A 27-year-old unemployed man from Navi Mumbai has allegedly been cheated of Rs three lakh by a person who promised to get him a job, police told news agency PTI.

The accused, whom the victim knew, promised to get him a permanent job with the SSC/HSC Board office at Vashi in Navi Mumbai in June last year and took Rs three lakh from him, an official from Vashi police station told PTI.