TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) – The FBI is investigating a series of anonymous text messages after Black Americans across the country reported receiving racist messages the day after the election.

Although the disturbing messages varied, they all instructed people to board a bus or vehicle that would take them to a plantation where they would work as slaves.

Temple resident Charlotte Green said she was unfortunately one of many people who were targeted by racist mass messages and could not believe what she saw when she received the message last Wednesday.

“I just got off work and when I got in my car I looked at my phone and I was driving and I was like… ‘This can’t be real.’ So I pulled over and I was like… embarrassed,” Green said.

And he wasn’t the only one with hundreds of people in at least 20 states receiving similar racist messages.

However, he stated that for Green, this was extremely personal, “it’s not like a standard text, it has my name on it.”

So she decided to share it on Facebook, hoping to show what she and other people of color are going through.

“I wanted people to see what it felt like, how you would feel if you had something like this,” Green said.

Like many people, he questioned who would take the time to send all these messages and why.

“I think the election caused all this turmoil and caused people to feel complacent, to exhibit racism,” Green said.

Preliminary investigation indicates the messages may have come from TextNow, an automation service based in Canada that allows users to set up a phone number so they can send free messages without revealing the sender’s phone number.

TextNow said in a statement that one or more of its accounts may have been used to send text messages in violation of its terms of service and that it immediately closed the accounts.

It’s still unknown who sent the messages, but Kiersten Todt, former Chief of Staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told CBS News it was likely more than just one person.

“This seems like a huge operation. Really, if you want to undermine our culture, our society right now, the best way to do it is to have us fight among ourselves,” Todt said.

Green says that’s exactly what he did. “I thought we had come this far, but I realized we were still at an impasse,” he shared.

According to Green, he reported this to the Temple Police Department and said the FBI was investigating.

The FBI said in a statement to KWTX: “The FBI is aware of offensive and racist text messages being sent to individuals across the country and is in contact with the Department of Justice and other federal authorities regarding the matter. As always, we encourage our public to report threats of physical violence to local law enforcement.” “We do.”

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