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PCC urges public to Question EVERYTHING after Surrey victim loses £20,000 of life savings through deepfake video - Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey

A Surrey resident has lost £20,000 of his life savings after he was tricked into a scam investment by a deepfake video of TV star ‘Martin Lewis’. David*, a retired engineer, spotted a video on Facebook of who he believed was ‘Martin’, the Money Saving Expert, promoting an investment scheme. Fraudsters then persuaded David – not his real name – to part with various sums of money before he realised that he had been duped but it was too late. David…
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Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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