Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Are UNITED Directorios, Lda Expanding their operations?
United Directories based in Lisbon, Portugal bought many of the disputed contracts of Novachannel AG a company forced into liquidation in Switzerland and currently the subject of a huge criminal investigation in that country. (See This Blog tomorrow for some important Analysis of Novachannels recent loss before the Swiss Supreme Court)
The contracts in question related to the medical directory, med1web and were of the classic misleading format that has become known as the Ludenbach style after the man behind many of the companies that have used this layout.
Staff at United Directories were left in no doubt by frustrated victims of the Novachannel scam that the contracts were subject to the Swiss code of obligations, and were void due to their deceptive nature, this did not stop United from writing aggressive letters demanding payment and threatening legal action, nor did it stop them from contriving their own, very similar contacts which were mailed from Portugal and are now also the subject of dispute.
Recently med1web have been fairly quiet, with few complaints received, usually an indication with such guides of legal problems or of an ongoing project that is using resources; now the next stage may be evident.
In October a few complaints appeared online about forms from a guide calling itself The European Medical Directory – the complaints note that a price is inferred and that the contracts are misleading (StopECG has not yet seen these contracts to assess the complaints)
Some research has revealed that the directory does exist, calling itself The European Medical Directory (TEMDI) with a website at www.temdi.com
Although the website was registered using a company that allows the owner to remain anonymous a quick look at temdi.com reveals the following contact information
UNITED Directorios, Lda
Av. Joao Crisostomo 38c
1050-127 Lisbon
Portugal
Telephone +351 211 148 777
Fax +351 211 148 755
Email info@temdi.com
Commercial – Register 508'829'402
VAT - No. 508'829'402
Digging a little deeper the following unused domains can be found, registered using the same Anonymous Registration service and hosted at the same IP address of 213.58.174.50
www.ammedi.com
www.ammedi.us
www.tapam.com
www.tapat-guide.com
www.tapat-guide.us
www.tapat.us
It appears an American Medical Directory is planned and possibly an American Directory of Patents and Marques
On the very next IP block of 213.58.174.51 and again using the same Anonymous Registration service is just one domain
www.un-legalservices.com
Could it be that a new debt collection outfit is on the way?
The contracts in question related to the medical directory, med1web and were of the classic misleading format that has become known as the Ludenbach style after the man behind many of the companies that have used this layout.
Staff at United Directories were left in no doubt by frustrated victims of the Novachannel scam that the contracts were subject to the Swiss code of obligations, and were void due to their deceptive nature, this did not stop United from writing aggressive letters demanding payment and threatening legal action, nor did it stop them from contriving their own, very similar contacts which were mailed from Portugal and are now also the subject of dispute.
Recently med1web have been fairly quiet, with few complaints received, usually an indication with such guides of legal problems or of an ongoing project that is using resources; now the next stage may be evident.
In October a few complaints appeared online about forms from a guide calling itself The European Medical Directory – the complaints note that a price is inferred and that the contracts are misleading (StopECG has not yet seen these contracts to assess the complaints)
Some research has revealed that the directory does exist, calling itself The European Medical Directory (TEMDI) with a website at www.temdi.com
Although the website was registered using a company that allows the owner to remain anonymous a quick look at temdi.com reveals the following contact information
UNITED Directorios, Lda
Av. Joao Crisostomo 38c
1050-127 Lisbon
Portugal
Telephone +351 211 148 777
Fax +351 211 148 755
Email info@temdi.com
Commercial – Register 508'829'402
VAT - No. 508'829'402
Digging a little deeper the following unused domains can be found, registered using the same Anonymous Registration service and hosted at the same IP address of 213.58.174.50
www.ammedi.com
www.ammedi.us
www.tapam.com
www.tapat-guide.com
www.tapat-guide.us
www.tapat.us
It appears an American Medical Directory is planned and possibly an American Directory of Patents and Marques
On the very next IP block of 213.58.174.51 and again using the same Anonymous Registration service is just one domain
www.un-legalservices.com
Could it be that a new debt collection outfit is on the way?
Labels: Ludenbach, med1web, Novachannel AG, TEMDI, The European Medical Directory, United Directories Lda, UNITED Directorios
Monday, July 31, 2006
Does Eye-Net GmbH have money to burn?
It has come to my attention that the so-called forum used for defamation against me and also to announce the retirement of Meinolf Lüdenbach is now being advertised in the printed press
The small below appeared in the Swiss publication
"Schweizer Illustrierte" (http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/)
about a month ago.
More recently a Swiss blogger has identified another example in the publication Der Beobachter, which is consumer oriented and often exposes scams!
In translation the text of both adverts reads
Will jemand Ihren Ruf ermordern?
Does someone want to destroy your reputation?
Wir helfen! Gratis!
We (can) help! Free of charge!
These are hardly inspiring adverts I know, however placements in national publications of this kind do not come cheap and the ‘service’ they are offering is free, so what is the motive here?
As well as the ‘forums’ about the anti-scam sites (were any post critical of Lüdenbach’s activities is swiftly removed) the site also has a number of threads of low grade theoretical legal ‘discussions’.
There is no guarantee that the posts by largely anonymous users are not actually the work of a much smaller group of people, using several aliases and trying to give the forum credibility. Whatever is going on this does not have the appearance of an active or vibrant forum.
