Beware of Work-at-Home Schemes That Promise Internet Riches

It sounds appealing, doesn't it? Set up your own Internet business, and make money from home. And you'll only have to pay $1,200 to $1,700 to learn how to do it.

Unfortunately, some offers are just to be good to be true. That's why Boise, Idaho-based Accelerated Mentoring, a company that sells Internet-based training, software and personal coaching to help consumers establish e-commerce businesses, recently entered into a settlement agreement that requires the company to change its business practices, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said in a statement.