fuizaibing - snippets of life in Brisbane: ATM machine

May 25, 2007

ATM machine

I received a forwarded mail from one of my old classmate. The content is about something we should know. But I am in doubt whether this is a true or a joke. Read on.

"PIN NUMBER REVERSAL-
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 number in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognized that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you places in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber. The police officers will be dispatched immediately 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"

Can anyone of you guys validate the above forward mail? Any past experience or notices from bank department? The forwarded mail did not mention which country that information was broadcasted. Oh well.

And one more thing, if my password is 2222, that means I cannot alarm the police officers loh?

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Name: Jian Ping （健彬）
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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