Where's my refund: Scammers impersonate IRS with texts about $1,400 stimulus money
IRS,Stimulus,Banking and Finance
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• The average refund was $1,928 for tax returns processed by Jan. 31. That's up 38.2% from first week of the tax season last year. • Tax filers warned about scammers impersonating IRS to get you old stimulus money. Big news that the IRS would suddenly roll out stimulus-related tax refunds had all sorts of people hitting the internet to find out when they'd get a refund, including plenty of people who already got their stimulus money years ago. Now, we're being warned that scammers are taking advantage of all...
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