Trying to buy a car; does this sound fishy to you?

Trying to buy a car; does this sound fishy to you?
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Nevermind.. I should have Googled. Found a couple people who had been ripped off by this sort of scam, one of the email texts was nearly identical in wording. Blargh. Sorry, wish I could delete the Q. Scam 1 Talking about the scam
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