Description

The scam presents itself as an advertisement on a social media site (FaceBook / Meta) for an app that provides luxury watch faces for Apple Watch users. The embedded link routes the user directly to the Apple Store where an App called "Writsra Wallpapers" is presented for a one-time purchase of $6.99 + tax. Once the app is downloaded, the interface does not function. The user will assume it is a failed app load and attempt to delete and re-download the app. Multiple attempts will not produce any results. In the meantime, the initial charge to your debit card (outside of the Apple Store standard charging method to your credit card on file) will be followed up with another near-immediate charge for $9.99 + tax. The two individual charges subsequently generate two emails, which on the surface appear legitimate...but they are also non-functional. As the user reads further into the emails, it becomes readily apparent that this "company" is not a legitimate business; the presented emails are riddled with errors and fail to present any viable contact information or informative links. In the end, this is an elaborate scam presenting itself as a legitimate app on the Apple Store. The app is called "Wristra Wallpapers" made by a developer called "MiKa Software s.r.o." Contact information includes their purported website (wfthg.com) and an email address ([email protected]). In one of their website-provided links about their "Money Back Policy", additional contact information can be found (Trader: THINGOL LIMITED; Address: John Kennedy, 8, 3106 Limassol CY) but this too appears fraudulent.