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Lazio fall for £1.75m hacking scam, according to Italian newspaper report

Stefan De Vrij was signed by Lazio for £6.8m in 2014
Image: Stefan De Vrij was signed by Lazio for £6.8m in 2014

Lazio have reportedly fallen for an email scam and paid £1.75m (€2m) of the final instalment for defender Stefan de Vrij's transfer from Dutch club Feyenoord to fraudsters.

Italian newspaper Il Tempo reported on Wednesday that hackers with knowledge of the deal tricked the Serie A club into paying the money into the wrong bank account in the Netherlands.

Lazio received an email that appeared to be from the Dutch champions asking for the £1.75m (€2m) along with bank account details, and duly sent the money.

But Feyenoord never received the cash and claim to have no knowledge of the email.

Il Tempo said that the prosecutor looking into the case has tracked down the money to a Dutch bank account, which does not belong to Feyenoord.

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The 26-year-old joined Lazio in 2014 for £6.8m after a successful World Cup with the Netherlands, but will leave for nothing this summer after failing to extend his contract.

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