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PIN NUMBER
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:33 pm
by Jaglifter
Don't know if this is true or not..............
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:04 pm
by LotusSevenMan
The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location
Not sure the robber is gonna wait the twenty four hours it'll take 'em to get there though!!!!

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:10 pm
by clayderman
I have enough trouble remembering mine forwards
Would be good if it worked.
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:25 pm
by adfski
I hope that's true but I don't believe it!
Only one way to find out - and I don't fancy explaining to a copper that it was an experiment

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:05 pm
by RedStormV
Nope,
Tis bunkem, piffle, bullsh1t.
Just another one of those e-mails doing the rounds yet again.
Like most of the 'virus' warnings and other 'urban legends' that do the rounds.
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/03/mo ... mbers.html
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/reverse-pin-ATM.shtml
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/b ... se_pin.htm
IMHO - before forwarding any 'Warning' e-mail do a search on Google using the key phrase - you'll more than likely get hits on Urban Legends etc. I reckon at least 95% of the time they're just crap.
Most of these mails are designed merely to slow company mail systems down and take up server space.
If you work for a large company with it's own 'intranet' check on their virus site, as these are often mentioned there too under 'Malicious'.
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:31 pm
by pariah
well they say not to use yh date of birth numbers anyway

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:57 pm
by Pete.L
Firestorm Mike said
what if your pin number was summat like 1881 ?
pariah wrote:well they say not to use yh date of birth numbers anyway

Owww! That's gotta Smart

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:09 pm
by pariah
me thinks firstormike aint gonna offer me any tips or advice for a while now.

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:32 pm
by Pete.L
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:57 pm
by pariah
been t dizzyfit, aint all it,s cracked up t be actually .

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:25 pm
by pariah
FirestormMike wrote:pariah wrote:me thinks firstormike aint gonna offer me any tips or advice for a while now.

I'm sorry, I'm having a little trouble in deciphering your cyber-drivel
PLease leave me pc alone. I.m just a poor uneducated person who sees a shrink once a week .
