A woman claiming to be Madeline McCann has shared a video of her smile, which she said is proof she is the missing girl. Julia Wandelt, 21, says she is Madeline, who went missing in 2007 Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal, and, in an attempt to prove it, shared a video of Madeline which transitioned into her own face.
Julia created an Instagram account titled @iammadelinemccan where she posts dozens of pictures compares herself to the missing youngster. The Instagram account has 800,000 followers and a TikTok account with the same title has over 180,000 followers.
The Daily Express reports this account has since been replicated by a number of other fake Instagram accounts, which have also gained thousands of followers. In the bio of her Instagram and TikTok account, she stated: "Thank you for support! Kate and Gerry McCann agreed for DNA test!"