The British government admitted that Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron was duped into accepting a prank phone call from a hoaxer purporting to be a former Ukrainian president, in the latest example of a cabinet member being tricked in such a manner.
Lord Cameron reportedly became wary of the prankster after the imposter Poroshenko had asked for the contact details of other senior British ministers upon which the foreign secretary ended the call, which is said to have occurred within the past few days, The Telegraph reports.
“Contact details for others were requested and, given his concerns, the Foreign Secretary stopped responding.
“The department has now investigated and confirmed that it was not genuine and that the messages and video call were a hoax.”
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The same duo had previously tricked former Home Secretary Priti Patel and ex-Culture Secretary Nadine Dories into speaking with them under false pretences.
The government decided to go public with the latest prank against Lord Cameron in order to warn others and to undercut attempts to manipulate video footage of Lord Cameron from the call.
“We are making this public in case the video of the Foreign Secretary is manipulated and subsequently used, and to ensure that others are aware of this risk.”
“Whilst regretting his mistake, the Foreign Secretary thinks it important to call out this behaviour and increase efforts to counter the use of misinformation.”
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