I'm not entirely convinced this is actually an escrow scam attempt. From reading what Tedfrost wrote, he sounds more like a confused newbie who doesn't know what escrow is and doesn't trust people--which is a perfectly acceptable sentiment in the world of crypto. He sounds like he doesn't have any experience in trading crypto for fiat and doesn't know what we normally do around here
In addition, escrow is useless with PayPal anyway.
Then again, I could be completely wrong and Tedfrost could be a cunning scammer posing as an inexperienced noob, but I'm not sure that's the case here.
OP, if you really think this is a scam attempt worthy of a flag, you ought to post this in the Scam Accusation section.
A newbie won't know how to post ratings and feedbacks but this kiddo is pretty familiar with the things around.
I respect the benefit of doubt you giving him but sadly, the facts, the words and the acts talking by their self.
Edit: Tedfrost, you are more than welcome to post your proofs how, when and where i tried to steal anything off you.