Timeshare Spammer Gets A Year In Prison

This is a couple weeks old, but worth mentioning. It goes to show that that there are a lot of people desperate to get out of their timeshares any way they can - even to give personal information to a spammer in the hopes of getting out of the timeshare trap:

Peter Moshu was found guilty of sending millions of unsolicited e-mails that sought personal information by offering brokerage services for people interested in selling their timeshare vacation homes.

A man dubbed the "Timeshare Spammer" was sentenced Thursday to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay $120,000.

The sentencing of Peter Moshu of Florida stemmed from his conviction in June on a federal charge of violating the federal CAN-SPAM Act. Moshu was arrested by federal officials after he was named in a lawsuit filed in January by Earthlink Inc., based in Atlanta.

The suit accused Moshu of sending millions of unsolicited commercial e-mails in 2004 and 2005. The missives sought personal information by offering brokerage services for people interested in selling their timeshares, an agreement in which people share vacation homes.

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