ATM Pin number reversal...Please read this is good information!!
By kerryq2705
@kerryq2705 (8672)
United States
January 29, 2007 8:45pm CST
Everyone should be aware of this...
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.
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10 responses
@minerc (1373)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I have never heard of this. But it sounds really good, with all the stuff that is going on these days it looks like they would have it printed on the papers you get giving you your pin number or that the banks and credit cards would tell you this. Thanks for the information.
@kevkentis (590)
• Jamaica
30 Jan 07
Information like this is so helpful and important and yet our banks dont even think to mention it to us. Why dont they do this who should they be helping?
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@kerryq2705 (8672)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I think its a great idea too, but have just read some of the other responses on here and they say its not true. A friend of mine was being robbed at the atm and did this and she said it worked so I don't know what to think now!
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@harris24982 (530)
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30 Jan 07
thats an old urban legend
unfortunatly it dosent work (run a search on googel for backwards pin)
people have been hurt by the robber for trying that
(try remembering your pin backwards with a knife to your throat not easy)
it was an idea that a bank thought of but they decided not to use it as it would cost far to much
plus for every users pin they would have to not allow the reverse pin to be used my anyone else
so someone with a pin of 1234 would mean noone else in the country could have a pin of 4321
its a good idea and could help alot of people but never got put in place
@kerryq2705 (8672)
• United States
30 Jan 07
Well thats what I thought at first too, but my friend was being robbed at an ATM and tried it and she said that it worked, so I don't know what to think now. Thanks for the info though!
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@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Accoring to www.snopes.com, this is urban legend. Even if it didn't, what if your PIN number was the same in either direction (like 2552 or something like that)? It wouldn't work.
I wish there was some way to seceretly signal when you needed help, but I don't think this is it.
@ashokpethkar (575)
• India
3 Feb 07
This is surprising information.I was totally unaware.thanks for this.but question arises how to safeguard us from thhis?
@marymarj2002 (1769)
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
Sorry, to tell you about this. Because I was searching the internet about this issue and I find out that this is not true. This is the site which clarifies this issue, hope you can read this. http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
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@bulutoy2k (176)
• Philippines
31 Jan 07
Yes, I read this information in my email. My friend it to me. Although I havent tried reversing my PIN. I might use this information in the future.
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
16 Feb 07
Well, that is so good to know. I have never heard of that before. I will remeber this one, thanks.
@kevkentis (590)
• Jamaica
30 Jan 07
Thats really cool i think its very cool, i didn't even know about it and i use my card so much. I think its very helpful.
@marymarj2002 (1769)
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
This is a nice post. I have to tell my friends about this. But, I have a question I think that ATM machines have hidden camera?
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