Meinolf Lüdenbach

Identified as being behind many of the guides that StopECG opposes there are actually several spellings of his name, Meinolf Lüdenbach, Meinolf Ludenbach or Meinolf Luedenbach The English pronunciation is LEWD-EN-BACH


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Meinolf Lüdenbach, the man behind the mailing of millions of misleading contracts. Source: Daily Mirror This is the only picture we have of Lüdenbach, Reproduced by kind permission of the Daily Mirror Click image for enlargement. You can read see a scan of the full Daily Mirror article Here Or you can read the online (text only) version Here


Important information on Lüdenbach is carried in 3 articles from the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger Article 1 | Article 2 | Article 3

WEBSITE nennt Meinolf Lüdenbach   Artikel 1 | Artikel 2 | Artikel 3 | Daily Mirror Artikel

In Summary:
Meinolf Lüdenbach born in Hamburg, named the two most important Swiss firms in his 'Guide Book' industry using a variation of his own first name: Maiwolf Holding (in St. Gallen) and Maiwolf Management (in Zug).

Maiwolf Holding was established in 1991, allowing Lüdenbach to remain in the background while he established a global empire of guides and associated debt collection companies. However his association with dubious business parctises can be traced back at least as far as 1982, when he founded the firm Merwil, (later renamed IGB Merwil) in Barcelona

IGV operated internationally in the 1980s, using the guide ' PTC Yellow Pages and a sales technique where company representatives called putting 'customers' under very direct pressure to sign contracts; the contracts ran for 5 years and cost almost 1000 Swiss Francs per annum.

Around this time the first debt collection company Executiv was established, still operational today, Executiv grants generous loans to people close to Lüdenbach

In 1988 the first of the modern guides Intercable was founded in Switzerland

In 1991 Maiwolf and Ovag International were founded in Switzerland, over the following decade Lüdenbach's empire grew exponentially with the establishment (amongst others) of the European City Guide ECG, Tour and Travel Guide, Novachannel AG and Construct Data (The Fair Guide)

In 2003 the Lichtenstien Government forced Tour and Travel guide into liquidation, in the same year Ovag ceased collection of money on disputed guide contracts and 2 new debt collection companies were formed, Gravis Inkasso Gmbh and Premium Recovery AG

Meinolf Lüdenbach's companies through his contol of Maiwolf Holdings, graphic showing associations with the other guides and debt collection companies


Strange antics on the Internet:
Prior to publication of the Tages-Anzeiger articles and this page Lüdenbach's name was almost completely secret, appearing just once on the Internet. Since publication a strange thing has occurred, the name Meinolf Lüdenbach has appeared on numerous websites particularly in the travel sector with comments that he recommends the site. Also someone using the same name has suddenly appeared as an expert Chef, posting heavily to a cooking forum.

The number of exact matches to his name has risen from just one in Google search in August 2005 to 188 on 3rd Nov 2005, climbing again to 238 by 26th Jan 2006.

Some of these sites have content that is quite frankly surreal, Go on Google The Man and try to make sense of it all!

Below is a raw list of those we could find on November 5th 2005, ths list is unsorted and includes all sites that mention Meinolf Lüdenbach including those sites that oppose his business model. We have annotated some of the pages but this job is not completed!

