Surrey's police and crime commissioner (PCC) has become the subject of a deepfake video as part of a campaign to warn people about this kind of fraud.
Lisa Townsend posted a video to social media in which she appears to promote a financial scheme enticing users to find out how they could "secure money in their bank accounts".
The fake moving image of Ms Townsend explains how to register, before the real PCC explains the video has actually been created using artifical intelligence (AI).
Ms Townsend said she wanted to "show how easy it is for fraudsters to convincingly impersonate somebody, particularly those in the public eye".
The video is part of the Question Everything campaign, which highlights the dangers of AI generated fraud.
