Escrow isn't a great way to earn money but a great way to improve the trust among the bitcoin community.
That's true, but it can also be used for a ;long con. Build up trust over a bit of time handling small amounts then as soon as somebody trusts you with a very large amount like 100 bitcoins or something you could dissapear. Thankfully though I think most escrowers are legit, but there's always a level of trust involved.
I think the most trusted escrow here is escrow.ms, I would do large transaction with him without fear, but still there's a 0,00001% possibility that he will disappear with the coins.
I think the chance is much higher than that, as he may come to an accident (fire accident, car crash, etc.) and be unable to release the escrow (not that he runs away with your coins).
Thats a huge factor, so I guess whenever you do any transaction it better not be a huge one.
You can do a 2-of-3 transaction if you are worried about that.
It is statistically very very unlikely to have 2 escrows getting into accident at the time.
