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    READ THIS-very scary HR!

    This was just posted as a news story in the Syracuse, NY area but it could happen anywhere

    http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/stor...QjB7oIT8g.cspx
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    Originally posted by classicsporthorses View Post
    This was just posted as a news story in the Syracuse, NY area but it could happen anywhere

    http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/stor...QjB7oIT8g.cspx
    OMG!!!

    I received a sort of curious heads up about this fox character this morning in the Skyline Corral yahoo group!

    Here is the msg from the group:

    I don't know if i should be posting this here or not. I am because there is some one possing in ny as a guy who inheritted alot of money from his dad dying, has a young girl with him. they game to look at my horse. her mother said he offered her a job. he is going by the name Micheal Fox. He is wanted in sc. mother is frantic. Her name is nikky. thinks she is manger of a new barn that doesn't exsist. call ny police asap. Thank you pass the word.
    I Loff My Quarter Horse & I love Fenway Bartholomule cliques

    Just somebody with a positive outlook on life...go ahead...hate me for that.

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      #3
      Man should be shot, makes my skin crawl I hope they find him real soon.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by classicsporthorses View Post
        Man should be shot, makes my skin crawl I hope they find him real soon.
        Well said.

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        • #5
          Wow. Really bad!

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          • #6
            Ick, I went to school in that area. Will pass along to my Finger Lakes horsey friends if they don't already know.
            Coruscant Stables

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            • #7
              Originally posted by equineartworks View Post
              OMG!!!

              I received a sort of curious heads up about this fox character this morning in the Skyline Corral yahoo group!

              Here is the msg from the group:

              I don't know if i should be posting this here or not. I am because there is some one possing in ny as a guy who inheritted alot of money from his dad dying, has a young girl with him. they game to look at my horse. her mother said he offered her a job. he is going by the name Micheal Fox. He is wanted in sc. mother is frantic. Her name is nikky. thinks she is manger of a new barn that doesn't exsist. call ny police asap. Thank you pass the word.
              I'm sorry, but the above post is difficult to follow at best. In a very serious matter that may save a person's life it's important to be articulate and specific.

              Is it stating the obvious that if someone says "oh I just inherited money from my father's death" that this should, at the very least throw a huge red flag. If it doesn't smell right, it isn't!!! Ask for a resume, even if they are hiring you, check on them using google and never get in a stranger's car or let someone you don't know get in your car.

              Sick people are everywhere.

              Edited to say I may sound a bit harsh, but things like this really scare the cr#@p out of me. How do you know he's wanted in S.C. and for what? What girl is with him? More concise info is needed if possible.
              Last edited by Eventer55; Dec. 8, 2009, 07:04 PM.
              RIP Kelly 1977-2007 "Wither thou goest, so shall I"

              "To tilt when you should withdraw is Knightly too."

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              • #8
                Ick, I can't believe this creep is from the Saratoga Springs I live near... I've warned all my horsey friends in the area.

                That seriously creeps me out. I'm glad that girl wasn't more seriously harmed, and I pray to God that no one else gets in a car with him.

                I'm hoping that the girl reported to be with him is the one who they found bound... and not another girl.

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                • #9
                  OMG! That is the scariest thing I've heard in awhile! Thank goodness shes okay...things could've turned out very badly. She must have a good guardian angel.

                  I agree with the above poster regarding the message posted about the missing girl. It doesn't take much effort to type out a clear message. I understand being shaken up and words not flowing well. But, I could barely understand what was typed.

                  I'm really hoping they catch this s.o.b. Who knows what others things he's done or plans on doing. And lord prove me wrong, but when reading the posting I got the impression he had a 'young' girl with him (not for the job position either). If he does have another girl with him I pray they find her safely.

                  Ugh! All these creeps make me so freaking angry!
                  http://sickofcollege.blogspot.com/

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                  • #10
                    Thanks to the O.P. for posting this. I have alerted my horsey friends and will be posting this story at the boarding barn. What freaks me out is how isolated many barns are and how many women are working alone at them. The manager at my current boarding barn is a young woman who is there alone for hours every day. I instantly thought of her and her safety as I read this story.

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                    • #11
                      To those who may not take time to open a story link: (my 'puter sometimes takes FOREVER to open newstories, due to all the multimedia content. A brief synopsis along with a link is always appreciated, because I tend to just skip away from posts that are just a link, and would bet others do too)

                      Girl was found bound in duct tape in a PA motel, injured but alive. Apparently scammed into thinking she was working for a douchebag named Arnold Fox aka Michael Fox from Saratoga Springs NY. Claims to have "Fox Farm", is meeting women online and 'hiring' them to work at his horse farm.
                      Be very leery of anything to do with Fox Farms, Micheal or Arnold Fox. There's a pic of him in that link.

                      Shooting's too good for him.
                      Bind him up in duct tape and leave him someplace for a while....like a few years.

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                        Actually LC she was found in a NY motel but there may be other women involved. He stole her Jeep Liberty-green in color.

                        Weedsport, Cayuga County (WSYR-TV) – The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office is On The Lookout for a man who bound a woman with duct tape in a Weedsport Best Western Motel.

