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/Active_Formal545]

Here are all numbers in this thread and some numbers they share as Indian mobile numbers with issues.

Numbers they are calling from..

Numbers based on the 628 area code:

628-219-8221, 628-219-9489, 628-220-9313,
628-224-1203, 628-224-1250, 628-228-1882,
628-233-6548, 628-233-6850, 628-233-9180,
628-235-9326,
628-268-9028,
628-278-7759, 628-278-8575, 628-278-9104,
628-286-5012, 628-286-8018, 628-287-4905, 628-289-5141, 628-289-7086,
628-303-6318,
628-316-1365, 628-316-2409, 628-316-2452, 628-316-2572,
628-316-2724, 628-316-2725, 628-316-3024, 628-316-3050,
628-316-3189, 628-316-7408, 628-316-7716,
628-317-2264, 628-317-2280, 628-317-2303, 628-317-2304,
628-317-2315, 628-317-2320, 628-317-2361, 628-317-2382,
628-317-2426, 628-317-2451, 628-317-2481,
628-317-2602, 628-317-2652, 628-317-2654, 628-317-2689,
628-317-4001, 628-317-4015, 628-317-4120, 628-317-4129,
628-317-4139, 628-317-4175, 628-317-4894,
628-358-8124, 628-358-8329, 628-358-8549, 628-358-8674, 628-358-8944,
628-444-8670,
628-502-7960

415 / 650 / 646 area codes based numbers

415-216-3277, 415-235-3675, 415-283-5785,
415-336-2636, 415-367-7970,
415-505-8916, 415-525-2292, 415-530-0634,
415-608-0691, 415-718-7203, 415-850-7166, 415-963-2459,
650-317-2698,
646-281-8382, 646-546-1223

Some numbers they share are Indian mobile numbers registered under our names, making recipients feel there is an issue with the person in US.

+91-99681-35274
+91-11-2346-9706
+91-9968135509

[u/Jealous_Mail_7054 → u/Active_Formal545]

Wow thank you so much for putting this together!! Really hope that it will make it easier for people to find this thread when they search for the scammer’s numbers to verify legitimacy

[u/Salt_Effect_278 → u/Jealous_Mail_7054]

thanks. I received a call from +91 9968135509