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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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Squib
Points: 103
ceres says:
When will they ever learn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 3:24 AM EST
Magical Experimentalist
Points: 6699
Preet says:
NOOOOO!!! This is ridiculus. I don,t believe this STUPID news. It can't be possible. The people on that site are only bluufing. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WILL THEY STOP DOING THIS ANNOYING AND SILLY THINGS!!!
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 3:45 AM EST
Princess of the Heliopaths
Points: 5276
Ginny Weasly says:
GRRRRR!!! That makes me so mad! I really hope that not to many of our fellow Harry Potter fans bought into that rubbish. Some people will do anything to make money. It's just sick and wrong that's what this is!
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 10:06 AM EST
Mrs. Ronald Weasley
Points: 2606
hplover234 says:
I hope that they will be caught.
That is just so wrong.
I can not believe that some people would do such things.
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 12:57 PM EST
Points: 15101
xeon says:
Well, as between me and my sister, we have all of them, so we are ok!
And anyway, id rather read it in print then on a computer screen.
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 5:31 PM EST
Witch
Points: 562
nearly-headless-spring says:
How horrible, why do people do things like this? I mean, I know why, but it's absolutely horrible. Thank you, HPANA, for alerting us to this scam. For those that were fooled, I'm sooo sorry.
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 7:28 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1345
Weasleytwin says:
It's unfortunate that people do things like that. They will get caught but in the mean time people are buying these fakes.
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 8:20 PM EST
Auror
Points: 4080
RON's all up in heRmiONe says:
They will be caught, oh yes, they will be caught. It is so sad that people will do this to be books on the internet. Sick, absolutley sick!!
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 8:24 PM EST
Ethereal Fairy
Points: 3077
harrypotterfreak_4life says:
I can't believe some people will stoop that low. And prey on innocent people who just love the book.
Posted Jan 12, 2005 at 9:32 PM EST
St. Mungo's Mental Patient
Points: 41829
Phil_ says:
What a strange thing to try and sell, any real HP fan would know straight off this was a fake wouldn't they???
Posted Jan 13, 2005 at 4:36 AM EST
Points: 83
Nightshade says:
It's very unlikely they will be caught unless the "big guys" intervene. Unfortunitly, copying a book or making one up to replace one that is supposed to be coming out aren't considered horendous, and only stupidity.
Posted Jan 13, 2005 at 8:56 AM EST
Witch
Points: 741
Auror Tonks says:
I'm going to wait for the book to come out, then buy it... so I know I'm not getting scammed.
Posted Jan 13, 2005 at 9:10 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 55
anarchy_lotty says:
Honestly people these days really need to sort it out. Thank god It was stopped but i dont think anyone would have believed it. x
Posted Jan 13, 2005 at 12:09 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2022
Lac_Ov_Imajinashun says:
Why would somebody do that? We all know that it's supposed to come out on July 16, 2005, and not today or whenever... Geeze. It would be cool if there were e-books... But it was still a wrong thing to do.
Posted Jan 13, 2005 at 4:30 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 11
Loria Amnekia says:
I must agree that it is really sad when someone pretends to have a product that they know kids want just so that they can steal people's money. That is just horrible. I hope the person who started the scam gets into big trouble for it.
Posted Jan 13, 2005 at 9:07 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1927
Ravenclaw Princess says:
Ah ha ha ha!! They got shut down! Well, if they really had products, it would be this CD with an american trying to act british, and then they would make up stuff like, "Harry died! They voldemort rules!". I would want to listen to that, i would laugh my pants off.
~*Ria*~
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 12:02 AM EST
Witch
Points: 551
Blourish says:
You have to feel sorry for people who do this sort of thing they really don't have a life.
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 12:20 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1002
GredWeasley says:
Shame over their heads. I hope they get these guys and put them right into Azkaban.
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 5:42 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1140
dan's girl says:
Thats so stupid why would anyone do something like that ....and tricking people into paying for fake stuff..
really bad...tsk tsk tsk...
~basma~
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 11:52 AM EST
Witch
Points: 631
Lamalfoyslady says:
I'm glad I never heard of it but it's sad that some people could do stuff like that to others. They'll get caught though but they this probably scam a lot of people.
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 7:00 PM EST
Student
Points: 251
Miss Riddle says:
Stupid scammers. I don't get the point of scamming. It's stupid. I hope whoever rose the hopes of people by this will get what they deserve.
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 7:09 PM EST
Dragon Rider
Points: 4437
~MalfoyPotter~ says:
STUPID!
IDIOTS!!
What did you do that for?
Posted Jan 14, 2005 at 11:05 PM EST
Magical Sanitary Supplier
Points: 2518
5225 says:
It is really unnecessary to fall for that scam if we know the actual truth. To those who made it, you should be ashamed, do you not know the saying 'you reap what you sow'? When you, one day, be put in the same situation, what would YOU do?
Posted Jan 15, 2005 at 2:17 PM EST
Witch
Points: 580
KarateKid says:
I don't buy stuff off the internet because you can never tell if its genuine stuff
Thanks for the warning anyway
(Pardon me for using the word 'stuff' so many times)
Posted Jan 15, 2005 at 3:09 PM EST
Squib
Points: 117
Melwasul says:
That's sad.. really sad.. I hope people didn't lose their money.
Posted Jan 16, 2005 at 7:21 AM EST
Witch
Points: 545
Pingu says:
This is verry sad.
Yes i saw an advertisement for this on another website. BUT... you can get electronic versions online ,*e-books* you pay by credit card and then you can access the book. but it was soo dumb..... It said you will be able to read the book in just 5 minutes?? its coming out on JULY!!!
i feel sorry for the people who fell ofr this!!
Posted Jan 16, 2005 at 1:28 PM EST
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