Worried about friends internet relationship with older man

A female age 26-29, anonymous writes:

read all please.i have a really good friend(she is a girl) but i'm a bit concered about a relationship she has over the internet.i don't know all the deatils of the story,just a few,from what she has told me,but i think this could be a bit dangerous.a month ago she met a man(i think in some kind of online game),but the thing is he is around 40 years old.she helped him a lot because he asked her to.they got on very well,they even had their own inside jokes.but he beacame possesive and wanted her to stay as much as possible with him.once she didn't,he stopped talking to her,as he thought she was ignoring him and he felt ''hurt''.a few days later she contacted him via yahoo messenger(he addded her in his list) and tried to explain why she couldn't help him.he still believed what he wanted to.they talked a lot and it turned into some kind of fight,as he was telling her things he knew she dislikes(not sexual or anything like that),made her feel like a stupid little kid and didn't really care about the way she was feeling.he then showed her a pic of him and another one with his wife and his daughter(i dunno if they are his family or not).then wanted to see a pic of my friend.but she refused to send him one.2 weeks later he found her in the game.he offered to help her with what she needed,but was very distant.a week later when she signed in on messenger,he greeted her after only 15 seconds.they talked again and at one point she sent him a funny clip.then he kinda changed towards her.he became friendly again.at one point he wanted to go play that game and thanked her for the entertainment she gave him,told her good night and that they will talk another day.and he virtually kissed and hugged her through emoticons.i did a bit of research and i found on someone's profile a pic with him and a woman near him.i'm pretty sure it was at his house.i'm pretty sure they are friends and nothing more.and i found no pic with the women he pretended they were his wife and daughter.i dunno if he's still married or not.am i overreacting?or is my friend indeed in danger?does he actually want something from her?does he want some kind of relationship?and the thing with the emoticons,it was just their 2nd messenger conversation...and i find this very weird.i need your help and opinions!please.

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