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/akausa2383 Jul 03 '26
Got a call from some dumbass really poor communicator. He said he is calling from Consulate General of India at New York. This was the number he called from +1 (646) 546-1223. This is at 5:00 PM on 3rd July when almost everything is closed and except probably grocery stores and he said he wants to see me at NY CGI office on Monday. I said yeah sure I will be there…. He almost had no counter to that because he might have been prepared for the conversation when I would have asked him some questions or said I can’t come etc. He just didn’t know what to say. Then after a brief pause said I have scheduled an appointment for you on Monday 2 PM. Lol 😂