Lazio scammed, pay hackers £1.75m owed to Feyenoord for Stefan de Vrij
LAZIO have reportedly lost £1.75million after falling for an email scam.
They lost out after being tricked into paying the final installment of Dutch defender Stefan de Vrij’s move from Feyenoord into the wrong bank account.
Italian newspaper Il Tempo report the Serie A giants were hoodwinked by hackers with knowledge of the deal.
Lazio received an email that appeared to be from Feyenoord asking for the £1.75m along with bank account details.
The Italians paid the money into the account.
But Eredivisie champions Feyenoord never received the cash for Manchester City target De Vrij and claim to have no knowledge of the email.
Il Tempo claim that the prosecutor looking into the case has tracked down the money to a Dutch bank account – but it isn’t Feyenoord’s.
De Vrij who joined Lazio for £6.8million in 2014 after a successful World Cup campaign with Holland is out of contract at the end of this season and he is a transfer target for Inter, Barcelona and City.
