When UPI was launched around 2016, I used to work for a payments company and
registered the VPA example@upi as a joke. This turned out to be a terrible
idea and since then I’m bombarded with several inbound credits and payment
requests daily.
It took me a while to delete the handle and as of now it is gone forever.
I’m going through my transaction history for the last few years and returning most payments one by one unless its a trivial value like ₹1. If something doesn’t look right, please reach out via email.
🙏 Sorry about this.
Turns out getting the UPI handle "example@upi" was a pretty bad idea. Now people are sending me real money several times every week. How do I delete this handle @UPI_NPCI?
— Jaseem Abid 🦀 (@jaseemabid) October 21, 2020
That innocuous joke is now starting to look like fraud. I don't need anyone's money. It's totalling to several 1000s now and I'll rather close the account and return all this one by one.
— Jaseem Abid 🦀 (@jaseemabid) October 21, 2020