"blake murphy" schrieb :
> On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:47:42 +0100, "Ophelia" <Ophelia_at_nix.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>Phideaux wrote:
>>> "Kitchen Nitemare" <linkbay_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1e636767-b493-4618-a7a1-c94401f15a52_at_d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Pin numbers in Reverse
>>>>
>>>> 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 broadcast on FOX TV and it states
>>>> that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.
>>>>
>>>> Please pass this along to everyone possible.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
>>>
>>> Bzzzzzzzzzztttttttttt!!!
>>>
>>> You lose! Take off all your clothes!
>>
>>How do we know that Snopes is always right?
>>
>
> they most certainly do better than the people who spread these
> crackpot stories.
>
You just aren't paranoid enough ...
<http://xkcd.com/250/> ;-)
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner
Received on Sun Jun 01 2008 - 07:47:15 PDT