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The following chain email and
others like it have been circulating the internet:
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 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 broadcast on TV
and it states that it is seldom used because
people don't know it exists. |
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This is not true. While
that technology has been invented, it has not been implemented
anywhere in the United States. It is believed by the financial
industry that this could escalate an already dangerous situation.
If you receive an email like this, we suggest
you disregard it.
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