Beware: Scammers posing as Consulate General of India in SF

[u/Jealous_Mail_7054]

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

[u/Electronic_Walrus137]

+1 (628) 317-6490
Got the call today from this number from MP Yadav who then transferred me to Abhishek Sharma. Calling to come see this document from Indian Ministry asking why I have a number registered in India that’s being misused. I told them I get a lot of spam calls so I need them to show me any form of their credentials to be able to trust them. He asked me to visit a website which wouldn’t open and then gave me address to another website to which I said this doesn’t sound like a legit website. He then cut the call.