Man posed as Victoria's Secret representative in order to get photos of women wearing lingerie

Police say an Iowa City man posed online as a Victoria's Secret representative to dupe women into uploading pictures of themselves in lingerie. Sean Patrick Boies, 29, is accused of using a phishing scheme to obtain the Hawk ID and passwords of University of Iowa students.

Boies then used that information to create a profile on Qualtrics, a web-based survey platform, according to a criminal complaint. University of Iowa Police say Boies created multiple surveys through Qualtrics and received 6,285 responses between December 2013 and May of this year.



In January, police say Boies created a survey in which he claimed to be a Victoria's Secret representative and asked women to upload photos of themselves in their bra and lingerie. The survey claimed that selected winners would be invited to a private Miami photo shoot. Police said Boies admitted to creating the surveys to receive photos of women, and he said two respondents sent him photos.

In another survey in March, Boies allegedly asked respondents for identification information, promising a $25 Victoria's Secret gift card in exchange. Police said Boies admitted that he never sent the gift cards and created the survey to obtain the victims' personal information. Boies is charged with two counts of identity theft under $1,000, an aggravated misdemeanor, and unauthorized computer access, a serious misdemeanor. He was booked and released on Thursday morning at the Johnson County Jail.