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Harry Potter Email Phishing Scam
Fans eager to snatch up the latest Harry Potter novel are being tricked into giving crooks their credit card and banking information.
Author J.K. Rowling is warning Harry Potter fans to watch out for internet fraudsters claiming to sell
electronic copies of her latest wizard saga - they are trying to steal bank and credit card details.
In the latest "phishing" scam, fans were asked to hand over their bank details to pay for a supposed
copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which is to be published on July 16.
Rowling's Warning to Her Fans
"Please, please protect yourselves, your computers and your credit cards and do not fall for these
scams," Rowling said after her lawyers succeeded in closing down a fraudulent website that offered
the latest Potter book in electronic form.
Rowling, whose tales of a teenage wizard have turned her into a multimillionaire and revived children's
passion for reading, warned that the conmen could reappear. "I would bet the original manuscript of
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that this will not be the last attempt to con fans before
publication of the book," she said on her website.
It's obvious that if the con artists are working this scam that they will go to great leangths to try
and get your personal information.
Make online purchases through retailers you trust
Your best bet for safe transactions on the internet is to use online retailers known to you and that
you trust with your credit card information. Remember that some phishing scams involve building
sites that mimic the design of well known retailers so either type in the web address yourself or
at be alert for irregularities.
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