At least Eight female students at Brigham Young University in Utah were 'catfished ' by the same 24-year-old woman - who pretended to be a man . The victims all believed they were involved in a relationship with a Mormon man living in the same state - only to find out they were being duped by a woman in Texas . After one of the students became suspicious , it began to emerge that they had all fallen for a serial 'catfish ' - someone who tricks others online by setting up fake profiles with fake pictures and names . Scroll down for video . Duped : Brigham Young University student Hilary Hayes believed she was in a relationship with a Mormon man called Hunter Anderson from Utah . The students realised that they had been 'catfished ' by a 24-year-old woman ( pictured in an image from Fox13 ) living in Texas . Another victim , Sara Vanwagenen , believed she was in a relationship with a man called 'Hyrum Young ' but , despite regular text and telephone conversations , the pair never met up . One of the victims , Hilary Hayes , said she had been texted out of the blue by someone calling himself 'Hunter Anderson ' who claimed to have seen her at a party and that he was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . She told Fox13 that they would regularly text and talk and he even sent her flowers on Valentine 's Day - but that Anderson would never agree to meet up . At the same time , another victim , Sara Vanwagenen , believed she was in a relationship with a man called 'Hyrum Young ' . She too reported that the person they were in contact with would never agree to meet up . The pair eventually realised the texts they were receiving were from the same number and it turned out they had both been duped by a woman called Kayla , from Texas . Targeted : It soon emerged that at least eight women at Brigham Young University ( pictured ) in Utah , had been tricked into digital relationships with the imposter . It soon emerged that at least eight women had been tricked into forming digital relationships with the imposter . Kayla later told the women she was coming out as gay and that that she was 'essentially practicing ' on the BYU students , Fox13 reports . Miss Vanwagenen is reported as saying : ' I let this person into my life in a really big way . I was really angry and really hurt . ' Miss Hayes added : 'She just knew everything about me it was just really hurtful to find out that you literally didn ’ t know anything about this person , not even something so foundational as their name . ' New York Daily News reports that police were informed but that no action was taken because the woman was living in a different state .
One victim , Hilary Hayes , was contacted by man called 'Sara Vanwagenen Another , Hunter Anderson ' , was in online relationship with 'Hyrum Young ' But the Brigham Young University students were talking to same person . Neither of them had met imposter despite regular texts and conversations . The man turned out to be a 24-year-old woman from Texas called Kayla .