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A woman lost her life savings and was left with just $5 after she got scammed by a bogus durian seller: reportA woman in Singapore was scammed of her life savings and left with just $5 after attempting to buy durians from a bogus seller.The woman, surnamed Xu, saw a deal on a Facebook store offering the Mao Shan Wang durian variety for $4.50 per kilogram and the D24 variety for $2.25 per kilogram, Lianhe Zaobao, a Singaporean Chinese-language daily newspaper reported.In December, the Mao Shan Wang durian, also known as Musang King, was priced at $16 per kilogram, while the D24 variety was priced at $12 per kilogram, local media outlet The Straits Times reported.Attracted by the low prices, the 50-year-old woman contacted the durian seller on Facebook, called "TMZ Fresh," on May 4 to place her order and find out what their delivery times were, per Zaobao.The seller took down her phone number and said that she would hear from a member of their customer service team, Zaobao reported.Soon after, Xu received a call from a man who instructed her to install a mobile application and enter her personal details to obtain membership, per Zaobao.She was then told to collect a password generator token from her bank and to enter her banking information into the app, which she did on May 6.The man also offered to throw in a few durians for free, local media outlet Mothership reported. Xu did not realize that the bogus seller had taken around $37,400 from her bank account. She realized she'd been scammed when she tried to pay for food a day later, on May 7.She discovered "two unauthorized transfers to the account" on May 6, one worth $20,695 and the other worth $16,700, per Zaobao."These are my life savings," Xu told Zaobao. She only had $5 left in her bank account, Zaobao reported.
