Internship not employment, clarifies CBI after internet job scams do the rounds

• India’s top investigation agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a warning notice for job-seekers informing them about the fake employment opportunities via internship.
  
• The CBI issued an official notice — “CBI Academy and Internshala to initiate an Internship Scheme of CBI from the year 2020” — on its website.
  
• The agency is offering two-month internships to graduates, postgraduates and research scholars — with a major in law, cyber, data analysis, criminology, management, economics, commerce and forensic science including digital forensics.
  
• It plans to hire 30 interns across its offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Lucknow and Chandigarh.

Fraudsters are now cashing in on India’s unemployment crisis and the rising desperation for jobs.

The recent one on their radar is India’s top investigation agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The agency issued a warning notice for job-seekers informing them about the fake employment opportunities via internships.

Fraudsters disguised as senior officers, put out online advertisements for internships — referring to them as employment opportunity. After which, the CBI issued an official notice — “CBI Academy and Internshala to initiate an Internship Scheme of CBI from the year 2020” — on its website.

“It has come to our notice that some platforms are referring to our Internship Scheme as an employment opportunity in the CBI. These platforms incorrectly mentioned that the CBI will pay the interns a consolidated amount or salary as per CBI norms, during the internship period. These platforms are also falsely giving alleged information to the general public that after completion of the CBI Internship, the interns will be given placement in CBI. The candidates are also being asked to apply for the Internship Scheme of CBI online through a link being provided by recruitment agencies,” said the notice.

CBI Academy and Internshala to initiate an internship scheme from of CBI from the year 2020”

The agency is offering internships to Indian nationals — graduates, postgraduates and research scholars — who major in law, cyber, data analysis, criminology, management, economics, commerce and forensic science including digital forensics.

The internship will last for a maximum of two months where the selected interns will assist in analysis of information. The agency plans to hire 30 interns across its offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Lucknow and Chandigarh.

However, the CBI clarified that “the scheme does not involve any permanent placement with the CBI after completion of the internship period.”

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