The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced it has launched an investigation after a recent wave of racist texts from unrecognized phone numbers -- sent out across the country -- to different people -- including teens as young as 13 in the state.

The messages were filled with racial slurs -- including references to slavery – and were sent out to Black and Brown people in at least 30 states.

“We along with several other states uh will work tirelessly to identify the source of these texts and related texts and hold accountable anyone who would send it to threaten our kids,” said Platkin.

It's unclear how many people the messages were delivered to.

State and federal authorities are working to track the senders.