A Brazilian woman, Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, pulled off a jaw-dropping 14-month con by posing as a 12-year-old girl—complete with fake autism, baby bottles, and pacifiers—to live with a trusting couple. She even convinced them to pay for weight-loss drugs. When a relative raised suspicions and police arrived, she dropped the act and confessed to running this elaborate scam across Brazil for at least 15 years. Though she claimed it was just survival or a cry for affection, the judge ruled it intentional deception, sentencing her to 18 months in prison.

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