Richard Petty is not Selling Timeshares

If timeshares were a decent deal, it wouldn't take the sleazy efforts that timeshare resorts go to to try and get you to hear their pitches. Since they aren't, they use anything they can to try and take your money and lock you into lifetime payments. One of their latest below the belt tricks is using the good name of Richard Petty.

There’s a new scam circling the racetrack. It’s a telemarketing ploy. If you get a phone call saying that you have won a Richard Petty Driving Experience, don’t get behind the wheel! What the telemarketers are really selling is a timeshare presentation. They are taking advantage of a real Richard Petty sweepstakes that does exist and trying to confuse potential customers. Remember -- don’t ever give any personal info to an unknown telemarketer, especially your credit card information. -- M. Beddingfield

http://contests.about.com/b/2008/11/01/warning-about-timeshare-calls-disguised-as-richard-petty-sweepstakes-wins.htm