Be aware of Top Watch Faces, Writsra Wallpapers, WFTHG.COM, thwatch.app, Frameify. Charges taken outside of Apple Payments
Be aware if you are looking at downloading an app from either Top Watch Faces, Writsra Wallpapers, WFTHG.COM, thwatch.app, Frameify and Meta branding, plus others, promoting an app that claims to provide luxury watch faces for Apple Watch users. The advert contains a link that takes the user directly to the Apple App Store, where an app titled “Top Watch Faces”.
After downloading the app, the interface does not function at all. This is a method used by scam and fraudulent companies to force a user to assume the download has failed and attempts to delete and reinstall the app. Despite users repeating this process produces they see no improvement. However, this forced process allows the company to create multiple purchase transactions. I believed the initial payment is processed through Apple’s standard in-app purchase system linked to the user’s Apple account. Instead, the charge is taken directly from the user’s debit or credit card as it required users to confirm their details. The company uses a script to take the customer out of Apple’s purchase system to their own payment gateway, that then carries out multiple unauthorised transactions.
It was then I received a charge on my credit card for £2.99 (GBP). Three days later, another charge for $19.99 (USD). Seven days after the first charge, they debited a further $29.99 (USD). None of the charges are legitimate as they offered a 7 day trial.
Upon further investigation makes it clear that the company is not operating as a legitimate merchant. The app is listed as “Top Watch Faces” and attributed to a developer named “MiKa Software s.r.o.” The contact details provided include a website, wfthg.com, and an email address, hello@thingol.watch. Neither offers genuine customer support or verifiable business information. They use the brand names of : Top Watch Faces, Writsra Wallpapers, WFTHG.COM, thwatch.app, Frameify and Meta branding, plus others.
A quick Google search returns dozens of complaints from people who have also been scammed out of money with various payments taken, both authorised and unauthorised.
One link on the website, labelled as a “Money Back Policy”, lists further details for a trader named THINGOL LIMITED with an address in Limassol, Cyprus. This information also appears to be fabricated and does not correspond to a credible or traceable business entity.
Taken together, this is a coordinated scam designed to present itself as a legitimate Apple App Store listing while extracting unauthorised payments outside Apple’s normal payment protections.
