New Delhi, March 12 -- The Indian Embassy in the US issued an advisory on fraud calls on Tuesday. The advisory noted that fraudsters are spoofing Embassy of India telephone lines to make calls aimed at cheating people.

"Some of these calls are shown as being from the Embassy telephone numbers (202-939-7000) while others simply use Embassy identity. These fraudsters either seek personal information like credit card details etc. or try to extort money from Indian nationals by inter alia claiming that there are errors in their passports, visa forms, immigration forms etc. which could be rectified by paying money, and at the same time warning that the so called errors, if not rectified, could result in deportation of the individual to India ...