By Gilbert Falso :: 4:39 PM

An apology to all the die-hard Harry Potter fans out there, but that rumor going around Twitter and Facebook this afternoon about J.K. Rowling being close to finishing another book in the popular series is untrue.

The hoax started when someone Tweeted a link to a parody news story from April 1 of this year. Think hard, what day is the first of April? That’s right, April Fools – you’ve been had!

Despite the date on the article being clearly listed, not to mention the fact that the news is several months old, many across social media are falling for it. Thousands of manic Harry Potter fans are feeling like they won the lottery on Christmas day, only to feel the despair of letdown several minutes later when a Facebook friend chimes in and points out the fallacy of the article they just linked to.

Sorry, Potter-heads, the series still ends with Book 7 .