{"id":2645968,"date":"2026-08-17T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-prime-minister-mistakenly-texts-susie-wiles-impersonator\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:40:00","slug":"uk-prime-minister-mistakenly-texts-susie-wiles-impersonator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-prime-minister-mistakenly-texts-susie-wiles-impersonator\/","title":{"rendered":"UK prime minister mistakenly texts Susie Wiles impersonator"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-prime-minister-mistakenly-texts-susie-wiles-impersonator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2645968&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>British Prime Minister Andy Burnham engaged in text exchanges with someone he believed to be President Donald Trump\u2019s top adviser, susie Wiles, but later discovered the messages were with a fraudster impersonating her. Burnham considered the interactions minor and quickly reported the incident to security authorities. This happened after previous concerns in 2025 when the FBI investigated impersonations of Wiles, which Trump publicly downplayed, praising her resilience. Burnham\u2019s quick suspicion and response highlight ongoing issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >impersonation scams involving high-profile officials<\/a>. Burnham became Britain\u2019s seventh Prime minister in July, succeeding keir Starmer amid a period of political and economic instability for the UK.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-burnham\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"22909\">Andy Burnham<\/a> exchanged texts with someone he believed to be President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> top adviser before discovering that a fraudster was impersonating her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burnham had a back-and-forth with a number claiming to be from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, according to multiple outlets. The prime minister, who took the reins at 10 Downing Street in July, sent a \u201cfew messages\u201d to the impersonator that were \u201cof no significance,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/andy-burnham-messages-impersonator-top-trump-aide-susie-wiles\/\">according to<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4689472\/andy-burnham-susie-wiles-impersonator-texts\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>UK prime minister mistakenly texts Susie Wiles impersonator<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4689396\/trump-threatens-bomb-oman-if-country-gets-in-way\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump threatens to \u2018bomb the s***\u2019 out of Oman if the Gulf country \u2018gets in the way\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4688641\/trumpworld-karoline-leavitt-replacement-woman\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The two reasons Trumpworld thinks Leavitt\u2019s replacement will be a woman<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A White House official told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Monday that the latest incident with Burnham \u201chad nothing to do with the Chief of Staff\u2019s devices being hacked,\u201d appearing to reference Wiles\u2019 saga last year when the FBI investigated an apparent impersonator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest incident, Burnham quickly grew suspicious and reported the interaction to security authorities, an official <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/17\/world\/europe\/andy-burnham-prime-minister-uk-fake-texts-trump.html\">told<\/a> the<em> New York Times<\/em>. The communication between Burnham and the person posing as Wiles was only in the form of messages, and there was no conversation between the two, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clyvj5zdjj2o\">according<\/a> to the BBC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prime minister\u2019s national security gaffe marks the second time during Wiles\u2019 time as Trump\u2019s chief of staff that an impersonator has fooled officials. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May 2025, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported that the FBI <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3426403\/fbi-investigating-impersonation-susie-wiles\/\">opened an investigation<\/a> after multiple politicians received phone calls and text messages from someone claiming to be Wiles.\u00a0At the time, Trump said Wiles had been hacked but added that he was not concerned because his chief of staff is \u201can amazing woman\u201d who \u201ccan handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4644949\/europe-demographic-time-bomb-leader-popularity\/\"><strong>EUROPE\u2019S DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB IS KILLING ITS LEADERS\u2019 POPULARITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burnham became Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-prime-ministers-nine-lives-larry-the-cat-outlasts-another-leader\/\" title=\"Six ...s, nine lives: Larry the cat outlasts another leader\">seventh prime minister<\/a> over the past decade in July, after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3660\">Keir Starmer<\/a> handed in his resignation in June, capping off a politically volatile era for the island monarchy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new prime minister assumed the position after Starmer left due to a variety of political troubles, with his Labour Party performing poorly in recent elections and the country souring on his inability to lead Britain out of economic stagnation, among other issues. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" 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