You do need somebody who has checked these out. There are more scams online than legitimate jobs.
I recommend you go to http://komando.com and use her recommendations. She knows of a variety of jobs and has checked them out personally.
Never pay for one of these jobs.

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Explore medical transcription. It’s a legit work-at-home job that will require you to listen in to taped doctor dictations and keyboard them into ready to use text-based patient records. You may need to get medical transcription training from a career school, but it’s possible to take online classes for this!