There are ways of doing this. I know of two that work, but there are most likely more out there. However I agree with what saintychick mentioned, being a netadmin at an ISP you would first learn the go-arounds :P
More info is required, but yeah it sounds dodgy.
Like I used to write poetry and I used to give the poems to my english teacher saying "my friend" wrote them and that "they wanted to know what she thought". I was naieve and she always smirked when I gave them to her, it was after that, that I realised that they were written in my writing :O
SO if "this friend" of yours is experiencing an account violation, then "your friend" should contact their ISP. Account sharing via dial up is rare these days, but still possible; and the answer doesnt lie in hiding the number, rather than changing the password to something stronger.