OK, I'll try tonight when I get home from work.
Edit: He never told me not to use escrow, that was my choice.
That's fine. Not using an escrow isn't the main problem here, albeit a lesson to learn.
I wasn't going to post in the thread as I am really embarrassed by this. I guess this is what happens when you try to be trusting on this forum. I just wanted to do something nice for my landlady and my dad, well screw that no more shortcuts for me.
Can you post PM screenshots? Remove any personal/confidential info. This will help to prove lovevps1 is scamming.