Lord Cameron received a hoax video call and messages from someone claiming to be Ukraine’s former president.
To fend off any potential attempts to manipulate footage of the foreign secretary from the exchange, the government has revealed what happened.
A “number of text messages were exchanged followed by a brief video call” between Lord Cameron and someone who claimed to be Petro Pereshenko, the foreign office said.
“Whilst the video call clearly appeared to be with Mr Poroshenko, following the conversation the foreign secretary became suspicious,” the statement added.
“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.
“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.”
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