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WEEKEND FREE 3/29/2008

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

DON'T TRUST EVERYTHING YOU READ

The other day I received the below email from a friend. . .

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Didn't know this did you?

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 broadcasted 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!

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When I got this email I was skeptical for several reasons. First I've never heard of doing this. Second I thought Oh geeze, IF I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SECRET CODE WHAT'S THE VALUE? HOW WOULD I KNOW TO UES IT. Third and finally (maybe most importantly) it's source was "FOX NOISE". I'm just saying. . .

Anyway I decided to check with my Credit Union to get some expert opinion regardless of how stupid it might make me look. So I sent them the above email and asked "Can you tell me if this is true or not?"

Here is their reply: Mick you dumb STUPID S**T ( I added that part) Thank you for your email. Entering your pin number backwards will not summon the police to the ATM that you are currently using. If your pin number is not entered correctly, money will not be disbursed from the machine.

As I said I knew the answer before I asked the question, it's one of those "If it sounds to good to be true it probably is" kind of deals.