Out of pure altruism I would like to help her out, but I can't figure out how she knows me. I don't remember ever meeting her but she obviously loves and trusts me.

"A personal message from your friend, Abida gaddafi:


Dear Good friend,

I am Abida Gaddafi wife of late Khamis Gaddafi the son of Colonel Gaddafi the Libyan leader who died in NATO raid in Tripoli.

I am contacting you to assist me in removing the sum of thirty six million USA dollars been parked in trunk box and deposited with a security company in cote diviore.

The funds was deposited with a security company in my name, as a matter of fact, my only son and the entire family of my father in-law were trapped in a bunker in Tripoli before the end of the war, when i manage to sneak out with my son with the help of a security guard, Cross the border and am presently in hidden place in cote diviore.
My only means of communication at the moment is my laptop and hoping to travel to to any part of the world to safeguard my life because the regime of my father in-law has collapse." And so on.

I used to tutor in English as a Second Language- do you suppose she is a former student of mine?