PM pranked: five of the best hoax calls

After a drunk impostor was put through to the PM, we round up the funniest hoax calls

British PM David Cameron
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Downing Street has confirmed that a hoax caller pretending to be the head of GCHQ was put through to David Cameron on Sunday, prompting a review of government security procedures – but the prime minister isn't the first person to be fooled by a prank caller.

Cameron spoke to the hoax caller, who claimed to be Robert Hannigan, the head of GCHQ, but reportedly hung up quickly after realising that the caller was a fraud. According to a Downing Street spokesperson, the call was "quite brief" and no sensitive information was revealed.

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