As ‘Nigerian Letter’ scams go, this has to be the grand daddy of them all

From: abacha family <abba.abacha9@virgilio.it>
Subject: DIRECTOR /CEO
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

DIRECTOR /CEO

DEAR CONCERNED ONE, ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY,THE ABACHA FAMILY I ABBA ABACHA,THE SON OF THE LATE GENERAL IBRAHIM SANNI ABACHA,FORMER HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA,WHO DIED ON SEAT,IS APPEALING TO YOU TO COME TO OUR AID.SINCE THIS PRESENT DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATION CAME INTO BEING MY FAMILY HAS NOT KNOWN PEACE. OUR PROBLEM WITH THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT STARTED AFTER MY FATHER'S DEMISE,AS MOST OF OUR ASSETS BOTH HOME AND ABROAD HAVE BEEN SEIZED,LIKEWISE OUR TRAVELLING DOCUMENTS.OUR ACCOUNTS HAS BEEN FROZEN,AND THIS IS CAUSING MY FAMILY GREAT HARDSHIP.

RIGHT NOW,OUR ONLY HOPE OF SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON ONE UNKNOWN ACCOUNT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED BY THE PANEL,AND IS SOMEWHERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD. SO, MY FAMILY IS SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE,A VOLUNTEER,WHO WOULD HELP BY CONCEALING,OR BEING IN THE POSSESSION OF WHAT IS LEFT IN THE ACCOUNT. SO WHEREBY YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO HELP,ENDEAVOUR TO CONTACT ME BY EMAIL OR MY PRIVATE LINE 234-8063018975

MORE DETAILS REGARDING THAT. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

REGARDS,

ABBA ABACHA.

Kindly view the website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/1935646.stm
http://people.africadatabase.org/en/profile/1992.html
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Sani_Abacha
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4124328,00.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_22_101/ai_87210843