 This bogus escrow service assures the victim that the scammer has sent its item and that the victim should send its item to the escrow service.This amounts to sending the item to the scammer, who then immediately closes down the escrow service and does not send its item to the victim.The scammer blames the escrow service, claiming that the item was with it at the time it closed down; if the victim did not investigate the escrow service before using it, the ruse may be believed.