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April 29, 2009 at 5:26 pm #272952
jkpjohnson
the recent tragedy of a young woman being kidnapped and eventually killed;after she had repeatedly given the kidnapper a wrong pin to her atm card.
if she knew the method below, she could have been saved. so i think it is important enough to let you 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 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 fox tv and it states that it is seldom used because people don’t know it exists. please pass this along.
you can go on snopes to verify
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April 29, 2009 at 7:50 pm #420608
cheriluvsrj
thank you!
it’s pretty bad when we have to pull up th an atm
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April 29, 2009 at 8:05 pm #420609
Janice Terrell
Very good info to know. I wonder how many people out there actually knew this AND why isn’t it common knowledge? Seems like it ought to be.
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April 30, 2009 at 4:22 am #420631
lisaandbaby2003
This is false unfortunately. Here is a link to it on snopes: snopes.com: Reverse PIN Panic Code
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April 30, 2009 at 9:23 am #420633
HSLINKS
snopes has the details at:
snopes.com: reverse pin panic codethis article has history and bill info
i think in the times coming that violence will increase and having some safety guidelines in place would help
ria
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April 30, 2009 at 11:33 am #420636
tsgal
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April 30, 2009 at 11:38 am #420637
jkpjohnson
Bummer, I guess I should have checked. I assumed it was correct. sorry
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April 30, 2009 at 2:40 pm #420648
Virginia
This has been circulating on the internet for several years (I know I received in emails three or four years ago)–unfortunately, it is FALSE!
I have heard that the machines eat the cards after three wrong pin entries, and I have also heard that the account is locked after three wrong entries requiring you to go to the bank and sign a form to get it unlocked. I do not know if either are correct.
I do know that some people have a hard time remembering their pin on a good day and that it is harder to remember it when you are having a bad day. It would be nearly impossible for me (probably most people) to remember it and enter it backwards under the stress in this situation.
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May 1, 2009 at 12:54 am #420672
JoAnn
I don’t assume very much–but I know for sure, and have to admit that I have had a dumb attack a few years ago and this situation happened to me
Quote:that the machines eat the cards after three wrong pin entries. and yes at the bank that i do my banking
Quote:the account is locked after three wrong entries requiring you to go to the bank and sign a form to get it unlocked.
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