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.
"Please, please protect yourselves, your computers and your credit cards, and do not fall for these scams," the writer said after her lawyers succeeded in closing down a fraudulent Web site that purported to sell the latest Potter book in electronic form.
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