“I’m Madeleine McCann”: University student claims she is missing toddler

A British university student has claimed she is missing toddler Madeleine McCann after pointing out a few similarities.

Harriet Brookes’ bold claims showed photos of brown spots on her eye and leg as evidence she is the long-lost child who vanished in mysterious circumstances in 2007.

Positing information from Wikipedia and pictures of the three-year-old Maddie, Brookes said that she, like Maddie, she had a brown spot on her iris, The Sun reported.

She told her friends: “Right guys. I don’t usually believe in conspiracy theories but honestly I think I’m Madeleine McCann.”

One responded: “I f***ing give up.”

She then posted a picture of her eye and leg calling them “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit B”.

Screenshots of the group message were posted on Twitter by Brookes’ friend and have since gone viral.

However, the student in question has now claimed the messages with her friends were a joke, telling The Tab that she “just sent it for a joke”.

“I’m loving reading people’s reactions. I feel like so many people are taking it seriously,” she said.

Madeleine disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007 when she was just three-years-old.