Oh great Maker how fantastic would it be if it was a trap?
I mean if it is... then they know what we intend. And given they're best advantage is we know damn near nothing. They could slip out of town, without us ever noticing, get away scott free.
Instead they're laying a trap for us? Which, if we weren't trying to kill them would serve to piss us off, and make us want to kill them, or at least give us more motive to track them down. And they're even giving us a chance to warn the rest of our group?
If we're dealing with people that tactically stupid it'd be a great sort of training exercise for the group.