Harry Potter and the Fiendish Phishers

No, its not the name of the next book starring a certain young wizard-in-training. But young Mister Potter now has something in common with Phishing -- he's an unwilling particpant in a new scam.

Potter Author JK Rowling has warned her die-hard fans to watch out for a new phishing ploy in which an email offers to sell electronic copies of her latest book. Naturally, all you have to do is provide some bank and/or credit card info.

Problem is the book hasn't even been released yet -- it's not due until July 16th.

"Please, please protect yourselves, your computers and your credit cards and do not fall for these scams," JK implores.

Sounds to me like Malfoy and those rotten Slytherin kids are up to no good!