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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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Dark Arts Professor
Points: 3747
Ivy St.Claire says:
I thought that was Dom.... Didn't Dom play Frodo? I am soooo confused.
Elijah Wood is that kid from Radio Flyer.
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:22 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1619
DurmStrang says:
Oh yeah, he was The Good Son too. Hmmm, now I am really confused . . . didn't he and Kate Bosworth just break up or something???
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:23 PM EST
Dark Arts Professor
Points: 3747
Ivy St.Claire says:
Oh yeah, he was The Good Son too. Hmmm, now I am really confused . . . didn't he and Kate Bosworth just break up or something???
No, Elijah wasn't dating Kate Bosworth. Sean Astin was married to her. And did they break up? I hate to hear that. Their little girl was in the movie, you know. It's worse than Brad and Jen....
Elijah is dating the Scottish dancer, I believe. And I didn't know he was in the Good Son. I do know that Billy Boyd was in The Goonies....
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:27 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1619
DurmStrang says:
HEH.
Well, let me tell you that Orlando Bloom is on Lost. IT is so good, I love itOh I heard that Sean Astin left Kate for Evangeline. I am so heartbroken . . . well, as long as Dom stays single . . .
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:31 PM EST
Dark Arts Professor
Points: 3747
Ivy St.Claire says:
Well, let me tell you that Orlando Bloom is on Lost. IT is so good, I love itOh I heard that Sean Astin left Kate for Evangeline. I am so heartbroken . . . well, as long as Dom stays single . . .
I hate to tell you this, but I heard that Dom is dating some girl he met while filming Pirates of the Carribean. Sorry!! But as long as he quits hanging out with that Bam Margera fellow, he should be okay.
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:36 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1619
DurmStrang says:
Oh, wasn't Brad Pitt in that movie. I heard that he played a really hot pirate. Ooh ooh, eyeliner on Brad Pitt.
I hate to tell you this, but I heard that Dom is dating some girl he met while filming Pirates of the Carribean. Sorry!
Dom better stay away from Liv Tyler. I know that she is pretty and all, but just because they make one movie together . . . sheesh!
And Bam needs to stay away from Johnny Depp, that is all I have to say about that!
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:47 PM EST
Dark Arts Professor
Points: 3747
Ivy St.Claire says:
Oh, wasn't Brad Pitt in that movie. I heard that he played a really hot pirate. Ooh ooh, eyeliner on Brad Pitt.
I hate to tell you this, but I heard that Dom is dating some girl he met while filming Pirates of the Carribean. Sorry!
Dom better stay away from Liv Tyler. I know that she is pretty and all, but just because they make one movie together . . . sheesh!
And Bam needs to stay away from Johnny Depp, that is all I have to say about that!
I bow down. Truly fabulous. Applause applause.
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:49 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1619
DurmStrang says:
HEH. That is fabu darling. We should do this for a living!
Posted Feb 4, 2005 at 11:53 PM EST
Witch
Points: 570
ginnypotter2004 says:
Some people are so mean. We might see it and get our hopes up of getting the books then they go and steal our money it is not nice. I've decided by now to only buy them in shops so there should be no chance of getting my money stolen.
Posted Feb 5, 2005 at 11:03 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2787
PunkyDunky says:
That's really weird. WHy would anyone do that? There are some really messed up people in the world and if that's the best they could come up with as far as a joke, than they really suck.
Posted Feb 7, 2005 at 11:47 AM EST
Harry's Mental Advisor
Points: 19432
Smileyradcliffe says:
That is terrible! I hope they are caught soon. Hopefully they didn't scam a lot of people..but they probably did since people will do anything for more HP. People that do stuff like that just give Harry Potter and all his fans a bad name.
Posted Feb 11, 2005 at 9:55 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2137
True*R/Hr*Love says:
I hate people that do this sort of stuff, they just try to ruin it and they find it fun. It shows that because they dont have a decent life they find it funny to scam others!!!!Hurry up July 16th!!!!!!!!
Posted Feb 13, 2005 at 11:22 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2045
Bartender HPmad says:
You know... I saw an advertisement for a Harry Potter book online on hpana and I knew it was a scam. I was going to enter the wrong information, but I accididentally(sp?) put my real email and now I'm getting 30-35 spam emails!!!! And I can't seem to block them or unsuscribe...
Posted Feb 13, 2005 at 8:26 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 580
Azael says:
Nobody should read that scam crap, instead of it J.K sould give more clues about the history to keep that scam fans steadys. Anyway I dont think that anybody has the brain to read that crap and wishing that the final story will be like that scams.
Posted Feb 14, 2005 at 9:20 PM EST
Harry's Soul-Mate
Points: 3337
Lea says:
I knew this was going to happen, it was inevitable!... -and there will probably be more others trying to do the same thing... Bad muggles!!!
Posted Feb 17, 2005 at 9:33 PM EST
The Gryffindor Guy
Points: 2727
z Jamie Potter z 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 Mar 13, 2005 at 12:03 PM EST
The Gryffindor Guy
Points: 2727
z Jamie Potter z says:
I hope no one believed that because JK Rowling would never allow anything like that to happen. She wants us all to be wow-ed and amazed at the same time.
Posted Mar 14, 2005 at 8:21 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 18
Hedwig91 says:
If those scam-artists think their tricks work...They're probably right because although there are loyal and smart Harry Potter fans some may not be so loyal and/or smart so they (the id10ts that they are) fall for these pathetic attempts to gain money out of pure selfish and greedy ways.
Posted Jun 20, 2005 at 11:22 PM EST
Student
Points: 218
kara2009 says:
Thats gay and that would take a long time to read on the internet.....and i dont think jk would ever do that
Posted Jul 9, 2005 at 4:31 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1347
Chudley_Cannons_Rule! says:
In the words of Charlie Brown "Good grief!"
How pathetic and desperate for some money can you get? I mean, please! I hate scams like this. They make me sick.
Posted Aug 24, 2005 at 9:26 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 348
fabian prewett says:
i wish people wouldn't try and rip epople off it adds a sour view to the Harry Potter series
Adam.
Posted Nov 26, 2005 at 7:41 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 776
The Third Eye says:
This is all rubbish, they cant possible find out anything about HBP, I can do this for you since I am posting after any year of this article being put up, I can tell you that the HBP is ... why should I waste my time spoiling it? That is so sad!
Posted Jan 20, 2006 at 12:20 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 480
Geowitch says:
Well there are of course a lot of scum out there and they will hit topics like this where there are a lot of people that can be ripped off. It only takes a few for these guys to make some money so beware...
Posted Aug 24, 2006 at 7:34 PM EST
Witch
Points: 542
Tara Piglet says:
God, who is so stupid as to try somehting like that? I mean, it's obvious when the people don't recieve what they are paying for, you are going to get arrested. It's probably illegal to sell them anyhow. Weird, wierd, wierd.
Posted Jan 15, 2007 at 6:32 PM EST
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