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I'm a network engineer for a large telecom company. So technically, yes?

i went on omegle with a fake webcam feed of a woman and well... yea... it was easy money

Yes but it was obviously never enough to pay bills or purchase anything that was really expensive. I've been using these websites and apps that are referred to as "beer money sites/apps" on and off for over the past decade. I don't know exactly how much I've made over the years but I do know it was definitely several hundreds of dollars. I used to use them to buy cheap games and older consoles from Amazon but my most recent purchase was a cheap laptop that I bought about a year ago.

They're not great but they are currently the only way for me to buy stuff online.

I'm currently attempting it now. I'll bookmark this so I can let you know in the future.

Does game currency count? :P

I've been on one for about 4 years and have made I think about $600 over that time playing very casually. I know there's way more intense people that can make a bit more but likely still not a living wage, just nice pocket money. Also, if you're outside of the US, they seem to be cutting down on opportunities.

The con is you're essentially selling them your data via polls, app downloads, etc. Pro is money, I guess.

Look up sites owned by Prodege, they're all pretty similar, and they do pay out if you provide real info (e.g. paypal). Most complaints you'll see online about people not getting paid out is because they don't want to provide that, which is fair enough.

Oh also UserTesting, which legit pays out well (10-20USD per 15-30min test), but you need to allow screen/mic recording and it takes a lot more involvement. I imagine investing a bit of time into it could fare pretty decently, but I don't have that kind of energy or time.

I once made around 50 euros designing a keyboard layout for a person I met on Reddit. He did international transfer over bank lol.

I have made money with crypto. Usually I would follow this friends of mine, he tells me when to buy and when to sell. To get it to the bank, you transfer from the exchange to either Coinbase or Binance and then withdraw to your bank there.

I have made money from a website me and by friend was hosting. Used ad services, withdraw to PayPal and then to the bank.

I technically would have made money from YouTube with some thousands of views, but are not opted in to any program there.

I would like to recommend you some freelance job, but I don't have experience in that field...

I made $25 once on a content mill website, and there's some folks who've made a decent income churning out such stuff. But given the current climate with AI I don't know that this is a great option anymore.

Honestly, the best thing to do is look at your current skillset and see what opportunities fit. Most of the stuff where you make real money, unfortunately, will involve some calls and meetings.

As an aside, it's also not a huge pot of money, but UI testing on Testbirds can have higher-than-average payouts than your usual micro-gig website stuff. It all varies though, and you can't necessarily bank on what jobs come down the pipe for your consideration.

Sports betting. Only catch is that I lost more than i made