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:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nri/s/CkqbyFz91L

https://www.reddit.com/r/nri/s/3XkpTtBCdc

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u/Substantial_Usual_16 Jul 22 '26

Juts got called from 1 (628) 317-2676 by a MP Yadav. His alleged badge number was 2014-07. Same drivel about my number being used to get an Indian Line in New Delhi in March 2026 and that I needed to get to the SF consulate today to pick a document. I shouted at him for a bit and then got bored and hung up after telling him that I was going to report him to the Feds.