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I don't know what kind of job you're looking for, so it's hard to say, but I can speak from my own experience...

I've had several jobs where I work from home, but I made all of them through real-life connections. Other people I know that work from home have started a job in an office and been given the option to work from home.

In terms of not getting your identity stolen, I suppose you just have to ensure that the company you're working for is legit. I don't know what kind of qualifications you have, but if I saw an offer that required no qualifications, didn't have an address and phone number and actually paid well, I would be extremely suspicious.
I realize I'm probably not being very helpful, but your question was a bit broad.

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I don't know what kind of job you're looking for, so it's hard to say, but I can speak from my own experience...

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I'm in business for myself right now, but the company that first hired me to work from home is a 'real' company that I got hired by after making a real world connection.

In terms of suggestions... make sure you can segregate yourself from any possible distractions, and make sure you behave as though you're going to work when you begin your workday. In the whole time I've worked from home, I've never once played a console game during work hours, except when it was directly work-related, and I've always gotten dressed as though I'm going to work outside of the

It's great to be able to go do things that need to be done during the day without
the need to ask a boss, but I'd say that's more a function of being a business owner than working from home, explicitly-- at my last job my employer expected
that I be at my computer for as long as he was, which stank, since I do my best
work during the 'dark hours'. But working for yourself is another subject entirely,
and certainly not for everyone!

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