Fake Madeleine McCann Julia Wandelt's GoGetFunding campaign flops as she hopes to 'return to normal life'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Hundreds of dollars have been raised by Julia Wandelt, who had previously claimed she could be Madeleine McCann, in order to assist her in "returning to a somewhat normal life" after a DNA test revealed she wasn't the missing British youngster. The 21-year-old, who also goes by the name Julia Wendell/Faustyna was forced to leave the United States and go back to her home country when her notion was disproven by a genetic test that revealed she was 100% Eastern European.
Since then, she has started a GoGetFunding campaign to aid in her reintegration back into her previous life, alleging that she was "coerced" to travel to America. Her fundraiser site states, "Hi, I am creating this fundraiser to help myself. Many people told me that I should do this, but I refused because I didn't want to make people say that I'm a liar or just a bad person but I decided to ask you for help..I need your help."
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'I've been through a lot in my young life'
The site continues, "I understand the media frenzy surrounding this has been hectic and overwhelming for everyone. It has also been an awfully overwhelming time for me, I'm 21 year old girl, I've been through a lot in my young life. Over the last few weeks, I was coerced into going to the USA, in return isolating me from everything around me. Whilst over there, went through a tough time which in turn resulted in me being even more isolated and distrusting of others."
She further states, "Now I'm at home in Poland and trying to return to a somewhat normal life with my boyfriend and my lovely cat Monte - I am being met with vicious untrue statements and outright lies pertaining to my character. I need to get back on my feet, I need to be able to get myself to a place where I can return to the work force and thrive in the career I choose. In order to do that I need support around me such as lawyers and professionals......."
'I am so extremely grateful'
The site was updated after donations poured in. It stated, "Support and help I have received over the last few days have been overwhelming and beautiful and I am so extremely grateful for each person who has reached out." Just days after starting the fundraising, the Polish woman has already received €787 ($874) from around two dozen donors, despite the intense controversy surrounding her situation.
This month, Julia learned she wasn't the kidnapped British toddler who vanished in 2007 while on a family vacation in Portugal. Dr Fia Johansson, Julia's private eye and self-described psychic, informed RadarOnline.com that "she is absolutely 100% from Poland." She has trace influences indicating Lithuanian and Russian ancestry, but she is a Pole as per the DNA tests, as reported by MEAWW.