Campbell faces four felony computer crime charges, but he could also face federal charges because some of the victims were out-of-state, Edwards said. The 24-year-old was released on bail Friday and is expected to be formally charged in the next few weeks.

Campbell isn't the first person to be charged with stealing nude photos from Web mail accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Earlier this year, George Bronk, 23, of Citrus Heights, California, looking for explicit photos. He posted many of them to his victims' Facebook pages.

In April, a 26-year-old Minnesota man was

It's not unusual for people to send racy photos of themselves to their lovers. But most people don't realize how easily they can be accessed by others, Edwards said. Accounts "can easily be hacked into and what they think are private or personal things can easily become public or go worldwide," he said. "Don't put anything in your accounts that you wouldn't mind your mother seeing."

The IDG News Service