Lady Du Scammed and Robbed While Trying to Help a Stranger With Cash: “I Have Learnt My Lesson”

Lady Du Scammed and Robbed While Trying to Help a Stranger With Cash: “I Have Learnt My Lesson”

  • South African amapiano star Lady Du has shared a nasty encounter she went through while trying to help a stranger
  • She said she met a woman who was crying her eyes out over not having fees for her kids and she offered to help
  • The star then went to the ATM to withdraw some cash and some guys snatched her belongings and ran away with the lady

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Lady Du started 2023 on a bad note. The star shared that she was recently scammed by a woman she was trying to assist.

Lady Du says she was scammed
Lady Du reveals that she was scammed and robbed while trying to help a stranger. Image: @ladydu_sa.
Source: Instagram

Taking to her Twitter page, the amapiano star narrated the sad ordeal to her fans who felt sorry for her.

Lady Du narrates how she got scammed

She explained that she met a woman who was crying her eyes out over not having enough money to pay for her children's school fees. Being the kind-hearted person she is, Lady Du offered to assist her but had no cash on her.

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The singer headed to the ATM to withdraw cash to give to the stranger and that's when she got robbed. She tweeted:

"Be careful at ATMs, I was helping a lady who was crying her eyes out, said her husband hit her and she needs money for her school kids. I went to withdraw, I don’t carry cash and next thing some guys snatched my wallet and belongings. When I looked to speak to the woman she wasn’t there ."

Lady Du says she is ok but needs to replace some important documents

When asked if she was okay by her followers, the star said she was fine, but had learnt her lesson about helping strangers. She added:

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"I’m okay, I just have to get a new licence and ID. They were working together, the CCTV shows them talking to each other, it’s ok though. I learned my lesson."

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Speaking to Daily Sun, MamKhize revealed that the attempted robbery happened on Sbu Mpisane, her estranged husband's, side of the mansion.

"Thank you all for the messages of concern but as you are all aware, I am separated from Sbu Mpisane. The incident that happened on Saturday does not involve me or my wing of the estate," she told the publication.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.