PIN numbers

[lonedad]

I just received this email from a friend:

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 system
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 the location. This
information was recently broadcasted on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because
people just don't know about it.

Does anyone know if this is true?

[Ethel]

That is an absolute hoax. My pin number is similar to

7997

[Ethel]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread .html?t=318175


Google 'reverse pin number police' and you will see lots of information about it - it's done the rounds in the UK, Australia, America, Canade...

[mrs_overall]

What a load of old tosh. This one has been doing the rounds for ages.

[lonedad]

Thnaks both. I thought it was weird because mine is the same in reverse as it is normal.

[kempie]

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.a sp

[Mr Veritas]

Another Urban Myth bites the dust!