A viral Facebook post advises ATM users being forced to withdraw cash to enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police. No ATMs in United States have, or have ever had, this security feature.

If you used your debit card at Home Depot in the last five months, you should check how easily your PIN can be changed. Even if you didn't use your PIN at the home improvement retailer, there are ...

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Anyone who has used an automated teller machine, or ATM, before knows you typically need to enter a PIN, or personal identification number, in order to access your bank account information and money. ...

Debit card account information, combined with PIN codes, make a much better mark. Criminals can just go to ATMs anywhere in the world and walk away with cash. They don't even have to interact with ...

The old wives' tale of entering your ATM PIN in backwards to call for help if you're at the ATM under duress has been around for a while, but even though the technology exists to provide additional ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)—Police in New Jersey are issuing a safety alert warning residents that entering your ATM PIN backwards will not alert authorities during a robbery. Police say this flyer has been ...