Brit tourist collapses on beach after being drugged & robbed by 3 women in ‘Goodnight, Cinderalla' scam

The Sun

11-08-2025

A BRIT tourist was found collapsed in the sand after being drugged and robbed by three women.
He was discovered unconscious on Rio De Janeiro's popular Ipanema beach after reportedly falling victim to the horrifying "Goodnight Cinderalla" scam.
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The ruse has become increasingly common in Brazil among sex workers and escorts who use Rohypnol, GHB - or any date rape drug - to drug tourists and rob them.
In this instance, the victim, a young university student, was holidaying with a pal from school when they met three women at a Samba dance.
After heading to a local bar to carry on the evening, one of the victim's said he was handed a Caipirinha cocktail before losing all consciousness.
When he woke up in hospital, he said £16,000 had been stolen from his account.
The two Brits, who have not been named, also claim their phones were taken too.
Police later identified the suspects as Amanda Couto Deloca, 23, Mayara Ketelyn Americo da Silva, 26, and Raiane Campos de Oliveira, 27, thanks to a video making the rounds online.
Horrifying footage shows the victim staggering along the beachfront before collapsing into the sand.
The women are then seen running along the street and jumping into a taxi before quickly leaving the area.
According to investigators, the women are sex workers who target tourists in the city.
Campos de Oliveira, was even previously jailed for six months for the same type of offence.
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Officers also identified the taxi driver who drove the women away after committing the offence, though he is not believed to have been involved.
The Special Tourism Support Unit have launched an investigation into the case and have urged visitors to be extra careful when socialising with strangers.
This comes as the scam has become worryingly widespread in the area with handfuls of tourists suffering its consequences.
Earlier this month, an escort was arrested for luring flirtatious tourists before drugging and robbing them of £13,000.
How 'Devil's Breath' zombie drug used to spike victims is flooding hols hotspots – as Brit target gives chilling warning
YOU'RE enjoying a night out - partying with friends - when suddenly you begin to feel woozy, you feel your heartbeat increase, you start to see hallucinations and you find you can't even speak.
Then you black out, waking up hours or even days later with no memory of what has just happened - you may have been spiked with a terrifying drug known as the "Devil's Breath".
Tourists and revellers around the globe fear they are being targeted with the mysterious drug - which is said to turn people into "zombies".
It has been linked to tens of thousands of crimes in South America - and is even behind several deaths.
It's also been reported in European holiday hotspots, including in the UK.
Officially called scopolamine, the " Devil's Breath" is derived from the toxic Borrachero tree from South America and it has become a weapon of choice for criminals.
Once tested by the CIA as a truth serum, the drug renders its victims powerless, compliant, and blank — leaving them unable to resist, and often unable to recall anything afterwards.
A leading UK addiction specialist told The Sun that the misuse of Devil's Breath could pose one of the most dangerous threats to the public - with it being used by criminals in robberies, assaults and sexual attacks.
And a top Spanish anti-drug cop has issued a warning to tourists - telling them be on the lookout for Devil's Breath in party hotspots.
Francini Demétrio Sitas, 23, was suspected of drugging, robbing and beating a Frenchman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He said they talked and drank before going to Copacabana, where they continued to drink, before heading back to the city centre where he fell victim to their scam.
Meanwhile, last year two women targeted Chilean holidaymakers Ronald Rafael Tejeda Sobarzo and Andrés Ignacio Orellana Ruiz.
The pair slipped a date-rape drug into the men's beers before stealing the men's mobile phones.
Tragically, they then pushed the drugged tourists off a 10ft tall cliff into an abyss.