From commando.com, this is Commando on demand, where we talk to the industry movers and

shakers to keep you up to date on everything digital. We'll get started in a moment, but first,

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Hey guys, in for Kim Commando. My name is Mike James. Kim is getting ready for our international show on Bloomberg TV, which starts on January 5th. She'll be back soon. If we haven't met,

I've been with Kim for going on 17 years, and I'm looking forward to

this podcast because it's all about side hustle, and I do have a little side hustle job. I do

real estate on the side and have a couple of apartment buildings. At any rate, if you've ever

been kind of short on cash and wish you had a side hustle that could provide for a little

extra money without leaving your house.

If you've ever wondered what it might be like, if you didn't have to commute to work,

nine to five job, and instead just open up your laptop from the comfort of your own couch in your

pajamas, well, that might be a little bit of a stretch. But there are sites out there that do

legitimately cater to people who are confined to their home

or simply prefer to work remotely.

And I'll get to those.

But a scary truth is, in this digital age, is that some work-at-home gigs that promised

big payouts are actually big scams.

Let me tell you about Abigail Gimble.

She's a 22-year-old landscaper working freelance jobs in Loveland, Ohio.

As she tells the story to her local ABC news station, she just wanted to make some extra money

so she turned to the internet and found a $25 an hour home bookkeeping job,

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