Biaggi then proposed House Resolution 785 in 1987 which would have had the FBI track the problem of express kidnappings and evaluate the idea of an emergency PIN system.
[7][8][9][10] In 2006, an e-mail chain letter hoax circulated that claimed a reverse PIN duress code system is in place universally.
In September 2013 the hoax was still circulating in Australia with the text: If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM, you can notify the police by entering your PIN in reverse.
AFP Web site: http://www.afp.gov.auThe same kind of e-mail chain letter hoax is still circulated on Tumblr and Facebook, as well as in India and other parts of the world.
They cite an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch which claims bankers oppose the reverse-PIN system out of concerns that "ATM users might hesitate or fumble while trying to enter their PINs backwards under duress, possibly increasing the chances of violence."
[11] A bill making the reverse emergency PIN system mandatory on all ATMs in the state of Illinois was proposed on February 10, 2009.