www.beschwerdezentrum.org (Opposition)
www.beschwerdezentrum.org has address 69.26.178.141
www.stopecg.org (Opposition)
www.stopecg.org has address 83.142.230.176
syrinx.meccahosting.com (The Artists site)
syrinx.meccahosting.com has address 64.34.193.183
www.chefkoch.de
www.chefkoch.de has address 213.131.250.41
www.reisebombe.de
www.reisebombe.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.smart-flug.de
www.smart-flug.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.top-winterurlaub.de
www.top-winterurlaub.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.top-kurztrip.de
www.top-kurztrip.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.ferien-laden.de
www.ferien-laden.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.lastminute-supreme.de
www.lastminute-supreme.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.flug-angebote-center.de
www.flug-angebote-center.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.billige-motels.de
www.billige-motels.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.top-sommerurlaub.de
www.top-sommerurlaub.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.1a-sommerferien.de
www.1a-sommerferien.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.urlaub-top-billig.de
www.urlaub-top-billig.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.traumhafte-lastminute-angebote.de
www.traumhafte-lastminute-angebote.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.1a-traum-urlaub.de
www.1a-traum-urlaub.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.clever-billig-fliegen.de
www.clever-billig-fliegen.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.billige-tophotels.de
www.billige-tophotels.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.izynews.de
www.izynews.de has address 62.75.174.182
www.fernwehforum.de
www.fernwehforum.de has address 83.133.51.20
www.billig-flieger-vergleich.de
www.billig-flieger-vergleich.de has address 81.169.171.155
www.billige-lastminute-deals.de
www.billige-lastminute-deals.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.citysam.de
www.citysam.de has address 81.209.188.39
www.strandwelt.de
www.strandwelt.de has address 80.237.231.222
hotelbewertungen.urlaub-last-minute.de
hotelbewertungen.urlaub-last-minute.de has address 80.67.17.59
www.hotelbewertungen.net
www.hotelbewertungen.net has address 80.237.207.32
www.flunk.de
www.flunk.de has address 80.190.243.104
reise.myodp.de
reise.myodp.de has address 62.75.193.84
hotelguide.restaurant-kritik.de
hotelguide.restaurant-kritik.de has address 80.67.19.91
hotelguide.restaurant-kritik.de mail is handled (pri=100) by
mxpf01.ispgateway.de
hotelguide.restaurant-kritik.de mail is handled (pri=100) by
mxpf00.ispgateway.de
hotelbewertung.sunsearch.de
hotelbewertung.sunsearch.de has address 80.67.20.150
hotelbewertung.sunsearch.de mail is handled (pri=100) by
mxpf00.ispgateway.de
hotelbewertung.sunsearch.de mail is handled (pri=100) by
mxpf01.ispgateway.de
www.ergo-film.de (Opposition)
www.ergo-film.de has address 81.209.148.82
www.lastminute-supreme.com
www.lastminute-supreme.com has address 62.214.98.54
www.ich-mach-ferien.de
www.ich-mach-ferien.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.wow-urlaub.de
www.wow-urlaub.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.familyurlaube.de
www.familyurlaube.de has address 62.214.98.54
www.openholidayguide.de
www.openholidayguide.de has address 80.190.200.12
www.holicheck.de
www.holicheck.de has address 80.237.152.13
www.touristiklinks.de
www.touristiklinks.de has address 82.165.85.193
thailand_festland_norden.hotelbewertungszentrale.de
thailand_festland_norden.hotelbewertungszentrale.de has address 213.239.209.68
www.mein-hoteltipp.de
www.mein-hoteltipp.de has address 80.67.17.71
www.mein-hoteltipp.de mail is handled (pri=100) by mxpf00.ispgateway.de
www.mein-hoteltipp.de mail is handled (pri=100) by mxpf01.ispgateway.de
www.fligo.de
www.fligo.de has address 62.67.194.43
www.nexico-reisen.de
www.nexico-reisen.de has address 83.133.48.175
www.hotelkritik.net
www.hotelkritik.net has address 80.237.207.32
www.freizeitfuehrer.at
www.freizeitfuehrer.at has address 213.203.237.53
hotelinfo24.de
hotelinfo24.de has address 195.20.225.102
hotelinfo24.de mail is handled (pri=10) by mx01.schlund.de
hotelinfo24.de mail is handled (pri=10) by mx00.schlund.de
www.deinreiseforum24.de
www.deinreiseforum24.de has address 83.243.40.190
www.hoteldiskussion.de
www.hoteldiskussion.de has address 212.227.118.97
chefkoch.de
chefkoch.de has address 213.131.250.41
chefkoch.de mail is handled (pri=10) by postman.chefkoch.de
www.ferienwohnung-gesucht.de
www.ferienwohnung-gesucht.de is a nickname for ferienwohnung-gesucht.de
ferienwohnung-gesucht.de has address 212.72.183.21
ferienwohnung-gesucht.de mail is handled (pri=10) by
ferienwohnung-gesucht.de
personales.com
personales.com has address 209.8.255.155
personales.com mail is handled (pri=10) by mail.personales.com
www.airlinetickets.de
www.airlinetickets.de has address 217.160.88.7
www.hotelkritiken24.de
www.hotelkritiken24.de has address 80.237.207.32
hotelbewertungen.net
hotelbewertungen.net has address 80.237.207.32
hotelbewertungen.net mail is handled (pri=50) by
mail.hotelbewertungen.net www.kochrezepte-online.de
www.kochrezepte-online.de has address 213.131.250.41
www.reiseo.de
www.reiseo.de has address 212.227.118.69
stayfriends.berlinonline.de
stayfriends.berlinonline.de is a nickname for berlinonline.stayfriends.de
berlinonline.stayfriends.de is a nickname for www.stayfriends.de
www.stayfriends.de has address 213.95.19.2
www.sun4all.de
www.sun4all.de has address 213.239.195.205
www.sun4all.de mail is handled (pri=100) by mxpf01.ispgateway.de
www.sun4all.de mail is handled (pri=100) by mxpf00.ispgateway.de
www.hotel-barometer.de
www.hotel-barometer.de has address 62.53.168.133
www.stayfriends-be.de (not relevant)
www.stayfriends-be.de is a nickname for stayfriends-be.de
stayfriends-be.de has address 213.95.19.2
stayfriends.t-online.de (not relevant)
stayfriends.t-online.de is a nickname for t-online.stayfriends.de
t-online.stayfriends.de is a nickname for www2.stayfriends.de
www2.stayfriends.de has address 213.95.19.3
www.urlaub-fuchs.de
www.urlaub-fuchs.de has address 80.237.231.219
stayfriends.spiegel.de
stayfriends.spiegel.de is a nickname for freundin.stayfriends.de
freundin.stayfriends.de is a nickname for www.stayfriends.de
www.stayfriends.de has address 213.95.19.2
stayfriends.berlin.de (not relevant)
stayfriends.berlin.de is a nickname for berlin.stayfriends.de
berlin.stayfriends.de is a nickname for www.stayfriends.de
www.stayfriends.de has address 213.95.19.2
www.reise-maier.de
www.reise-maier.de has address 217.160.167.141
deutschland_niedersachsen__hamburg__bremen.hotelbewertungszentrale.de
deutschland_niedersachsen__hamburg__bremen.hotelbewertungszentrale.de has
address 213.239.209.68
www.myisla-hotelbewertungen-hotelkritiken.de
www.myisla-hotelbewertungen-hotelkritiken.de has address 212.48.100.191
www.reisemeile724.de
www.reisemeile724.de is a nickname for reisemeile724.de
reisemeile724.de has address 80.190.247.230
reisemeile724.de mail is handled (pri=10) by reisemeile724.de
www.last-minute.li
www.last-minute.li has address 212.227.127.235
www.nur-flug-tours.de
www.nur-flug-tours.de has address 212.227.127.226
www.mcminute.de
www.mcminute.de has address 212.227.118.69

