Gwinnett County Woman Gets Back More Than $100,000 Scammed Out Of Her

More than $100,000 from a Gwinnett County woman has been repaid.

The Gwinnett County Police Department (GCPD) reported in December 2022 that the female victim was in the process of purchasing a home.

Then she received an email from a scammer posing as her lawyer.

The scammer allegedly instructed the woman to send $131,092 via bank transfer to complete the “sale” of her new home.

According to GCPD, this type of scam is called a business email compromise scam. This scam generally targets businesses that make large wire transfers.

After transferring the money, the victim quickly realized it had not been sent to her attorney, but to a JP Morgan Chase bank account in New York.

GCPD detectives discovered that the money was sent to an account controlled by Edina Winter of Glen Cove, New York.

Glen Cove Police detectives confirmed that Winter had nothing to do with the sale of the home and was in possession of the victim’s money.

Winter was charged in New York and returned $45,092 that she had used of the money. With the help of JP Morgan Chase, GCPD was able to seize the remaining $86,000 and return it to the victim.