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atm - An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine (ATM) is a computerised telecommunications device that provides a financial institution's customers a method of financial transactions in a public space without the need for a human clerk or bank teller. Security is provided by the customer entering a PIN number.

Using an ATM, customers can access their bank accounts in order to make cash withdrawals (or credit card cash advances) and check their account balances. Many ATMs also allow people to deposit cash or checks, transfer money between their bank accounts, pay bills, or purchase goods and services.

An ATM is also known, in English, as Automated Banking Machine
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India

March 3, 2007 11:13am CST

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify thepolice 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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emarie

@emarie (5442)

• United States

3 Mar 07

HOAX/RUMOR-- this topic was done several times before and the same result. this is just an internet rumor. although the idea is good it does have a fatal flaw that caused it not to take into effect. because there are numbers out there that exsist that are the same forward and backward it wouldn't work. for more information about this, visit this website. http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp

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Foxxee

@Foxxee (3651)

• United States

8 Mar 07

Thank you for the heads up! I hate when people post things that are false. What if I was to try this one day if I was ever held up and it didn't work. I would be sitting there thinking the police are coming, plus I would of wasted my time entering the wrong pin and probably would of been shot by that time. Oh well. LOL! Thanks!

mnflower

@mnflower (1299)

• United States

3 Mar 07

no i have not heard of this until now but it would be a good idea...I will have to do some deeper checking on this cause that would help alot of people out and maybe slow down some of these robbers out here and get them off the streets.thanks hijas for the information will check into more topics on that.

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Foxxee

@Foxxee (3651)

• United States

8 Mar 07

So this really does work? That is really good to have. Thanks for the information. You never know when it might come in handy. I hope never, but you never know. Thanks again for the information. I will pass it on.

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