Sorry for pulling out this dusty old post...but I've found the "secret message" translates to something oddly familiar sounding....maybe it's me, so I thought. Here it is for you to prove my sanity:
I've divided up the numbers literally with the 0's, ending up with:
0229 0230 0248 0197 0198 0216
Then if you look those numbers up as if they are special character keyboard shortcuts, then it turns out as åæøÅÆØ. Jibberish, right? well....
Doesn't it seem odd that åæø is repeated in Capitals??
As mentioned before, these are letters which can be pronounced, so then I copied åæø into the annoying "Text to speech Microsoft Sam" thing, I think you guys should know....Control Panel > Speech > Text to speech.
Guess what I heard??
HELLO.
Haha, So I guess it's just another way your friend uses to greet you....Or I've just lost my sanity.