Scammer sent money on UPI, about 50k in multiple transactions and then asked to return. Didn’t do so, and now 90k has been blocked from bank account.

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May 5, 2026 at 11:47 am

My dad got a phone call yesterday from someone impersonating his officer and asking if he could send some money on his UPI ID since his old number is not working anymore, and this is a new number. My dad fell for it and then agreed to it. After that he sent about 50K through UPI in multiple transactions and post that he asked to send the money back to a different account. When my dad was trying to send the money back, he checked that the name of the recipient UPI ID seemed fishy, and then he confronted the guy again on call regarding who he was and then tried calling his real officer back again on WhatsApp, and got to know that it was a scam. He didn’t pay the money back and asked him to get the transaction reversed directly from the bank. But today morning my dad got a message that 40 K has been blocked from the account, and then he went to the bank to confirm regarding that. But post that in afternoon total of 90K has been blocked from his account. When the bank folks tried to contact him, he said that he has sent 50K to the SBI account and then another 40K to another PNB account of my Dad and so he wants 90K back.

How do we proceed here?

Edit 1: Posted an update in comments

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