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New York Post
Brazilian scammer fakes autism to manipulate family
A 37-year-old woman in Brazil, Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, successfully deceived a family into thinking she was a 12-year-old autistic girl over 14 months. She fabricated a childhood story of abuse, faked symptoms, and gained emotional support and financial assistance from the family, who almost adopted her. Her scheme unraveled when a relative discovered her true identity and alerted police, leading to her arrest and confession of similar cons across multiple states. Oliveira has a prior conviction for false identity offenses and is currently in custody awaiting trial, with a psychiatric evaluation requested.
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