Seven jobseekers were allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 19 lakh by an unidentified person on the pretext of providing them part-time employment in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.

An offence under relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act was registered on Sunday based on a complaint lodged by one of the victims who lost Rs 2.82 lakh to fraudsters, an official from Manpada police station in Dombivili town said.