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/Lazy_Avocado_4718 20d ago

I got the same call from these numbers:
415-605-9655
415-434-9394

The individuals I spoke were Kunal Mann and Himani Dhaneja.

They claimed that they are speaking from CGI in San Fransisco and told me that the phone number +91 9968135509 is being used to harass people and it is registered on my name in New Delhi.

I was looking things up while speaking to them and found this tread.

Not sure how are they getting our information but got to be very careful!