                        The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office says the woman met the suspect, identified as 30-year old Arnold Fox, online through ads involving employment at horse farms. Fox convinced the victim she had been hired to work for him at “Fox Farms” in Saratoga Springs, and convinced her to meet him in the Pocono area to assist him in purchasing horses. Fox and the victim did meet and visit horse farms in Pennsylvania.

                        The victim called her family at approximately 11:00 p.m. Saturday to say she was about two hours from home and would be dropping Fox off in Warrensburg, N.Y. She was not heard from again until she was found Monday morning at the Best Western Motel in the Village of Weedsport.

                        The woman was unbound by a Weedsport Police Officer who responded to the motel based on a report that a young female was found bound in one of their rooms. The officer also found she was suffering from a head wound, and she was transported to Auburn Memorial Hospital where she was treated and released.

                        The Sheriff’s Office says that Fox and the victim’s vehicle are missing. They add that Arnold Fox was using the alias of Mike Fox during his contact with the victim.

                        The investigation has not revealed any horse farm in the Saratoga Springs area that Fox owns, but he has been known to work on farms in the Adirondack area, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Fox also communicated with at least two other females online using the same rouse, but had not met them in person.

                        The Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate witnesses who saw Arnold Fox or saw him with a female anytime after Thursday 12/3/09 and anyone with information about the whereabouts of Arnold C. Fox or the victim’s vehicle, a 2003 Jeep Liberty with Massachusetts registration 522DF8.

                        Detectives also want to interview any persons who conversed with Fox online or responded to any online add posted by him or “Fox Farms.” Persons with information may call Cayuga County Sheriff’s Detectives at (315) 253-1610. If the information is of an emergency nature persons may contact our 911 center at (315) 253-1222.

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                        • #13
                          All the little girls that post online "I am 12 and want a job with horses, etc" Scares the crap out of me - because there are thousands of "Mike Fox's" out there just looking for an opportunity My thoughts and prayers are with Nikki!
                          "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there"

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                          • #14
                            Sadly, it just reinforces my feelings about posting/answering ads-never respond alone. Even if it's for a job, no one who is seriously hiring would fault you for showing up with a friend if meeting in a remote location like a horse barn.

                            And having a pick up, I'm often asked to be the "back up" for friends responding to sale ads. Women alone have to be smart and think defensively.

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                            • #15
                              They found the guy and the stolen car in Miami.

                              Hope they lock him up and throw away the key. Or feed him to the alligators.

                              http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/stor...QjB7oIT8g.cspx

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                              • #16
                                I'm in Albany and posted this article to my FB page as most of my FB friends are horsey people.

                                Women who are offered horsey jobs that first involved travelling a long way to "look at horses" or pick up a horse should be very careful about who they travel with and meetup with. I know many horsewomen who think nothing of driving hundreds of miles alone to pick up a horse. If it is a scam, they could be in serious peril.
                                F O.B
                                Resident racing historian ~~~ Re-riders Clique
                                Founder of the Mighty Thoroughbred Clique

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                                • #17
                                  Originally posted by Linny View Post
                                  I know many horsewomen who think nothing of driving hundreds of miles alone to pick up a horse. If it is a scam, they could be in serious peril.
                                  Yes, I'm sure many women who would not dream of meeting a stranger from an internet dating service alone would just hop in the car to go do something with a horse. It's always good to be careful.

                                  I hope the victim in this case is OK.

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                                  • #18
                                    There is/was an Arnold Fox and a Fox Farm right here in Charleston. Is there a connection? I am so out of the loop...
                                    Fullcirclefarmsc.com

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                                    • #19
                                      Originally posted by equineartworks View Post
                                      OMG!!!

                                      I received a sort of curious heads up about this fox character this morning in the Skyline Corral yahoo group!

                                      Here is the msg from the group:

                                      I don't know if i should be posting this here or not. I am because there is some one possing in ny as a guy who inheritted alot of money from his dad dying, has a young girl with him. they game to look at my horse. her mother said he offered her a job. he is going by the name Micheal Fox. He is wanted in sc. mother is frantic. Her name is nikky. thinks she is manger of a new barn that doesn't exsist. call ny police asap. Thank you pass the word.

                                      I'm confused. Whose mother was offered a job? Who is Nikky? Is she the person found in the NY motel? Sounds the the woman found int he motel was tied up in order for the guy to steal her Jeep?

                                      Seems a few pieces of the story are missing. Or else I'm just really dense.....

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                                      • #20
                                        Originally posted by Dispatcher View Post
                                        I'm confused. Whose mother was offered a job? Who is Nikky? Is she the person found in the NY motel? Sounds the the woman found int he motel was tied up in order for the guy to steal her Jeep?

                                        Seems a few pieces of the story are missing. Or else I'm just really dense.....
                                        I have no idea, it came in a yahoo group I belong to. I just was shocked because I got it in the morning before they found this young lady.
                                        I Loff My Quarter Horse & I love Fenway Bartholomule cliques

                                        Just somebody with a positive outlook on life...go ahead...hate me for that.

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