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Membership scam alert
DON’T find yourself up the creek without a paddle by falling into the trap of a phony Amazon scam.
The online ecommerce and digital streaming multinational recently alerted to the dangers of being fooled by unexpected calls, texts or emails that claim to refer to a costly membership fee or other membership issue.
These will ask you to confirm or cancel the charge, Amazon warned.
“Scammers will try to convince you to provide payment or bank account information in order to reinstate a membership,” the company said.
Amazon would never ask you to provide payment information for products or services over the phone, a recent statement stressed. Never pay over the phone, it added.
“Visit the Message Centre on the Amazon website or on our app to review authentic emails from Ama
THE UK government announced plans to grant hundreds of new oil and gas licences.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on July 31 that the government would continue to back the North Sea oil and gas industry in its drive to make Britain more energyindependent.
Adopting a more flexible application process, licences could also be offered near currently licensed areas, he said. This would unlock vital reserves due to existing infrastructure and previous assessments, Sunak explained while visiting Aberdeen’s Shell gas terminal.
The independent Climate Change Committee predicted that approximately a quarter of the UK’s energy demands would still be met by oil and gas
TV turn off
ITV’S earnings fell 52 per cent to £152 million (€176.5 million) during the first six months of this year.
Total advertising revenues dropped by 11 per cent to £811 million (€940 million) between January and the end of June, compared with the same period in 2022.
The broadcaster admitted that it was enduring its worst advertising downturn since the 2008 financial crisis although chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said that although advertisers were cautious, ITV had not experienced any difficulty in attracting sponsors for its programmes.
