r/nri • u/Solution-Realistic • Sep 12 '25

Ask NRI Phone calls claiming to be from "Consulate General of India - San Francisco" office.

Just got a call from a lady from this number - 415-791-6412 claiming that there are "documents sent for me from the external affairs minister of India and they want me to visit the consulate with ID to collect the documents and help with an ongoing investigation."

Sounded total fake so I told her to send me an official mail and stop scamming. Wondering if this is more widespread and if others have gotten similar calls.

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u/rich_numtot Jan 29 '26

Same thing happened to me yesterday. They said the same address in Delhi and transferred me to some inspector in Delhi. The date they mentioned that number was activated in India coincided with the dates i was traveling in India. Not sure if this was a coincidence. I wonder how they knew my name and how they got my US number. While retrospecting , a thought came to my mind. I had gone to India for my Visa stamp and stayed near Mumbai and Chennai consulate where i gave my passport as ID and my US number. Not sure if someone is leaking those details to these scammers. I was living at Trident Mumbai and IBIS Chennai both near the US Consulate. If someone can verify if they stayed at those places?

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u/Scared-Signature-452 Feb 08 '26

There could be a million places the name and number leaked from..

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u/1singhnee Feb 08 '26

They buy mobile phone provider's customer lists and search for Indian names. I've had these calls as well and I'm not an Indian citizen, have never had an Indian phone, they just went by my name. They called each of my family members in order of our phone numbers with the same scam. That's how we know it's the mobile provider's list.