SFE for Second Masters?

Hi all,

I'm hoping you can help answer my question (publicly or privately) with no judgement nor shame!

in 2019 i moved abroad to the Netherlands to undertake a masters degree. Of course, 6 months into the masters, corona hit and I had a pretty bad time but regardless, finished the masters degree. I funded this myself and didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped - I've now figured out what sort of career I would like to undertake (becoming a social worker) and if I don't get into any grad schemes, I am hoping to apply for the postgraduate social work degree.

However, my problem is that one of the conditions for receiving post graduate funding state that you NOT are eligible IF you already have a master’s degree, or a qualification that’s equivalent or higher.

Of course, I do have a masters, but again not one I particularly want. I finished it because I felt like I had to, and funded it myself. Does anyone know if this means I would not be eligible for the funding from SFE? and if so, how would they find out that I already have a masters, as it's in another country. I obviously don't want to commit fraud but it sucks that I can only afford a masters with a loan.

I hope you can help me! thanks a lot in advance <3