Most people are sure that becoming rich is very difficult. They can change a person’s life in one second.
The world knows many stories when people managed to win a large sum in the lottery or get an unexpected inheritance.
If you do not have rich relatives, and you are pathologically unlucky in the lotteries, do not rush to despair. In this article we will talk about people who did not even dare to dream about wealth, but fate presented them with such a gift.
Below are 10 stories of millionaires who are fabulously wealthy thanks to chance. You will understand that no one knows what awaits him in the future, and you should always hope for the best.
10. Million for lunch
Larry Ross from the USA did not like to play the lottery. He was never lucky. That day, Larry, as usual, decided to have a hot dog lunch, but an unpleasant situation occurred.
The man had one bill in denominations of $ 100, and the price of a hot dog was $ 2. The seller had no change, and he refused to sell Ross a hot dog. Larry made a scandal, but the seller was adamant.
Nearby was a kiosk with lottery tickets. The man was so nervous that he bought 98 pieces, leaving $ 2 for lunch. After some time, it turned out that Larry became the owner of a huge fortune. One ticket was a winner and earned him $ 130 million.
9. The old woman in a million
Such a nickname was received by Frau Ingeborg Mootz from Germany. She was born in 1922. Ingeborg's life was very difficult, until 75 years old she did not know what wealth was. But after the death of her husband, the old woman decided to become an investor. She bought shares of large companies, and then sold them. Moreover, each transaction brought her a good profit.
The Forex exchange helped her get rich. Surprisingly, until recently, Mootts was not able to use a computer, and she received all the necessary information from newspapers.
Ingeborg herself says that this is nothing more than female intuition. Although not so long ago, she wrote the book "Exchange detective", which brought her even greater popularity and increased her fortune several times.
8. Millionaire Girl
Leon Helmsley is a New York hotel owner and just a very wealthy woman. She evaded taxes, her business could not be called crystal clear, there were many episodes of fraud.
However, the story is not about her, but about the tramp lap. Her Leon bequeathed her entire fortune. The millionaire dog became the owner of 12 million dollars.
Her fate is unknown, but the press wrote that Life has since been in great danger. Her guardian had to change the place of residence of the dog several times, since they wanted to kill the "happy heiress" in order to take possession of the money.
7. The joke of fortune
Missouri James Wilson was a World War II veteran. The pensioner turned 84 years old, he never played in the lottery, considered them a hoax and a draw of money.
One day, James argued with relatives, they did not support his point of view, they said that in life there is always a place for luck. Then Wilson bought a lottery ticket to prove to them otherwise.
By the way, before a pensioner had never participated in prize draws and lotteries. Fortune smiled at James. A senior citizen won about $ 250 million.
6. Happy mommies
Canadian lawyer Charles Millar liked to arrange pranks. His relatives had to be convinced of this again after the death of Charles. They were eager to find out what and whom the lawyer had left, but the will shocked the heirs.
Millar pointed out that among his relatives there are no people to whom he would like to bequeath his fortune. He wanted that after 10 years after his death, all property was sold, and the money was transferred to the woman who in that year had the largest number of children.
After 10 years, they held a grand competition, 4 women became winners. Each at that time had 9 children. They divided among themselves half a million dollars.
5. Wealthy cat
As it turns out, fate is favorable not only to people and dogs, but also to cats. This story happened in 2009 in Italy. Maria Assunta - a wealthy single lady loved animals very much.
Once she met a homeless cat on the street. She sheltered Tomazzino. Apparently, the fate of the animal bothered Mary very much, because after feeling the imminent death, the woman decided to write a will in favor of the cat. The remaining money was supposed to go to help homeless animals.
In 2011, Tomazzino became the richest cat in the world. True, his money was managed by a nurse Stephanie, who had previously looked after Maria Assunta.
4. Wealth and love
Corinne Ward is an actress from Austria. The girl dreamed of fame and big money. She got all this, though her talent has nothing to do with it. A certain doctor Mesaros was in love with an attractive girl. He really liked Korin, but he never tried to meet her.
The man did not have a family and close relatives, so he bequeathed all his property to the actress. Korin was very surprised when she was informed of what had happened. She became the owner of real estate and the amount of 50 thousand dollars.
3. Million per conversation
Archibald MacArthur was a rather strange person. The poor young man achieved everything he wanted. He built a successful business, but after a while the money ceased to interest him. The man wrote poetry, often visited the cemetery. There he met a homeless man.
After death, Archibald left a will. Imagine the surprise of his relatives after reading. The poor rich man, the so-called businessman for the fact that he lived more than modestly, left all his wealth to the homeless.
In the will, MacArthur indicated that this man was the only one with whom one could speak heart to heart.
2. Hello from grandma
Zelt and Geza Peladi from Budapest lived very poorly. They collected various rubbish in garbage cans, and then sold it. Zelt and Gese lived a hard life, but that moment was the hardest in their life.
Help came unexpectedly. They received an inheritance from a grandmother whom they had never seen. The old woman was a very rich woman, but for unknown reasons did not communicate with her children. She did not even know about the existence of grandchildren, and therefore there was no will. That's only according to the laws of Germany, all property is inherited by direct relatives.
Finding Zelt and Geza was not easy, but the lawyers coped with this task. It turned out that they have a sister living in the United States. The inheritance had to be divided into three parts, the grandchildren were incredibly glad of such greetings from their grandmother.
1. Contribution to Bitcoins
Christopher Koch, a Norwegian student, wrote a work on cryptography. He did not find anything better than to try on a personal example. Christopher bought cryptocurrency, invested as much as $ 27. He successfully passed the work, and safely forgot about his investment.
After a few years, bitcoins became very popular, Koch remembered his investment and decided to check the status of the electronic wallet. The young man had a pleasant surprise. Instead of $ 27 on the account was 886 thousand dollars. Christopher Koch became rich, not wanting it himself.