“Enter your PIN number backwards and the police will be alerted if you're being threatened at an ATM.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 May 2019.
Africa Check rated thisHoax
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 May 2019. Africa Check (Nigeria) looked into it and published its finding on 31 May 2019, 30 days later. Its rating was “Hoax”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1091186531089721&set=a.103565899851794&type=3&the…
Links recorded by Africa Check. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Africa Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.