There are a few adverts that appear between posts but the revenue raising potential of the site would appear severely limited, so why pay good money for printed adverts?
* Are Eye-Net trying to get users on the site to give it credibility?
* Is someone trying to impress Ludenbach by showing they are investing in the project?
* Or do Eye-Net have simply have money to burn? If so, who’s money??
* Finally, how is it that a company that claims to offer web-design as one of its services can publish such a poorly designed advert?!
Not for the first time the activities surrounding Eye-Net GmbH appear to be stranger than fiction! Indeed one does not need to look far into the history of the company to find an episode where Mario Singer of Eye-net Gmbh helped set up a link farm1 for Ovag International AG (The Ludenbach related debt collection firm that used to hound victims of his guides for money). One of the domains contained a discussion forum (now defunct)
http://www.ovag-kunden.de/webboard2
which included some quite frankly ludicrous discussions on debt collecting, the common theme in many of the posts was that they linked to other Ovag domains, thus, it was presumably hoped, enhancing their search engine ranking.
1 You can find more on Link Farming here:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/link_farming.html
2 The domain http://www.ovag-kunden.de is now owned by an outfit in Bulgaria
The small below appeared in the Swiss publication
"Schweizer Illustrierte" (http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/)
about a month ago.
More recently a Swiss blogger has identified another example in the publication Der Beobachter, which is consumer oriented and often exposes scams!
In translation the text of both adverts reads
Will jemand Ihren Ruf ermordern?
Does someone want to destroy your reputation?
Wir helfen! Gratis!
We (can) help! Free of charge!
These are hardly inspiring adverts I know, however placements in national publications of this kind do not come cheap and the ‘service’ they are offering is free, so what is the motive here?
As well as the ‘forums’ about the anti-scam sites (were any post critical of Lüdenbach’s activities is swiftly removed) the site also has a number of threads of low grade theoretical legal ‘discussions’.
There is no guarantee that the posts by largely anonymous users are not actually the work of a much smaller group of people, using several aliases and trying to give the forum credibility. Whatever is going on this does not have the appearance of an active or vibrant forum.
There are a few adverts that appear between posts but the revenue raising potential of the site would appear severely limited, so why pay good money for printed adverts?
* Are Eye-Net trying to get users on the site to give it credibility?
* Is someone trying to impress Ludenbach by showing they are investing in the project?
* Or do Eye-Net have simply have money to burn? If so, who’s money??
* Finally, how is it that a company that claims to offer web-design as one of its services can publish such a poorly designed advert?!
Not for the first time the activities surrounding Eye-Net GmbH appear to be stranger than fiction! Indeed one does not need to look far into the history of the company to find an episode where Mario Singer of Eye-net Gmbh helped set up a link farm1 for Ovag International AG (The Ludenbach related debt collection firm that used to hound victims of his guides for money). One of the domains contained a discussion forum (now defunct)
http://www.ovag-kunden.de/webboard2
which included some quite frankly ludicrous discussions on debt collecting, the common theme in many of the posts was that they linked to other Ovag domains, thus, it was presumably hoped, enhancing their search engine ranking.
1 You can find more on Link Farming here:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/link_farming.html
2 The domain http://www.ovag-kunden.de is now owned by an outfit in Bulgaria
Labels: Eye-net GmbH, Link Farming, Ludenbach, Ovag International AG
Monday, June 05, 2006
An Open Letter to Meinolf Lüdenbach
Dear Mr Lüdenbach,
I hope you enjoy your retirement, a time that may lead you away from the publicity you clearly do not enjoy. I honestly do not wish you ill, I only wish for a complete and final end to the trick of mailing misleading contracts, a trick with which your name has become synonymous.
I do not know how far you have disengaged from these companies but feel sure that if you wanted to you could dissolve them. That Mr. Ludenbach is what I would like to see you do, morally you should also repay all the money gained from these practices, but I guess that is probably unrealistic as much will have been spent.
So will you dissolve the guide and debt collection companies? Dismantle them completely and destroy their databases?
Alas there are those who appear keen to emulate your business model, such copycat operations will surely keep your name in the public eye along with the suspicion of involvement, so while repaying the money made from the guides may be an impossibility, you could surely set up a foundation that would assist the many lawmakers who wish to ensure that these sorts of contract can never be mailed again without serious consequences for the sender. Think about it Mr. Ludenbach, this is your golden opportunity to leave a positive legacy.
I understand that the greatest resistance to my suggestions may come from your own emotions, most particularly the feeling that to do what I ask would be a sign of weakness, even defeat. I cannot soften that for you, except to say it is a far greater person who can admit to past mistakes than the one who fights proudly on while secretly knowing they are wrong. If you do these things I will assist you with the same energy I have shown over the last five years and will make that support clear in public if you desire.
You say you believe in God, which is interesting. You may decide not to answer my questions, but as a believer you surely accept that one day you will have to answer to your maker, and the questions may be difficult ones; those questions await you whatever happens, but at least in retirement you now have the time and the financial means to bring good to the world, you have an opportunity available to very few men.
I will respond in more detail to the personal comments in your message in the next few days, rest assured my response will not be angry, while you clearly misunderstand me as an individual you show none of the childishness and malice that certain company directors have displayed on the same forum.
Yours,
Jules Woodell
Labels: Ludenbach, Lüdenbach, Meinolf, Open Letter
