Real or spoof? PIN NUMBER REVERSAL
hambrook
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I'm afraid the idea that "typing in a pin number in reverse alerts the police" is an urban myth. It was first suggested in the USA and while the technology is available it hasn't been used. In the UK it simply doesn't exist.
Martin
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Is this true or a spoof doing the rounds?
Looks like it never became law in US..... http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
I'm afraid the idea that "typing in a pin number in reverse alerts the police" is an urban myth. It was first suggested in the USA and while the technology is available it hasn't been used. In the UK it simply doesn't exist.
Martin
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Is this true or a spoof doing the rounds?
> > > PIN NUMBER REVERSAL (GOOD TO KNOW)
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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 TV and it states that it
> > > is
> > > seldom used because people don't know it exists.
Looks like it never became law in US..... http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
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hambrook wrote:
They mentioned palindromic numbers in the article, but I wonder how they'd counteract the halfing of the number space such a scheme would perform? Instead of one number out of 10,000 being able to withdraw money, you'd now have 2, or one in 5,000.Conjugating the verb 'to be":
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And what about the self-chosen PIN's...2112, etc?0
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Only one way to know for sure then... who's going to volunteer to test it out (who has 2hrs to spend next to a cash machine?)0
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IIRC, I have accidently entered my PIN backwards on a few occasions, but I haven't hung about near the cash point for two hours, so cannot confirm that the police don't show up...0
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CopperPlate wrote:And what about the self-chosen PIN's...2112, etc?The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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Suspecting it's a myth, but why wait for the police... if it spits out your money, then it's true?
Or have I missed something?The above facts belong to everybody; the opinions belong to me; the distinction is yours to draw...0 -
:rotfl:adouglasmhor wrote:I wouldn't be in a Rush to use that one.
Groan, reckoned I was in the Twilight zone when I saw that one.:rotfl:0
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