Racist text messages reported in multiple states after Election Day

Residents successful North Carolina, Michigan and Ohio reported receiving racist texts.

Officials successful a number of states are responding to reports of racist texts received by residents successful nan days aft nan 2024 election.

The Virginia Attorney General's Office told ABC News it "is alert of these matter messages and unequivocally condemns them."

The agency confirmed that nan matter connection corresponds pinch nan matter reportedly received by an worker astatine ABC connection 13News Now successful Norfolk, Virginia, which read: "You person been selected to prime fabric astatine nan nearest plantation. Be fresh astatine 12 p.m. crisp pinch your belongings. Our executive slaves will travel get you successful a brownish van. Be prepared to beryllium searched down erstwhile you've participate nan plantation. You are successful plantation group W."

The agency urges anyone who believes they are nether threat to interaction section rule enforcement arsenic good arsenic their section FBI section office. They could not corroborate aliases contradict whether an investigation was taking place.

The North Carolina Department of Justice told ABC News that it is moving pinch national and manufacture partners to analyse nan root of nan robotexts.

The agency is besides encouraging North Carolinians to study specified texts to nan state's DOJ agency and section rule enforcement.

Reports of wide "disparaging" texts were besides raised by section news outlets successful Ohio, Michigan, Alabama, Wisconsin and South Carolina.

In an online statement, Clemson University Police Department successful South Carolina said it received reports of students receiving matter messages "containing disparaging connection from unrecognized numbers."

"These numbers person been wished to beryllium associated pinch online spoofing sites. CUPD is actively investigating nan matter and moving pinch authorities partners to place nan root of nan messages," publication nan statement.

The section said location is nary denotation of a reliable threat to members of nan section organization and besides urged recipients to study nan texts.

ABC News' Abby Cruz contributed to this report.