by mguhlin

Personalized Spam Text

AI, TechTips

Howdy, I got this bit of text spam on my phone and I want to make you aware of it so you can see how clever they are:

Hi Miguel, I’m Pressella, a PR consultant at Pathos Communications. Coverage of TCEA 2026 and recent reporting on K-12 AI preparedness has editors asking for practitioner perspectives on practical PD and micro-credential shifts. (edtechmagazine.com)

As Director of Professional Development at Texas Computer Education Association, you’re a credible operator voice on how schools should retool PD for AI. (blog.tcea.org) We’re pay on results; open to a quick chat?

Anything involving money makes me suspicious. So I asked Gemini. I had it make an infographic to explain why it is not legitimate and should be deleted