ATM PIN number Reversal hoax e mail

 

NWTRA HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING ADVICE;

Just to let you know that the email that is being circulated does not originate from Crimestoppers

 Lynn Wareing

Watch Liaison Officer

Southern Division

01257 246384

Chorley Police Station

St. Thomas‘s Road

Chorley

PR7 1DR

lynn.wareing@lancashire.pnn.police.uk 

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From Crimestoppers

 

ATM PIN Number Reversal hoax email

We have been alerted to a hoax email that has been circulating purporting to originate from Crimestoppers. It claims that if you enter your pin number in reverse into a cash point the police will be sent to your location.

This information is not true.

This email did not originate with Crimestoppers. It’s content is false.

The email states:

PIN advice – good information
ATM   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 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.
   
Please pass this along to everyone.

This is the kind of information people don’t mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.

What to do if you receive this email:

If you receive this email or one similar to it please ignore it. The advice contained in the email is false, so there is no reason to forward the email onto anyone else.

 

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