The Disappearing Article

 

The Ströer Connection

 

Materialization, Manipulation, and Cover-Up

In early 2023, L.O. 'materialized' almost overnight as a copywriter and content marketer for the Ströer Online Marketing blog, a major German digital media platform. Her byline began appearing beneath industry articles, particularly those covering AI and technology.

Notably:

• RegioHelden, a Ströer subsidiary, was her primary employer, she worked there for a year and a half before leaving for a smaller startup, seeking faster career advancement.

• In spring 2023, a Ströer blog post, “Die Zukunft des KI-Marketings: ein Interview mit ChatGPT,” listed her as author. This article was publicly accessible and preserved in web archives.
  
  

It should be noted that at the time of writing the article we had not yet met. It would be another 4 months before that happened. Yet when we did meet she expressed a need for my expertise in chatbots, as she claimed she could not get her work done on time. She asked me to help design a chatbot trained on her work data to help her with work. Later, after discovering the article about Chat GPT, it became clear that she had lied about this and used it to manipulate me into becoming emotionally involved with her. Her feigned ignorance served the purpose of bonding me to her through the investment in time and energy I made designing the bot for her. The fact is she could have done a better job than I ever could. 

 

Key fact:

• She wrote several articles. All of them have had her byline removed. Additionally all other authors bylines have also disappeared.

• The forged Zeugnis was used as a credential to gain employment at Pabel-Moewig Verlag.

• The Ströer name and authority were leveraged in this fraudulent act. The company has been informed of all this.

• Both the original and the falsified Zeugnis exist. I have supplied both to the company as evidence
  
  The Disappearing Act

   

  In December 2024, while revisiting the same Ströer articles, I found that her byline had been quietly replaced, now credited to “Alexander Graf.” When I brought this to Ströer’s attention in January 2025, the company told me they planned a purge of all articles bearing her name. In fact, all authors’ names were to be removed, stripping her (and others) of the ability to use those writings in a published portfolio.

As is clearly seen here on the right, her name has been removed from the article. All other authors names have also been removed. Did they all give consent? One has to wonder why a company of which she forged documents for fraudulent purposes would go to such lengths to protect her and carry out her wishes, even going as far as falsely attributing the article to a different author. They willingly lied for her. Just another example of her ability to abuse the narrative of victimhood. 

Above: Another article she wrote that has been sanitized. At the time of writing this article she was pretending to me that she nothing of chatbots and that she needed me to help her. I also discovered that she started removing her byline in April 2024, months before she discarded me and then hacked my accounts. She knew far ahead of time what she was going to do and was already busy covering her tracks in April 2024. My accounts were only attacked in November 2024, three months after the discard. In other words: Everything was planned. There never was any relationship. It was all fake. 

 

Wayback Machine evidence:

• Between January 2025 and early August 2025, the original article (with her byline) was removed.

• In August 2025, I discovered those archives had been deleted, an unusually thorough erasure, as entire blog entries and historical authorship vanished from history.

• It would make sense to me that she did this to cover her tracks, as this proves she was lying about her ability to use ChatGPT. 

The Cover-Up Pattern

This was no isolated event. The removal of her name, first replaced, then erased, and finally scrubbed from the internet, fits a broader pattern of digital manipulation:

• Digital Trace Erasure: Systematic removal of her byline and digital footprint from Ströer and third-party archives.

• Reputational Laundering: Leveraging falsified credentials while scrubbing traces of the original record.

• Corporate Silence: Ströer’s official stance was to say nothing. They have never answered my notification of L.O.'s fraudulent use of the 'Arbeitszeugnis'. I know the email containing the forged documents have been opened at least 20 times. But this is not surprising given that they allowed dozens of writers names to be removed in order to protect one female ex-employee
  
  

The Internal Fallout

In August 2025, either Mr. K., a RegioHelden/Ströer manager, or someone he forwarded the email to, reopened my confidential disclosure email regarding the forged Zeugnis. This may signal ongoing concern at the company over the misuse of their name and the potential liability attached to fraudulent credentials used by L.O. or perhaps a further attempt to sweep it under the rug. Time will tell.

So far it seems Ströer Media is happy to let the matter fade into history. Perhaps they are afraid of being seen as treating a female in an unfair manner, as this would generate unfavorable publicity, especially with L.O. to make certain of it. I know from personal experience how she loves to use blackmail to achieve her goals.

Conclusion

The Ströer saga is a case study in the way digital reputations can be manufactured, weaponized, and, when the narrative becomes inconvenient, systematically erased. What began as an unremarkable job in the German tech media space quickly unraveled into forgery, cover-up, and quiet corporate damage control.

Evidence preserved:

• Screenshots of original articles (with byline)

• Wayback Machine archives (prior to deletion)

• Original and forged Arbeitszeugnis

• Ströer’s communications acknowledging removal

This is not just a story about digital marketing. It’s a demonstration of how digital history can be rewritten, and why independent evidence, documentation, and vigilant record-keeping remain critical.

