Safety & emergency numbers
Checked: 2026-09-27
Emergency numbers: 911 police & emergencies, 107 ambulance (SAME), 100 fire, 103 civil defense, 144 gender violence, 137 family violence, 102 children’s rights, 135 suicide prevention, 147 city information line.
If someone calls saying a relative was kidnapped, hang up and call the relative yourself (virtual kidnapping).
No bank sends staff home to collect money or dollars or to “swap banknotes”.
Don’t scan QR codes stuck over other codes; check banknotes against the light — watermark and security thread reading BCRA.
Report fraud: 911, the nearest police station or the CABA prosecutor 0800-33-347225 (24/7); online at denuncias.fiscalias.gob.ar.