make sure your not a victim

[A TIN OF ZED]

I've not sen this befor, Make sure your not a victim of this! (http://www.atw.eclipse.co.uk/ATM_THEFTS.pps) and apparently 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. but i dont know how true this bit is?

[A TIN OF OATS]

n1 ZED. ty





PS anyone know where to get some X-Ray film? It's errr .... for a doctor friend. His hospital can't afford any more due to budget cuts. :1 (64):

[aardfrith]

I've not sen this befor, Make sure your not a victim of this! (http://www.atw.eclipse.co.uk/ATM_THEFTS.pps) and apparently 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. but i dont know how true this bit is?

It's bollocks. a) ATMs are not wired up to police stations and b) everyone's PIN is different so how would they know? c) If anything, banks would have coded 9999 as an "emergency" PIN - you're not allowed repetive numbers so nobody could have it as their actual PIN.

BTW, if your card is retained by an ATM, call your bank immediately. Don't accept "help" from passers-by. Don't ever give your PIN to anyone, not even your bank.

[A TIN OF OATS]

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. but i dont know how true this bit is?

Never heard that before but it wouldn't be difficult technically. The card reader obviously send the PIN number for checking against the database so it would be as easy to check for the reverse number as the correct one. That could be used to generate a warning signal to anywhere - bank most likely.

However, if it worked that way now I expect we'd all have been told that when we got the card - otherwise what's the point of having the facility? Using a standard code like 9999 wouldn't work as the bad guys would know that too and break your head if you tried to key that in.

Good idea though so maybe it will be introduced.

[A TIN OF IRNBRU]

Don't qoute me on this but i thought the Chip on the card actually held the pin number these days. I know on the older one's without the chip it had to be done through the database's. I could be wrong though :1 (66):

[A TIN OF OATS]

Don't qoute me on this but i thought the Chip on the card actually held the pin number these days. I know on the older one's without the chip it had to be done through the database's. I could be wrong though :1 (66):


i thought the Chip on the card actually held the pin number these days. I know on the older one's without the chip it had to be done through the database's. I could be wrong though :1 (66):
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The PIN may be stored in the chip. That still would allow a check to be done for the PIN in reverse though.


Actually if the PIN was stored in the chip that means the chip must be writable by the cashpoint machine, as you can change your PIN number at a cashpoint. In which case you'd have to expect the bad guys would get their mits on a chip programmer so they could reprogramme stolen cards.

[A TIN OF BALD]

You watch too many conspirisay programmes.(english never was my strong point.)

[A TIN OF SALAMI]

Here in te welsh country..there are people who put on complete new card readers as a scam infront of the original one.. think they still need the pin code?

You could never be carefull enough.

[A TIN OF LEAD]

What happens if you have a Pin number 3443 or 2222 you'd be getting nicked every other day
I wish people we could try sending a reply back to the original sender STOP Being A ******* STRAWBERY we not all gullible.

No offence Mr Public minded ZED Dude

I To received the very same Email I to was going to post it just like you did:1 (67):

But I:googleit: :1 (74): :1 (74): :1 (74):

[A TIN OF ZED]

I think bollocks summed it up very well Lead! in the answer from aardfrith. :1 (71):

[A TIN OF RED]

What happens if you have a Pin number 3443 or 2222 you'd be getting nicked every other day
I wish people we could try sending a reply back to the original sender STOP Being A ******* STRAWBERY we not all gullible.

No offence Mr Public minded ZED Dude

I To received the very same Email I to was going to post it just like you did:1 (67):

But I:googleit: :1 (74): :1 (74): :1 (74):

From what I recall wont the ATM prevent you from adding 2 consecutive numbers the same for your pin ? ie 1212 is ok but 1223 is not