I put an ad on done deal yesterday and have been receiving texts from this number too
I have contacted the police and informed them thT several people have been harassed by the same person . They said they will get the contact details of the person .

Hi, i had an ad in done deal last year also and got messages from this number and then this morning i got more messages saying his name was James and he met me last weekend in Kilkenny, dont know what is going on, cause i texted back twice and then texted saying dont text me again and still is! Really annoying....

Hi, got a call on my mobile yesterday (17th September 2013) from a Private Number but they hung up when I said hello.  A few minutes later I received a text from this number saying "Hello you", then a few minutes later  "How are you misus?".  When I text who was this they replied "Its James".  I text back that I thought they had the wrong number and got a reply saying "God am sorry" and then a few minutes later "Ha women eh".  Yes I agree - this is very creepy.

I have been receiving texts from this number since yesterday, and a missed call from a private number.. same thing, we were supposed to have met at the wknd (we did not). I had an add up on donedeal last year and I have a funny feeling I got a text from this number back then too so its obviously been saved! Not sure if its a person or an automated system, am having the risk department in my job have a look for me!! Either way, my advise is dont respond to it!!!

Should we not report this number to the guards?

Got a txt from this number at the weekend saying "hello you".I txt back who is this and got the reply James.I txt back you have the wrong number and he txt "god am sorry" then came back with "women eh"?Ten mins later he txt to know could he ask who I was then!!I didnt reply to his last two txts.I had put an add on donedeal the day before so can only assume thats where he got my number as it wudnt have been available otherwise.Very creepy.My advice would be not to even answer back.I have to say it has freaked me out abit.

got the same message