"They want your social security number and your bank account. And you're like "ohhhhh, I don't wanna give you that!" I don't know who you are," said Razzano.

She signed up to make money doing surveys on the web. But all she got was SPAM.

"I didn't know which ones to trust and which ones not to trust. How do you know it's a scam? Am I gonna end up losing a lot of money or wasting a lot of time before I find out it is?" she said.

According to State Police, you could be putting yourself at risk. By giving your personal information to sites that make outrageous claims: to make you rich, or to work two hours a day and make $3000 a week by web-surfing through Google.

"Well, you've just given them in one pretty little package everything they need to make you a wonderful victim of identity theft," said William Mosher, Senior Investigator of Financial Crimes with the New York State Police.

We decided to try one that doesn't make outrageous claims; one of those home assembly kits. We ordered from the company 'Tiny Details,' located in Groton, New York, near Ithaca. We paid a $55 deposit...half of it refundable.

The job? Make 50 miniature books for dollhouses, and earn $50. The books are "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickins.

We cut...folded teensy pages..glued...and trimmed! But the first book came out gluey and crooked, not even close to the standards.

A number of consumers made complaints about Tiny Details to the Better Business Bureau, saying the company didn't always honor promises to pay or refund money. That prompted the BBB to give that company an "F" rating.

Tiny Details owner Christopher Buchan responded to our story, with this statement:

"We've have 6000 active home assemblers and the majority are happy and have made money. We must be doing something right. We're trying to work on our rating at the BBB, and are answering any complaints."

So what is safe to sign up for on the internet?

Kelly Razzano saw a segment on the Today Show about "Mommy bloggers." She bought a book on blogging, and started her own site: albanymommy.com.

She makes money by selling advertising space. The checks have started to roll in. She's not getting rich quick, but it's a work-at-home job where she has control - and great expectations.

"In the back of my mind I'm just thinking - someday somebody's going to discover me and I'm just gonna get money dropped in my lap by them because they wanna catch on to this! That would be my dream," said Razzano.