Scammer- they emailed me with a message that a suspicious payment was blocked and asked me to call them to confirm whether it was genuine.
When I called them, they asked me to download a program, so they could cancel the rtansaction. When I queried why I needed to download a program, he hung up.
Had an indian accent.

Received an email to call this number ( EBAY customer support ) for suspicious payment for AVAST protection .

Caller: Scam email

Received this scam email:

We have blocked a suspicious Payment of $499.00 to Avast Plus Security :-


Dear Customer,
Your account has been charged for $449 towards the payment for AVAST Protection, We have reason to believe that your eBay account has been fraudulently used and we have place this transaction on hold.
Next we're sending you this e-mail to verify the purchase, in case you have done the transaction you need not do anything whatsoever and the charge will appear on your account in the next 48 to 72 hours,
if you haven't done the transaction please call us right away on the EBAY Customer Support :- :-. (03) 9017 0198

Transaction Date : Tue, 27 Sep 2022
Invoice Number: E9TUTF36

To Cancel this transaction, you have to call ebay customer support on :- (03) 9017 0198

Thank You,
Ebay Cyber Security: (03) 9017 0198

Ebay 'customer support' says they're holding suspicious payment to AVAST, but it would be paid unless I phoned 9017-0198. It was a poorly worded email and that immediately exposed the scam.

Caller: eBay security scammer

Tried to put a program on my phone only to be picked up by my phone's security.
I suggest a dial back app when you have the time and block his lines.

Caller: Scammer

*If you have been told to call this number please report to ScamWatch at
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam

I received an email purporting to be from eBay, urging me to call this number. DO NOT reply, DO NOT call the number. DO NOT allow remote access to computer. DO NOT purchase any gift cards. If you have given the scammer your personal information or suffered a financial loss, report this to police.

Caller: This was the number they claimed was Ebay Support

Scam email about AVAST Security payment. Avoid.

Caller: n/a

Had same email as you all. I have seen this one before as well, they seem to be using same scams, probably run out of ideas.

Caller: scammer

Received the exact same scam email. The email was sent by "dffd9637" @gmail.

Scam email - sent via gmail account masquerading as ebay.

Caller: India

I know these scammers and how they work, I know how the scam works and I know where they are. Check out https://www.youtube.com/@ScammerPayback for more info and never ever talk to these people.

Caller: Same email 449 for macafee antivirus no answer on call number

Scam deleat

Caller: Scammer

Exact same message purporting to be from eBay over a suspicious payment for digital security from Avast Plus Security! Avast are a genuine company software company much like Norton.

email address gave it away: AyVU_Support <rossxchagnonb353 @ gmail.com> not to mention eBay do not publish a customer service number even in Melbourne!

Message was:
eBay


We have blocked a suspicious Payment of $499.00 to Avast Plus Security :-

Dear Customer,

Your account have been charged for $449 towards the payment for AVAST Protection, We've reason to believe that your eBay account has been fraudulently used so we have put this purchase on hold.

Next we're sending you this e mail to verify the payment, in case you have done the transaction you don't need to do anything and the charge will appear on your account in the next 48 to 72 hours, if you have not done the transaction please give us a call right away on the EBAY Customer Support :- :-. (03) 9017 0198

Transaction Date : Wed, 16 Nov 2022
Invoice Number: S87TBV3T

To Cancel this transaction, you need to call ebay customer service on :- (03) 9017 0198

Best Regards,
Ebay Cyber Security: (03) 9017 0198)

Scam impersonating eBay cyber security department wanting you to call regarding suspicious payment. Easily verified as fake via eBay official channels

Caller: rdkie843 @ gmail.com

Scam just like the previous:

We have blocked a suspicious Payment of $499.00 to Avast-Plus :-


Dear Customer,

Your account have been charged for $449 for the payment for AVAST Security, We now have reason to believe that your eBay account has been fraudulently used so we have place this payment on hold.
Next we're sending you this email to verify the payment, if you have done the transaction you needn't do anything whatsoever and the charge will appear on your account in the next 48 to 72 hours,
if you haven't done the transaction please give us a call immediately on the EBAY Customer Support :- :-. (03) 9017 0198

Transaction Date : Mon, 14 Nov 2022
Invoice Number: Q1W34B80


To Cancel this transaction, you need to call ebay customer service on :- (03) 9017 0198)

Thank You,
Ebay Internet Security: (03) 9017 0198

I got the same scam email as everyone else. I was immediately suspicious because a) the message did not address me by name and b) it was written in English as a Second Language. So, I checked this wonderful website and found it was indeed a scam. Thank you all.

Scammer Email
eBay


We have blocked a suspicious Payment of $499.00 to Avast-Plus :-


Dear Customer, Your account have been charged for $449 towards the payment for AVAST Protection, We have reason to believe your eBay account has been fraudulently used so we have place this transaction on hold.
Next we are sending you this email to verify the transaction, in case you have done the transaction you don't need to do anything and the charge will appear on your account within the next 48 to 72 hours,
if you haven't done the transaction please call us right away on the EBAY Customer Service :- :-. (03) 9017 0198

Transaction Date : Sun, 6 Nov 2022
Invoice Number: 2L19VNNA
To Cancel this transaction, you need to call ebay customer care on :- (03) 9017 0198

Thank You,
Ebay Cyber Security: (03) 9017 0198

Scammer. Identical email to that was posted by Anonymous on 28 September.

I love this site. My partner thought this was a legit email, I said 'give me 2 seconds to run that number'... The giveaway for me was that they didn't know his name. Ebay always says 'G'day Mark'. Thanks to you and this little community for proving me right.

Caller: Same Avast bill

I checked all appropriate accounts. As you know it. I would remember any bill that size. The phone number has been used previously. From email was not close. Plus I don't respond to emails unless I expected it or obviously know the Emailer.