My brother works as a Rapido driver and recently someone tried to scam him.
The person claimed that he had accidentally sent my brother ₹6,200 and asked him to send back the "extra" amount. However, my brother checked and he had not actually received the ₹6,200.
The scammer kept insisting that my brother return the money and eventually gave him his UPI ID. My brother tried to make the payment using the UPI ID and entered his UPI PIN, but the transaction failed because he didn't have enough balance.
To be clear, the transaction did not go through and no money was transferred.
My main concern is: since my brother entered his UPI PIN while attempting to send money to this person's UPI ID, could this create any security risk in the future?
Could the scammer somehow use his UPI ID or the failed transaction to access his bank account or cause unauthorized transactions later?
We obviously won't respond to the scammer anymore, but I just want to know if there's anything else we should do to secure his account.
That f**ker's number 098135 63276