Strange char in xmlserializer

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running this code
var obj = ScenarioContext.Current.Get();
var req = XmlSerializer.SerializeToString(obj);

…

against this object

[Route("/thirdpartynotification", “POST”)]
[DataContract]
public partial class ThirdPartyMessage
: IReturn
{
[DataMember(Name=“ROOT”)]
public virtual Root Root { get; set; }
}
…
returns

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><_xFEFF_ROOT><_xFEFF_HEADER><_xFEFF_ACTION>Update<_xFEFF_APPLICATION>0<_xFEFF_GUID>c68cc280-a5cb-4879-9bfd-f052716f49f7<_xFEFF_PROJECT>0<_xFEFF_PUBLISHER>SBS<_xFEFF_RESOURCE>50002837<_xFEFF_RESOURCECLASS>3<_xFEFF_TYPE>THIRDPARTY<_xFEFF_USER>12

how can i get rid of this xFEFF char ?
thank you
enrico

2

never mind … it entered somehow in my .cs file by copy & paste
regards
enrico