It is common that we all get one hoax mail regarding the ATM machine says
I just found out that should you ever be forced to withdraw monies from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse. The machine will still give you the monies you requested, but unkown to the robber, etc, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you. The broadcast stated that this method of calling the police is very seldom used because people don’t know it exists. It might mean the difference between life & death. Hopefully, none of you will have to use this, but I wanted to pass it along just in case you hadn’t heard of it. Please pass it along to everyone possible.
This email forward claims that if criminals force you to withdraw money from an ATM, entering your PIN in reverse will automatically alert police.
The technology that makes this possible does exist. However, so far, banks have not implemented it. Thus, at the time of writing, if you are forced to withdraw money against your will, the chance that the ATM you are using will have the reverse pin technology installed is virtually nil.
So, the email that says is not true. It is just another hoax email you have to delete from your inbox.
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December 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Well said. This is the most awkward mail forward that i received ever. This will shed some light on how people are being made fool by such hoax mails.
December 21, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Don’t loose your credibility. Have you tried this before publishing? Ever contacted any bank/RBI on confirming this?
December 21, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Hi Raminder,
I have checked it before publishing this.
Thanks,
Krishna
April 13, 2010 at 10:28 am
Well… there’s also a flaw in this system as many digits are the same even if they are reversed.
For Example: 1221, 1111 etc.