IPhone asks for Apple ID password which isn't mine?

Hi how's it going?
Is is on behalf of my friend..(not very techy)
She has an iPhone 4 and is running iOS 5, today she told me that it has started asking her for passwords to Apple IDs she has never heard of and used,
It occurs after she unlocks the phone and now has started doing it randomly.
She has not used anyone else computer to sync it, and she is logged on to her account on the computer and on the iTunes/app store on the iPhone, there are no current downloads on the computer or the phone.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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