IT job scam in Hyderabad: How Cyberabad frauds are cheating job seekers

Nearly 15% of the victims have been identified as IT professionals

Job fraud cases continue to plague Hyderabad with 72 cases recorded under Cyberabad commissionerate in the past one year alone. Cyberabad recorded the highest number of cases in 2017, Hyderabad commissionerate recorded 52, followed by Rachakonda with 38 cases of job frauds. 

Why Cyberabad?

When the tech boom began in Hyderabad from 1998, most of the real estate, educational institutions, IT companies and financial firms made Madhapur, Miyapur, Hitech City, Kondapur, Gachibowli, Raidurgam, Manikonda Village district as their home.

As Hyderabad continued to receive a large volume of floating immigrants from across the country, the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation divided the