Woman, 37, claimed she was an autistic 12 year old to trick family into adopting her
- A 37 year-old woman pretended to be a 12 year-old autistic girl to trick a family into giving her a place to live, in an extraordinary deception that lasted more than a year.
- Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, now 38, has been jailed for fraud over the bizarre case in Brazil, after authorities discovered she had committed similar scams across the country.
- Oliveira carried a doll, used a pacifier and drank from a baby bottle in her bid to convince an evangelical church-going couple in Joinville, Santa Carina, she was vulnerable and in need of help, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported.
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- A 37 year-old woman pretended to be a 12 year-old autistic girl to trick a family into giving her a place to live, in an extraordinary deception that lasted more than a year.
- Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, now 38, has been jailed for fraud over the bizarre case in Brazil, after authorities discovered she had committed similar scams across the country.
- Oliveira carried a doll, used a pacifier and drank from a baby bottle in her bid to convince an evangelical church-going couple in Joinville, Santa Carina, she was vulnerable and in need of help, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported.
Sources: The Independent