ATLANTA – Multiple Georgia residents contacted FOX 5 Atlanta after receiving an alarming text message or being informed of a potential threat from white supremacists and KKK members.

“Greetings, David. You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation in Atlanta. Be ready with your belongings at 12 a.m.,” said David Williams.

David Williams was one of many people who received an alarming text message after the election.

“Master Ben asked us to send this text message. ‘Please be ready, we won’t be whipped’. I responded and said, ‘You’d better tell Ben that I’m not my ancestors. I’ll whip him back.'” in question.

Williams isn’t playing games with messages.

“I was a little bit stunned, stunned,” Williams said.

Williams said he called the number but had no luck.

Multiple law enforcement agencies, including Atlanta police, say they are aware of the messages circulating.

“I was scared and didn’t know what was going to happen. It was weird because it came out of nowhere,” said a young girl.

This 14-year-old boy, who wished to remain anonymous, also received a worrying message.

She immediately sent it to her mother, who alerted the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office and the county school district.

“This was shocking to me because even though it’s 2024, I still hear things like this. It was very sad to see someone send something like this to a child,” the teenager’s mother said.

Many want to know exactly who is responsible.

“There must be someone or a group of people sending these messages. I would like to see whoever did this or the organization that did this be prosecuted, brought to justice. Whatever,” Williams said.

The warning about white supremacists and KKK members reportedly began circulating the day before the presidential election.

The message is as follows:

Many local law enforcement agencies took notice of the message and have since posted messages of reassurance to their communities on social media.

According to ReutersThis message is not new; had previously circulated on social media.

The same message was published online in January 2021. Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office at the time published a statement They said they were aware of the message and noted that the “communications” did not represent official intelligence or briefings from their offices. The sheriff’s office also stated that they were working with local, state and federal agencies regarding potential extremist or riotous activity but were unable to prove any threat as described in the circulating messages.

The sheriff’s office issued a new statement on Nov. 2 informing residents that they had not received any credible information indicating threats against any group on or after election day.

The day after the election, several Georgia residents began receiving text messages directly to their cell phones about impending enslavement. One buyer shared the following message with FOX 5:

Notes: There appear to be several versions of this message with different dates, reception times and locations. Some versions mention a designated “Plantation Group” or a specific public place where the person will be “enslaved”.

But Georgians are not alone in receiving these messages.

According to 13 News Now In Norfolk, Virginia, many people in Virginia received similar messages. Additionally, black college students at the University of Alabama and Clemson University in South Carolina reported receiving the following messages: According to Sportskeeda.com.

It was reported that the University of Alabama launched an investigation into the text messages.

FOX 5 Atlanta has reached out to the GBI and other local law enforcement for additional information. At this time, the GBI says they are not aware of the text messages.

The FBI released a statement Thursday evening:

“The FBI is aware of offensive and racist text messages being sent to individuals across the country and has been in contact with the Department of Justice and other federal officials regarding the matter.

“As always, we encourage our public to report threats of physical violence to local law enforcement.”

It is currently unknown who sent the text messages or why they did so.

Some users on Reddit.com They believe Russia may be behind the text messages sent to divide American citizens against each other and divide the country.

Officials in several states, including Georgia, blamed Russia Due to the numerous bomb threats received at polling stations on Election Day.