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David Cameron falls victim to hoax call from ‘former Ukraine president’

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The Foreign Office said David Cameron quickly became suspicious when contact details for others were requested. Photograph: Leon Neal/AP

The UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, has been the victim of a hoax video call with someone claiming to be Petro Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, it has been revealed.

A number of text messages were exchanged followed by a brief video call between Lord Cameron and someone purporting to be Poroshenko, the Foreign Office said in a statement.

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