SAME THING AGAIN - INTERNET MARKETING

Has anyone gone through the net like I do? I hv been surfing the net and have come across innumerable sites where they say basically one can make money and become rich just by sitting at home and work on the net. Others are saying that the lucky 2% may strike it reach. Some of them promise the moon, you know. I have joined in a few, but to date I am still as poor as a church mouse, if you know what I mean.
Any one of you have strike it rich by using the Net out there? Please, may be you can share the secret. What you have to do, how much money you have spitted out before striking it rich, and what kind of business wherein you have made it good, and how many times you have been fooled (if you are not too abash to mention it).