Yes you can make money online without being scammed but you must work for yourself.
To make money online legit you need to create a website and start posting great content and then build up the website traffic to your website.
Once you have enough traffic you can monetize your website using affiliate programs or advertising networks such as Adsense or media.net ads.
You can also make money online by starting a youtube channel and if you get enough subscribers and views you can monetize the videos with ads and get paid through adsense.