Scribie

The internet is not a magical cash machine. Stop dreaming that it is. There is no form filling job that will earn you 20K USD a month. Any job that requires you pay a fee upfront is a scam. Don't even bother looking into it.

That said, it is possible to make a few bucks here and there online. But you have to work for it. Here is the real deal, the only upside of working online from home is that you don't have to dress up and commute, otherwise, online work is still work.

A quick way of earning a few bucks online is scribie.com. All you need is a computer with a fairly good internet connection, a good set of headphones, and a lot of patience. To get paid, you will also need a verified Paypal account. The job is transcribing audio files into text format. It is not rocket science. You don't even have to type that fast, as you are given 2 hours to transcribe 6 minutes of audio. You work only on the files you want to, when you want to. You are even given a 1 minute preview of the file before you have to select the job.

If you are interested, prepare yourself for a test, which is a paid test if you pass. Pay is 1 USD per 6 minutes of audio, which translates to 10 USD per audio hour transcribed. It will not pay for the rent, but it can pay for the internet and a little more. Downside to the site is that there are times when files are scarce. It is first come first served. Right now however, start of 2013, I see a good amount of files available.