If you will use outside forum escrow, it also involves risk since you don't know yet them well.  Picking a trusted escrow is always have a risk because you may be contacted by an impersonator and acted as an escrow but in fact, it isn't.

Why not choose a legitimate trusted exchange to purchase crypto and not worry about looking for an escrow service.
Or if you were afraid of the KYC, choose a P2P exchange, these exchanges are the third party which is acted as an escrow between the buyer and the seller both safe while having a transaction.