Don't even spoof - just text them a "hey Bob, really sorry to hear that your mother got cancer - please let me know if there's anything I can do to help the family - I'm in the area tomorrow". Chances of a "sorry, wrong number" response are fairly high. Report that as spam and it will have all the legit traffic flow on it.
The thing I'm thinking of it:
1. Find the number of $AppleEmployee
2. Spoof a text message from $AppleEmployee to yourself.
3. Report that as spam.
Would 3 even work, and if so - would it have any impact on that employee's Apple account.