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Those messages about your federal income tax refund have an ulterior motive. Vadym Pastukh / Shutterstock.com
Don’t trust any texts or emails that appear to be from the IRS. They aren’t from the government. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sent out a consumer alert to warn Americans about IRS impersonators. Fraudsters are sending texts and emails to taxpayers, claiming to be the IRS. The messages are about tax refunds or tax refund e-statements, but the senders’ goal is to steal your…