Utility News Desk!!! Earlier when someone used to send money to another account. At that time people had to go to the bank for this. Or the check had to be given. But ever since digitalization has happened in India. Since then people do most of their transactions online. After the introduction of Unified Payment Interface i.e. UPI in India in 2016, people got a lot of convenience in sending money or doing any kind of transaction. Now if people want to send money to someone, they also send it through UPI. Many times people send money to the wrong number. If you also send it to a wrong UPI number. So you need to worry. You can get your money back. Let us tell you how.
When can the money be returned?
If you send money to the wrong UPI number, the chances of getting your money back are high. When your account and the UPI number to which the money is sent belong to the same bank. But if your account is of some other bank and the account in which the money has gone. Both are different banks. Then it may take time to get your money back. If you have accidentally sent money to the wrong UPI number. So you can request the person to return the money. For this, if you want, you can share the transaction information with that person as proof. However, the chances of getting your money back are slim.
Contact UPI App Customer Care
Apart from this, the UPI app through which you have done the transaction. You can lodge your complaint by calling its customer care. For this you will also have to provide transaction information.
After sending money to the wrong UPI number, you can talk to the customer support officer of your bank. They can lodge their complaint. Apart from this, you should lodge a complaint about wrong UPI transaction with National Payment Corporation of India i.e. NPCI. Apart from this, you can also complain by calling 1800-120-1740.
