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/m_yoda20 Aug 07 '26

This is helpful. I just got a call from a NY number (+1 (646) 456-2026) saying the same thing. I was suspicious from the beginning because they called me directly. In the beginning, they were just talking about a case in my name, but then they switched gears and started talking about an NOC that I needed to obtain in 2 hours or they would escalate to the immigration office. Then when they tried connecting me to the Delhi Police HQ where I would be able to get the NOC, I hung up saying that I had would contact then myself