If a robber ever forces you to take money from your account this information could be important :-
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.
6 comments:
wow i wonder if that is world wide???? how bloody interesting! everyone should know this. you should post it as your myspace status!!! xx thanks
Not sure but would be worth asking the question to the local police.
It make sense.
This is definitely not true in the U.S. Although there have been attempts to get banks to implement such a system (pitching the idea to them directly, trying to pass legislature requiring banks to do this, etc.), it has never actually been done.
Reg,
It surprises me when I visit the US your security systems seem behind ours, can't believe you don't use "chip and pin" for credit card transactions for one instance.
I guess "pin" is the pin number, but what is "chip?"
Think they just refer to the card itself as the "chip", shops, restaurants, etc require us to put our pin number in a machine rather than just sign the bill. Its been the norm for a few years now.
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