Urban myth?

[Hyacinth]

Had this from a friend.....can't find the site which explodes urban myths....but I'm thinking this is one ;)

I mean.....you can't stir the p'lice to respond when you get things right?   ;D

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 broadcasted on TV and it states that it is
seldom used
because people don't know it exists.

Please pass this along to everyone possible.

[Hyacinth]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

What if your pin number is a palindrome? Also (most/all?) ATM's wont let u have 1234 as a PIN

The first person in the world to use an ATM was Reg Varney - 1967 in Enfield

[weedin project]

Google it - it is a myth.
There was a proposal in the USA to do this, but it looks like it remains just a "good idea".

[silly billy]

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp

Tis a myth.

[Hyacinth]

"snopes" !!! Tha's what I was trying to remember & lost in my 'fave's' clearout.....thanks  not-so-sillybilly 8)

[silly billy]

 ;D your welcome.

[muddy boots]

Thanks too!  I passed that on to Lish in good faith, which is why it was sent to me in the first place.  However, better safe than sorry and it's nice to know how many up to the minute peeps we have around to put us right! ;)

[Hyacinth]

Hiya Muds :D I thought it was worth checking out? I'd forgotten the site of 'snopes' & lost it from my faves...knew that someone here would put the finger on the pulse 8)  btw......anyone else listen to radio4 extracts, recently,  of the book of that-man-with--a-stick, forget his name for the mo, honest. :-\, might it be David something?....ex-Lab. minister? (such is fame).....ANYWAY.... unmitigated glee while I was cleaning my teeth one morning....he relates, in all seriouslness, the Urban Myth of a friend-of-a-friend being told to keep away from such-or-such-a-place cos of a bomb being placed there....... made my day, that 8)

[cornykev]

;D Did someone say an ATM in Enfield Ive heard of that place from somewhere.
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