Fw: READ - DO NOT DELETE

[Arkay Enpee]

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---               ATM   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 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. All ATM’s carry this emergency sequencer by law. This information was recently broadcast on by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don't know about it. Please pass this along to everyone. This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends =

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[Saibaba SV]

This is one of the hoax mails in circulation for a long time and the contents are not true.

Contents of the  hoax slayer site reproduced below:

 

ATM Security Advise Message : Enter PIN In Reverse to Call Police

Outline
Message claims that if you are forced by robbers to withdraw money from an ATM, you can secretly alert police by entering your PIN in reverse.

Brief Analysis
The claims in the message are false. Reverse PIN technology does exist. However, it has not yet been implemented by any banks. 

At this time, entering your PIN in reverse will NOT call police. 

Detailed Analysis
This email forward claims that if criminals force you to withdraw money from an ATM, entering your PIN in reverse will automatically alert police.

The technology that makes this possible does exist. However, so far, banks have not implemented it. Thus, at the time of writing, if you are forced to withdraw money against your will, the chance that the ATM you are using will have the reverse pin technology installed is virtually nil. 

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To reiterate, although such technology exists, and legislation in some jurisdictions may eventually force their banks to begin using it, the system is NOT currently in use. Entering your PIN in reverse at an ATM will NOT call police and will only result in an "incorrect PIN" error message. 

Thus, this email contains dangerous misinformation and it should not be forwarded. If and when banks begin to install reverse PIN technology at ATMs it is sure to be well publicized. If your own bank begins using such a system, it will almost certainly let you know about it directly.

 

S.V.SAI BABA

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