[Chewbacca]

Paypal will protect the funds, but not the personal info you probably have to send. I spent years looking at work from home options and found many of them are scams to one degree or another. Asking for money upfront is one of the biggest red flags. In this economy I am suprised any job opening of this sort would last one day if legit.

I'd atleast recommend googling the company name along with the words "work from home scam" and search extensively before sending anything.