India, March 12 -- The Embassy of India in the United States has issued an advisory on fraud calls, saying that some fraudsters are "spoofing" the telephone lines of the Embassy to make calls aimed at "cheating" people.

The advisory also said that some of such fraud calls were shown as being from the telephone numbers of the Embassy.

Cautioning the people against such fraudsters and their modus operandi, the advisory said that they seek personal information such as credit card details. They sometimes even try to extort money from Indian nationals there by claiming that there are errors in their passports, visa form, immigration forms or more, which could be rectified by paying money, the advisory warned.

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