Working from home has long been the dream of many professionals, stay-at-home parents and retirees in search of supplemental income Once thought of as a luxury that was out of reach for most, establishing an income from home by creating a self-directed career or taking advantage of growing opportunities for online jobs is now a viable employment option and is quickly increasing in popularity

On any given day, a person can open his or her email and find offers for careers from home that sound too good to be true Those emails that are not immediately caught by a spam filter are usually tossed aside, often without even being opened