My friend appears to have the problem similar to what is described here, but not exactly

https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/gmail/_orjT5WoHqU

She has a Samsung Galaxy and when she sends me an email from the gmail App, it shows up as coming from a number. In this case, however, it is not her cell phone number, it comes from a nine digit number that is not close to her cell number and doesn't appear anywhere in my address book.