Many are very recently registered:

For example: Domains:
reisebombe.de
smart-flug.de
top-winterurlaub.de
lastminute-supreme.de
etc etc...

Letzte Aktualisierung: (last up-date)
13.10.2005

Owner:
Name und Adresse:
Kemijta Som Chai
Singapore IT
Sukhumvit Soi 59
10110 Bangkok
TH

Admin Contact:
Frederick Schiwek
Auf Rubersberg 22
54441 Wellen
Germany



On 22nd Jan 2006 we found another bunch of spammy domains, regestered using an address in Thailand
www.luedenbach-meinolf.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-fotografie.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-ausstellung.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-und-luedenbach.com has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-biographie.com has address 69.93.130.82
www.luedenbach-kuenstler.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-bilder.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-live.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.luedenbach-kunst.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-nackt.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-wahrheit.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-verhuellt.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-artist.de has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-truth.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach-death.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach-artist.com has address 69.93.130.82
www.meinolf-luedenbach-statement.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach-wrapped.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach-live.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach-interview.com has address 80.92.66.14
www.meinolf-luedenbach-naked.com has address 80.92.66.14


whois 69.93.130.82

OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgID: TPCM
Address: 1333 North Stemmons Freeway
Address: Suite 110
City: Dallas
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75207
Country: US

whois 80.92.66.14

inetnum: 80.92.64.0 - 80.92.67.255
netname: DCLUXNET
descr: Datacenter Luxembourg S.A.
descr: L-2320 Luxembourg
country: LU



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