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Watch: How Feyenoord and Lazio were scammed out of millions from De Vrij deal

We examine how Feyenoord and Lazio lost millions of euros on Stefan de Vrij's transfer via an email scam.

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Four years on from his 2014 move to Lazio, Inter Milan defender De Vrij saw a final decision settled between the Romans and Feyenoord over a missing €2m installment of his original €8.5m fee.

A hacker had managed to divert the amount paid by Lazio to a different Holland-based bank account. By the time calls had arrived from Feyenoord insisting no money had been received, the scammers' account had been closed.

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