(ABC NEWS) — A text messaging service said Friday it discovered “one or more” of its users allegedly sending Racist text messages to telephone numbers across the country and that the service quickly closes accounts.

A representative for TextNow, a cell phone provider that lets people create phone numbers for free, told ABC News the company is cooperating with law enforcement and condemned the vile messages sent to users this week.

The texts, which tell the user they are going to be taken to a plantation to “pick cotton,” have been reported in at least 14 states and appear to primarily target black users, from teenagers to adults, according to investigators at several states.

Messages are addressed to recipients by name.

The TextNow representative said that once the suspected accounts behind the text messages were reported, their teams disabled the accounts within an hour.

“As part of our investigation into these messages, we learned that they were sent via multiple carriers across the United States and we are working cooperatively with our partners and law enforcement to investigate this attack.” , the representative said in a statement.

“We do not condone or condone the use of our service to send messages intended to harass or spam others and we will work with authorities to prevent these people from doing so in the future.” representative.

One text message reviewed by ABC News read: “You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 12pm sharp with your belongings. Our executive slaves will pick you up in a brown van. Prepare to be searched once you enter the plantation. You are in plantation group W.”

As of Friday, the texts had been reported by authorities in California, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and New York.

Local and federal investigators, including the FBI, said they were looking into the messages and urged anyone receiving them to contact authorities. Investigations are ongoing.

A senior law enforcement official told ABC News that it had not been determined whether the source of the racist texts was domestic or foreign, but that efforts were underway to determine the origin of the sources.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a video statement posted on On Friday, “some” of the racist text messages “could be traced to a VPN in Poland.”

“At present, they have not found any original sources – which means they could come from any bad actor state in the region or the world. We will continue to investigate,” Murrill said.

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson condemned the texts and said many in the black community are already on edge because of what he regrets is a rise in racist rhetoric during election season.

“These posts represent an alarming increase in vile and abhorrent rhetoric from racist groups across the country, who now feel emboldened to spread hatred and fan the flames of fear many of us feel after the results Tuesday’s election,” Johnson said.