ATM Use - hoax email

There is a hoax email going around that suggests that if you are held up at an ATM you should enter your PIN backwards which will alert the Police.

This is a hoax. It does not work.

See the story at Snopes and at Urban Legends.

*_In the spite of armed robbery, here is something you may really need._*
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**WHEN A THIEF FORCES YOU TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE ATM, DO NOT** **ARGUE OR RESIST, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE MIGHT DO TO YOU.

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS TO PUNCH YOUR PIN IN THE REVERSE,** **I.E IF YOUR PIN IS 1254, YOU PUNCH 4521.

THE MOMENT YOU PUNCH IN THE REVERSE, THE MONEY WILL COME** **OUT BUT WILL BE STUCK INTO THE MACHINE HALF WAY OUT AND IT WILL ALERT POLICE WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF THE THIEF.

EVERY ATM HAS IT, IT IS SPECIALLY MADE TO SIGNIFY DANGER AND HELP.

NOT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS.

FORWARD THIS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND THOSE YOU CARE FOR.*