A woman lost her life savings and was left with just $5 after she got scammed by a bogus durian seller: report

• A Singaporean woman found an online seller offering durians for less than half their street price.
• Instead of getting cheap durians, however, she was tricked into losing $37,400 — her life savings.

A 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.

The local police confirmed with Zaobao that they are aware of the case and are investigating the matter.

The Singapore Police Force did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.