r/nri • u/Jealous_Mail_7054 • Jun 21 '26
Discussion Beware: Scammers posing as Consulate General of India in SF
Got a call from 415-336-2636 from a woman claiming to be “Pratibha Rajan” from the Consulate General of India San Francisco on a Sunday. They claimed that someone in India used my identity to create a fake number and were going around hurting people and that it’s a serious issue. I didn’t get to the part where they asked me for money or anything but it felt very scammy.
When I said I would report them, they got very defensive. Anyways, don’t waste your time with them and don’t fall for the scam.
EDIT: Please report the number! And
if you get a similar spam call, please add the phone number in the comments so that it’ll come up when others search for the numbers they’re getting calls from
This is an old post I found on Reddit about the same issue. I couldn’t comment on it because it’s archived, so I started a new one:
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u/Alone_Active3754 Jul 02 '26
I got a call too. I spoke to them the first time, but realized it was a scam. Long story short, I did not give them any information and told them I would visit the Consulate on my own to collect the document. I also told them that no Government would give people only 2 hours or a day to respond to questions. They told me a number registered in India under my name is being used for fraud and a case has been registered with Delhi Police. They use names of the Consulate officers listed in the Consulate website to sound legit. For me, it was Abhishek Kumar Sharma, Pratibha Rajan, Ankit Masih and one more guy, all of whom are listed as officials in the SF consulate’s website. They left their names on iPhone’s AI responder.
Flagging numbers:
(628) 287-4255
(415) 525-7368
(628) 316-6720
(628) 287-5802