Scam season is here, keep yourself safe with these tips

• Avast warns of 10 common SMS scam types, including fake parcels and OTP theft
• Red flags include urgency, suspicious links, requests for codes, and unusual spelling or branding
• Best defense: ignore messages or forward spam to 7726 (SPAM) for carrier blocking

With Christmas behind us, and the New Year right around the corner, we’re in peak scam season - cybercriminals have all come out of the woodwork and are trying their best to trick you out of your money. With that in mind, security outfit Avast shared their tips on how to best defend from SMS scams.

Similar to phishing, SMS scams work by trying to trick you into clicking a link or downloading and running a malicious attachment. What makes them somewhat more dangerous is that mobile platforms are arguably defended less in comparison to desktop and laptop computers.

For Avast, there are 10 types of ...