Update: Although the blog pages number 4 and below are now no longer on the wayback archive the original articles featuring her byline are still visible. No doubt they will also soon be removed.

 

Above: This is the story I was given by the company when I told them they had changed the authors name. I'm no expert but "technical changes" and "temporarily unavailable" and "postponed' sounds like a bunch of horseshit to me. "When a staff member leaves the authors name is changed to somebody else" must be the most incredible lie ever told to me. In the article her name is still used to denote who is speaking!  This company is going out of it's way, including illegally changing authors names in order to protect a scammer, criminal and narcissist. It's frankly amazing how good she is at manipulating people and organizations.

Above: Article which were snapshot around April 2024 have had photos and bylines removed. Earlier snapshots still show her byline. She already knew in April 2024 that she was planning to steal my funds in November that year. That is why she removed her bylines, so nobody would be able to track her. She couldn't remove the earlier snapshots.

Early Byline Removal: The March 2023 Article

The pattern of digital erasure didn’t start after I raised concerns, nor after the legal threats and cover-ups began. Archived evidence proves that by April 2024, months before any public scandal or internal action at Ströer, L.O.’s name had already been scrubbed from her articles. Yet in the very same comment thread, she replied to readers under her real name, acknowledging authorship.

This wasn’t an isolated case of company-wide anonymization; it was an early, deliberate act of digital self-erasure. The motivation was clearly to begin removing digital traces prior to her long planned discard and subsequent attempts to steal my funds from the exchanges.. The pattern fits perfectly with the later, more sweeping efforts to rewrite the digital record and distance herself from potential consequences.

The Awful Truth

That’s the dark core of these operations: I was living a reality, but she was running a script. Every act, future-faking, digital scrubbing, planting plausible deniability, was premeditated. She was always at least one move ahead, already prepping her alibi and escape route before I even sensed something was wrong.

I was acting in good faith, reacting in real time, while she had already written the ending. That’s why these betrayals feel so chilling, I was not just being discarded, I was being played like a character in someone else’s narrative.

By the time I saw the signs, she had long since made her decisions and set her traps. That’s why the evidence of digital self-erasure matters so much. It proves forethought, calculation, and malice, not just emotional impulsivity.

She had planned long in advance when she was going to discard me as well as when she and Dom would attempt to steal my life savings from my online accounts. She had planted the Spyware and keyloggers, stolen my passwords, set up the distraction using the photo and by sending me the message, and was about to get her revenge for her banning on PIKA.

But once again she failed when she couldn't steal the funds. So to lash out she filed the false charges against me in December, hoping this would make me disappear and so not expose her. But I refused to go away and let her get away with this crime and her abuse. I will do my utmost to make sure the law takes it's course. 
This woman deliberately sought me out, then used every means at her disposal to fool me into thinking we had a connection, only to abuse me and my trust by stealing my account info and passwords, then trying to steal my savings, and after all that she is still trying to have me put into prison. And she is doing all this while pretending to a believing world that she is the actual victim.

Ströer Media Deutschland: An Anatomy of Corporate Erasure

 

Background

In 2023–2024, as I investigated the systematic removal of L.O.’s authorship from the Ströer Online Marketing blog, I uncovered not just a personal cover-up, but a pattern of corporate compliance with digital erasure. Below is a reconstructed, fully annotated chronology of my correspondence with Ströer Media, including their responses and my analysis.

 

1. My Initial Complaint to Ströer

Date: January 2025

Subject: Authorship Manipulation on "The Future of AI Marketing"

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I noticed that the article on your website titled "The Future of AI Marketing: An Interview with ChatGPT" is now listed as being written by Alexander Graf.

However, I know for sure that this article originally named L.O. as the author. Furthermore, the entire structure of the interview clearly shows that the questions were asked by L.O., not Alexander Graf. Having read the article before, I can say with certainty that the authorship has been changed.

I would like an official explanation as to why the author's attribution was changed. If I don't receive a satisfactory answer, I will be forced to complain about this misleading representation.

I look forward to your reply soon.

Best regards,
Klaus Grabler

Annotation:
This email is clear, direct, and cites the exact problem, deliberate misattribution of authorship. I establish prior knowledge and demand accountability, not simply clarification.

 

 

2. Ströer’s Initial Response

From: Michael Gau, Head of Lead Management Local Markets, Ströer Media Deutschland GmbH

Dear Mr. Grabler,

Thank you for your comment, which we have been following up on over the past few days. There were indeed some problems during the technical changes. Among other things, some blog pages were temporarily unavailable and author attributions were postponed.

L.O. is a former colleague of ours. We have an internal policy whereby, when a staff member leaves, the author's name is changed to someone else, ensuring there is a clear contact person for any queries regarding content or revisions to articles. This has now been adjusted.

However, we plan to shut down stroeer-online-marketing.de soon anyway, so we recommend that you back up the content that's relevant to you as soon as possible.

I hope this solves the question satisfactorily for you.

