p2pnet news | Crime:- Katherine Ann Olson was shot and killed after answering a Craigslist ad for a nanny.

Now a Minnesota agency is warning job hunters to be careful when answering online advertisements.

Police found a .357 Magnum in Olson’s house in Savage, Minnesota, continues Scripps News.

Michael John Anderson, 19, has been charged with her second-degree murder, says the story.

“On Monday, a Wayzata nanny agency sent memos to 12,000 young women in its national database, urging caution online,” it states.

“This generation is growing up with Facebook, MySpace and Craigslist to the point where they have become commonplace,” Scripps has Joe Keeley, president of College Nannies & Tutors, saying. “Whether you’re selling a couch or looking for a job, you need to be cautious.”

But, “It’s not the Internet,” says Nora Paul, who runs the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota.
“It’s just using common sense when you go into a situation when you don’t know what the whole story might be.”

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Also See:
Scripps News – Bail set at $1 million for man accused of murder, October 30, 2007

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