However, there are real data entry jobs available online. However, they’re just that – jobs. They won’t pay you extraordinary amounts of money for a few minutes’ work, but they will enable you to earn an income. You may not initially get enough work to replace a full time income, but if you’re just looking for some extra money, doing data entry work from home is an excellent way to go about it. You can often find data entry work at genuine work from home sites, or from freelancing sites (such as Elance.com, Guru.com or Rentacoder.com, where people who need work done put in requests for bids, and you have the opportunity to make a bid on projects you’re qualified for).