's a email i recieved... is this true??


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.


This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it
is
seldom used because people don't know it exists.

[Catsworth]

No.

It's absolute rubbish.

Please don't forward that email to anybody else, you will only contribute to the continual jamming up of the Internet by crap such as this:

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

[tribaal]

I seriously doubt this is real.
However, there is only one way to find out... :)

Does the police charge you if you call them without a purpose in your country? ;)

Edit: Ah well, Catsworth's link says it all...

- trib'

[M7S]

Of course this is true. My pin is 2442 and I entered it backwards once. The Police was there immediately. ;)

[floke]

This was lookied into by several states in the USA, and there are people who campaign for this mechanism - but it has always been rejected on the grounds of the above email (the symmetrical problem). It's one of the great internet urban myths. Another good one is that Vista apparently provides a decent OS - and if you believe that then you WILL believe anything.

[ComplexNumber]

Of course this is true. My pin is 2442 and I entered it backwards once. The Police was there immediately. ;)
and thats one reason why one can be 100% sure that its 101% bunkum.

[smoker]

i heard that if you key in 666 the hounds of hell will come to your aid :-)

[Tomosaur]

It will just eat your card if you continue doing it. Anyway, what kind of robber tries to jump you BEFORE you've taken your money?

[lyceum]

It will just eat your card if you continue doing it. Anyway, what kind of robber tries to jump you BEFORE you've taken your money?

A smart one. Then they can ask for more money!

[Tomosaur]

A smart one. Then they can ask for more money!

I was under the impression that thieves demanded money rather than asked for it :P

Regardless, they would get no money from me.

[Insomniac20k]

I was under the impression that thieves demanded money rather than asked for it :P

Regardless, they would get no money from me.

Just because someone's a robber doesn't mean they're rude too. You really shouldn't judge people.

[Tomosaur]

Just because someone's a robber doesn't mean they're rude too. You really shouldn't judge people.

=D> I'll try harder next time.