Bizarre moment woman wheels 'dead man' to Brazilian ATM to withdraw money

This is the bizarre moment a woman uses a man who appeared to be dead on a wheelchair to withdraw money from an ATM.

The cell phone video first made rounds on social last week and showed the woman placing her left hand behind the man's neck and then placing his right index finger over the scanner to record the fingerprint.

For a moment it seems that the scanner is having issues accepting the fingerprint and the woman proceeds to hold his arm while pressing his finger down.

The woman then notices that the man's head is tilted back and places her left hand behind the neck area for support while she presses the key pad.

She subsequently pulls out the money from the dispenser slot and places the cash inside her top just before the recording comes to an end.

A viral video showed the moment a woman used the body of a man who appeared to be dead to withdraw money from an ATM. The incident reportedly took place in Brazil although the police have not commented

The woman placed her left hand to support the man's neck from tilting back while she placed the cash in her top

The incident allegedly took place in Brazil, however, authorities have not commented on it.

Some social media users expressed doubts over the veracity of the video footage, claiming it was a prank that evoked memories of Érika de Souza, who in April wheeled the corpse of her uncle Paulo Braga, 68, into a Rio de Janeiro bank branch to attempted to withdraw a $3,250 loan.

De Souza, a 42-year-old mother-of-six, was caught on camera trying to give Braga water moments before she placed fingers on a pen to try to sign the bank document.

The bankers were worried with de Souza's behavior and called the police. Paramedics were dispatched to the bank and tried to revive Braga.

The woman reached back to stop the man's head from tilting back while she was trying to place his finger on the ATM to register his fingerprint and withdraw cash

Cell phone video footage capture the shocking moment a woman placed the finger of an alleged dead man on an ATM pad to withdraw money in Brazil

Investigators found that Braga had already been dead for about two hours because there were cadaver marks visible on his head. 

'There is no doubt that Érika knew about Paulo's death,' Rio de Janeiro Civil Police chief Fabio Souza said in his findings.  

'But as it was her last chance to withdraw the money from the loan, she entered the bank with the corpse, simulated for several minutes that he was alive, even pretending to give water, took the pen and held his hand close to the hand of Paulo's corpse.'

De Souza is being held in pretrial detention and is facing vilification of a corpse and attempted theft through fraud charges.