Earlier, when someone used to send money to another account. Then people had to go to the bank for this. Or had to give a check. But since India has been digitized. Since then, people do most transactions online. After the introduction of Unified Payment Interface, or UPI in India in 2016, there was a lot of convenience in sending money to people or making any kind of transaction. Now if people want to send money to someone, then they also send 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.
How long can the money come back?
If you send money to the wrong UPI number, then your money is more likely to get back. When your account and the UPI number on which the money has been sent, the account belongs to the same bank. But if your account belongs to another bank and the account in which the money has gone. Both are separate 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 that person to return the money. For this, if you want, you can share information about the transaction with that person as evidence. However, your money is less likely to get back.
Contact UPI App Customer Care
Apart from this, the UPI app you have transacted. You can file your complaint by calling its customer care. For this, you will also have to give information about the transaction.
After sending money to the wrong UPI number, you can talk to your bank’s customer aid officer. They can file their complaint. Apart from this, you should file a complaint of wrong UPI transactions in the National Payment Corporation of India i.e. NPCI. Apart from this, you can also complain by calling 1800-120-1740.