Warm greetings from Cologne
Michael Gau

Annotation:
Ströer’s reply invokes “technical changes” and a supposed “internal policy” as the reason for author changes. But this only happened after I raised the issue. Notice how they also recommend I save content because the site will be shut down, classic “let’s make it all disappear” tactic.

 

 

3. My Follow-Up—Calling Out the Cover-Up

Dear Mr. Gau,

I am astonished that you took the trouble to not only remove the name of every single author on the entire blog page, but did so only to cover up the irregular manner in which you complied with your former colleague’s request to erase her presence from your website.

The fact that she managed to get you to carry out an unlawful act on her behalf, and that you have now deprived all authors of the ability to cite their articles in the future, speaks volumes about her ability to manipulate people. You may believe you know L.O. but you do not. She is not the innocent, fragile victim she so convincingly pretends to be.

I can tell you from personal experience and with concrete evidence that she is a con artist, a fraud who deliberately targets older men for their savings. She did not need to erase her digital tracks because of a so-called stalker, as she likely claims, but to hide from investigators and consequences.

Between November 16th and 27th, 2023, she and her accomplice made multiple attempts to hack various accounts and steal money from my financial accounts. There is clear evidence of this. She planned this scam for months. She was with you for I believe a year and a half. But, as always, she managed to deceive everyone with her false persona that she presents to the world at large..

She almost certainly suffers from NPD and shows a completely different side of herself to society than to those who truly get to know her, as I unfortunately did. She is manipulative, ruthless, and willing to do anything to achieve her goals. If you would like to see the evidence, I am happy to provide it.

But, as usual, this will likely not happen, as she manipulates and controls everyone around her. I do not expect it to be any different with you. She has an extraordinary ability to deceive people with her charm, apparent innocence, and perfect victim act.

Nevertheless, she will not be able to escape justice forever. It is just a shame that you were willing to delete the entire work of all authors on your blog, just to protect a remorseless narcissist.

Should you decide you want to see the evidence of her abuses, extortion, and hacking attempts, let me know. But be prepared to be shocked.

Kind regards,
Klaus Grabler

Annotation:
This is the critical escalation. I call out the manipulation, explain the real reason for the erasure (protection from exposure and justice), and offer evidence. This makes the stakes clear, not just a technical issue, but a pattern of aiding fraud.

 

 

4. Ströer’s Final Reply—Corporate Stonewalling

 

Good morning Mr. Grabler,

As I have already written, according to the information provided by my colleagues, the adjustment of the author attribution is a standard procedure that takes place automatically, regardless of the specific person.

Unfortunately, for data protection reasons, I am unable to comment on any further facts relating to a possible employment relationship with L.O., especially since she was apparently also employed by another group company.

If you have any further questions or would like to provide us with information, I would like to connect you with [managing director’s email], who is the managing director of the company in question.

Best wishes and have a good start to the week!

Michael Gau

Annotation:
This response is pure risk management, reverting to “policy,” hiding behind “data protection,” and offering a referral to someone else (the managing director of RegioHelden), rather than addressing the substance. It is both an attempt to end the conversation and to shield the company from legal responsibility.

 

 

Summary

 

This exchange is a textbook example of how corporate self-preservation and legal boilerplate enable digital erasure—and in doing so, protect individuals engaged in deception or even criminal conduct.

• Pattern of Anonymization: The mass removal of all author bylines only happened after I exposed the cover-up, clear evidence of reactive, not proactive, “policy.”

• Complicity by Compliance: By aiding L.O.’s erasure, Ströer not only enabled her deception, but deprived other writers of rightful credit for their work.

• Risk Aversion over Accountability: The company refused to acknowledge the reality even when confronted with evidence, prioritizing “data protection” over due diligence or transparency.

• Corporate Enablers: Institutions like Ströer, whether out of legal caution or simple inconvenience, often become silent enablers for narcissists and manipulators, aiding them in scrubbing the digital record, while telling the world it’s just “policy.”

Final Thought:
This goes to show just how well practiced she is at manipulating organizations, people and institutions to do her will, weaponizing the law to unjustly hunt down her victims on her behalf.

The Forged 'Arbeitszeugnis'

In June 2024, L.O. approached me with a request: She wanted help rewriting, and ultimately forging, her original Ströer Arbeitszeugnis (employment certificate). She claimed the official version didn’t reflect her achievements. Trusting her story at the time, I assisted in editing what became a forged document, at her direct instruction. She dictated exactly which words to alter, add, and remove, all from memory.

I don’t normally forge documents. I was given the impression that if I loved her, if I would do this as a favor, it would benefit both our futures. By this stage I knew it was not wise to refuse her anything. This was pure coercion; as there was no benefit to me other than to avoid being abused again. Only she benefitted by getting her "dream Job". At the time, I still believed I might actually meet her in Germany. I did not yet realize she had no intention of ever meeting me, as she later admitted herself.

Next: Legal threats by the new employer

Below are the original Arbeitszeugnis and the forged one she used to gain new employment. Ströer is aware of the incident yet chose to protect L.O. and to remove not only her byline from her articles but also that of every other author on the blog.