PIn NUmber Reversal
@bacardibarbiebabe (627)
United States
December 8, 2006 6:20pm CST
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 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.
Please pass this along to everyone possible.
2 responses
@TannerSite (698)
• United States
9 Dec 06
That's really interesting, I would like to read more about it if you can find more reliable sources. I wonder if it's just in your state, just for a specific bank, or if it's a requirement for credit and debit cards.
@bacardibarbiebabe (627)
• United States
9 Dec 06
I dont know I found a bulletin about this on myspace and just thought Id post it for everyone else!
@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
11 Dec 06
I have never heard of this before. This is great information. Thanks for sharing with us. I really appreciate it. I will pass this on.
I just hope I wouldn't be so scared that I couldn't figure out how to do it backwards, let alone remember the right way.
