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JANUARY 9, 2005 at 9:22 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: HPANA
A web site purporting to offer electronic versions of all five Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling, including the unreleased sixth book, has sprung up and is advertising online to fans through search engines and ad-supported sites like HPANA. We have received numerous e-mails about this issue in the past several days.
DO NOT place any orders with a site claiming to sell such rubbish. It should be noted that there are no authorized electronic text versions of the Potter books, period. The sixth, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is to be released July 16.
The Leaky Cauldron reported
yesterday that after submitting an order on the site -- which will remain unnamed -- a message was returned stating that credit card processing was unsuccessful (after card numbers were already collected and presumably stored).
HPANA has contacted the site's web host to inform them of the illegal nature of their client's site. Rowling and/or her representatives have no doubt already been alerted to the situation. It's highly likely we'll hear something official very soon, in the form of a message from Jo on her web site, or through one of her representatives.
UPDATE: According to BBC News the web site in question has been closed down.
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Professor
Points: 1086
DRU587 says:
I just recently wrote a paper on scamming, and its despicable to see people using the innocence of others so that they can make a profit on something. Hopefully these people will be caught and prosecuted for their actions.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 7:36 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1303
wahnaroo22 says:
Who would do that!? I suppose they could make a lot of money that way.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 7:42 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1159
Ron friend says:
That is a very evil thing to do to all the HP fans. I hope that not to many people feel for this scam because that would be sad. Ahh evil people suck.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:00 PM EST
Squib
Points: 148
abyscalkapostrophe_x says:
I feel bad for the people who got scammed.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:09 PM EST
Student
Points: 265
dobby_rox_my_sox_37 says:
I wonder if they'll tell us how many people actually fell for that when they catch whoever's behind the scam. I'm really curious.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:17 PM EST
Student
Points: 205
Neville Rocks! says:
Wow thanks for alerting us! That would stink to buy something like that and then have it be a scam. That could really mess up your day!
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:18 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1217
mahaliah says:
If people get fooled by this, then they are pretty stupid. When something seems too good to be true, then it is too good to be true. But they still don't deserve it. Wouldn't it be something though if it was really true? People probably believe it cause they're hopelessly hoping.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:20 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 301
DiamondDust718 says:
People just need to learn to wait!
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:30 PM EST
Witch
Points: 832
latinabloomlova says:
Like this is soooooo wrong! People like these like to take advantage of other people who honestly believe in the author's story. It's people like these that have mosquito brains. seriously.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:45 PM EST
Witch
Points: 657
siriusluv says:
That's terrible. I hope the people responsible are caught, too often crimes on the web go unpunished. Hopefully they did not trick too many people, we are getting wiser everyday as more and more inventive criminals are discovered. Personally I 've received a number of fake emails from people pretending to be paypal, I did not fall for it fortunately. Sometimes it helps to have a computer geek firnd look at the IP address.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 8:52 PM EST
Student
Points: 271
lost-in-hogwarts says:
I suppose it is possible..but come on people get a grip..J.K. is really tired of weeding out the fakes and scams...its not hard to tell if it is for real. Never buy without double checking a website first!
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 9:01 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1166
ThelostWeasley13 says:
That is so sad that some people would do things like that to some people. I hope those people go to jail.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 9:20 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 465
Kathy_Riddle says:
Ahhh i so that one!!!
hahahahahaha i laugh at the people who believed that only dumb people believed this bullshit!!!
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 10:38 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1266
AsiaLovesHP says:
Thats soo not cool... :( I hope the they get caught... I agree with Magiviking i they are just giving a bad name to Harry Potter and its fans ...Toatlly not cool ...J.K.Rowling must be furious :(
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 10:39 PM EST
True Gryffie
Points: 2581
Harry_Potter_Lover says:
I hate it when people try to scam fellow people....it is just....well, stupid! hahahahaha!
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Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 10:58 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 36
ULTIMATEPotterfan says:
To many people are excited about book six and desprate for it so they will belive almost anything to get early acsess to the book.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 10:59 PM EST
Witch
Points: 621
GarryDotter89 says:
I can't believe somebody would have the nerve to do that. They must think they're really clever, tricking people into giving them their credit card numbers. Ugh, that's just horrible. I hope they get caught, those sneak thieves. I feel really bad for the people who believed them. They got scammed. It's just a shame that some foul people do that.
Posted Jan 10, 2005 at 11:15 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 329
RMG says:
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I feel sorry for people who do things like this. It shows they have no life and are forced to do things like this to keep entertained.
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 12:58 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1658
I luv to play Seeker says:
This is really bad. Why do people keep on trying to fool and take advantage of others. This is a really sorry state of affairs. I hope those who are doing this are soon caught, though the worse part is that some people would already have placed orders.
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 4:16 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1071
alan's my man says:
OK,maybe this people who fall for that were a little...unprepared,but I see no point in blaming them like that,I men they've already been scammed,haven't they?
It's such news that makes me believe am right in mistrusting e-commerce
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 5:37 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1916
Rita Marvolo says:
that's just sick!!
Thanks for alerting us...
i got they get caugth, unfortunally they already scammed many people. Please don't fall on this guys! Jk will only let the book be release in july 16!
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 5:50 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2563
School Governor says:
This is obviously a scam, anyone giving their credit card details to such a website are fools.
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 8:04 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1163
dracoharryluv says:
Never fall for anything that is too good to be true. We all know how careful JKR and her people are about releasing stuff.
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 10:29 AM EST
Student
Points: 217
Wondrous Wing says:
Those people are sick! I hope they'll get caught. I think we can only trust hpana.com and jkrowling.com for information about book 6
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 10:36 AM EST
Squib
Points: 177
Jeffaplus says:
I can't believe anyone would try to do this or, worse yet, that anyone would believe them. I'm glad that the website has been shut down, but that doesn't make what they did excusable.
I hope these creeps go to jail before they try to hoodwink fans with the seventh book as well. A TRUE Harry Potter fan would never try to buy or sell anything on that website!
Oh well ... it's only a six-month wait (for the REAL book) after all ...
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 10:39 AM EST
Witch
Points: 532
Ronald_Weasley says:
Its kinda of usual those kind of things...
I mean thats tech.
But its also awful...
Posted Jan 11, 2005 at 11:08 AM EST
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