Press coverage of the guides and scams we feature
The media and the British media in particular are very good at exposing scams, con artists and fraudsters. It is staple diet and so it should be! Those who make their income by dishonest or unethical means live in fear of the press expose.
Below is just a small selection of the press coverage the guides we feature have attracted. If you have an article that you think should be included Please emial it to us!
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General Articles
This site was initially established in opposition to the European City Guide, however as the connectivity between many of the guides has become clear a number of articles have been published exposing these links and the people behind them
Tages-Anzeiger Articles This Swiss Newspaper has studied the guide scams in great detail, we reccomend reading then in numerical order, oldest first. The German Language originals are in PDF Format. All are reproduced here by kind permission
28th Dec 2005 English | German
31st Oct 2005 English | German
24th Sep 2005 English | German
10th Sep 2005 English | German
6th Sep 2005 English | German
Other General Articles title unknownSecurity Lab 26th Feb 2006 (Russian Language report on the attacks on www.stopecg.org)
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ECG, European City Guide | Support Page This company has attracted massive criticism As well as the printed articles below it has been featured on Radio 4 (You and Yours)(3 times), Watchdog (BBC1) X-Ray (BBC Wales) and has recieved coverage on several local radio Stations. With the Exception of Watchdog we do not have copies of these features