I have a female friend the same age as me (27). She has been going out with someone for 4 months and thinks he is fantastic. However, one evening the three of us went out to the pub for a meal and when my friend went to the loo he made a move on me. He said I know you fancy me. How about we meet up later?

Ah, you've found yourself a player and god's gift to women guy.  Basically I always recommend to women these guys are best avoided because in the long term they cause massive hurt to you and many other women.  If he is prepared to cheat on a girlfriend, then if he starts going out with you he will more than likely cheat on you at some point, by that time you could have fallen head over heels in love with him, but he will always be a dirty cheat to all his women.  He is obviously a confident bloke and a player and knows that women tend to fancy blokes that are going out with their friends.

I was very shocked and as far as I am aware I have not flirted or given him any indication that I fancy him.  I don't.

You don't need to, he will presume that you fancy him because he is player and even if he didn't know you fancied him, he knows as a player if he puts the idea into your mind then he stands a good chance of persuading you. 

It was completely unexpected and I said What are you on about? He didn't get chance to answer because my friend returned. Anyway, after that he started sending me texts. I ignored the first two, they were quite pleasant but I chose to ignore them, I didn't want to seem to be encouraging him.

A real creep.

He then sent a third which was flirty and implying that I was sexy and we should meet up. I texted back get lost loser.

Good on you, these type of guys really are losers and need to reminded of it. 

The next thing I get is my friend calling me being really horrible about me telling him to get lost. He had told her he texted me to find out where she was.

He was scorned that a woman would refuse his seductive player powers.  Therefore his revenge was to make up a story and feed it to your friend.   You really need to keep your texts from him so that you can show your friend what a creep he is.  Really she needs shot of him before she gets hurt big time.  The problem is that you are not likely to a favourable person to tell her at the moment, she wouldn't believe you.

I didn't know what to say and I put the phone down on her and got upset. She hasn't contacted me for three weeks now. Why would he do this?

Because he is a player, he can blag his way through anything like a con artist, if things are not working out his way, then he can turn them round to be more favourable again.  That's what he has done in this case.  He has conned his girlfriend and will basically be playing away with other women at the same time, not just you but any other women that takes his fancy. 

Your friend is just the tool for him to get other women jealous and make him look more a more attractive prospect.  Because women see a guy with a girlfriend as a challenge and generally raises their competitive spirit and a player knows this.  Unfortunately for him, in this case, he has picked on you and you spotted what a devious get he is.

I have still got the texts he sent, shall I tell her?

It seriously isn't your friends fault at all.  He has duped her well and truly.  That's what I was thinking above, definitely keep the text and you need to show her.  The problem is convincing her to look at them and making sure he doesn't come with her.  The fact is this guy is a cheater and your friend sometime or other is going to be hit with the bombshell and find out he is a loser and a cheat, it's best for her to find out sooner rather than when she has fallen for him a lot more.

The problem is this situation is not going to be good whatever happens, even if you do tell her a lot of trouble is going to kick off.  But at least it gives her a chance to get you as a friend back again and gives her a chance to decide whether she is going to give him the flick and the truth needs to come out somehow.

I don't fancy him at all and just made an effort to be friendly with him because of my friend.

Men do have a difficulty spotting friendly women from women that fancy them, but a guy like this, it's just a case of he has head up his own ....

He hasn't texted since either.

Well at least that is one bonus for you.

Did he want me out of the way or was he trying to get in my knickers and when I told him to get lost decided to lie and make me look bad?

That's exactly it. 

There could be some other theories but in general most guys wouldn't think in this much detail, particularly a primitive guy like this (players tend to think on the spot, there and then rather than plan ahead too much, they have so much experience at doing this sort of thing, they instinctively know how to react to a situation).  The other possibility he was jealous of you spending time with your friend and so he did this to get you out of the equation (but I seriously doubt this is the case because it's just too complicated a way to do it and has too much potential to go wrong).

I am really confused.

I would say the right thing to do is to show your friend the texts even if world war 3 starts as a result at least she knows about it.  At the moment you have lost a friend, not through your fault and not through her fault at least if you tell her there is a chance you might win that friend back (if she doesn't let him con her any further).