Has Anyone Ever Really Inherited Millions from a Random Person They've Never Heard Of?

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If you’re like, well, pretty much everyone, at some point you’ve received an email claiming you’ve inherited a large sum of money from some person you’ve never heard of. All you have to do to get it is provide various bits of personal data to verify you are who they think you are and, of course, your bank account information so the deceased’s crack legal team can deposit money… But has anyone ever actually received such a missive noting they’ve inherited a large sum from someone they don’t even know and had it not be a scam?
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@TerraIAm 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon and "Today I Found Out" team. What happens when an inheritance is left to a pet? And what happens to that money when the pet dies?

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@mindyourbusinessplease3134 5 жыл бұрын

I worked at a bar in Florida for years and we were all close with each other and our regulars. We had one regular die at a sorta young age and were then visited by his lawyer. He left every worker there a couple thousand dollars, but left his favorite bartender a hundred thousand dollars. We were so surprised, we all pitched in a couple hundred each and had an open bar for our regulars as a memorial. We had to close the next day because everyone was too hungover to function.

@whyintheworldamiallowedsuc6417 5 жыл бұрын

Goddamnit that's heartwarming and sad

@bradking9046 4 жыл бұрын

Why would you make that up

@delimo5445 3 жыл бұрын

I'll work at bar and one of our oldest regulars died last year. He left 500€ tip for all our workers and opened 4000€ tap for other regulars. We put brass plaque as a memorial on his spot on the counter. Amazing guy.

@dinoschachten 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's so touching. Best hangover ever. :)

@weedthepeople2795 2 жыл бұрын

I was friends with a guy years ago who was broke like me and everybody else, nicest guy in the world....he received some large settlement from some court case that had been pending for many years(he got millions), he wouldnt go into detail, the best me and everybody could think of was wrongful death suit from a parent dying, just from stuff hed talked about....at first he was nice, buying us stuff paying for meals, whatnot.....then he just kinda dropped off the radar, keeping to himself, then disappeared for a few weeks (prolly some luxury vacation).....and he never made any contact with anyone, mainly just running into him in the neighborhood, and wed hear the wildest stuff about him now, like he was rude and pretentious, straight up told one of my friends that he was better than my friend now.....so i just call him up to say hi and of course a wtf you been doing......soon as he heard my name he hung up on me.....i was so floored.....i swear he was the coolest guy ever before that....

@TheHua89 5 жыл бұрын

If there are any millionaires out there wanting to give it away, I'm a random person

@chair5728 5 жыл бұрын

I doubt anyone would want to give you money, even if you are random.

@MastaSmack 5 жыл бұрын

Your story has touched my heart, I want to leave you everything.

@yoblazes 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Harry351ify 5 жыл бұрын

Hello random person I would like to leave my millions of dollars to you. All you have to do is to provide some information to me. Your credit card number, your name on the card, CCV number and expiry date. Send me this info ASAP to receive your fortune.

@clintontsang1546 5 жыл бұрын

TheHua89 I like ya a lot ,so I’m leaving all my IOU contracts in your name.

@claudemaassen2963 5 жыл бұрын

I once read a story about a couple who were on vacation, in Greece, and touring the countryside in a rented car, they came upon a small chapel. They stopped and visited. There was a coffin in the chapel with a guest book next to it. They signed their condolences in the book, said a prayer and left. A few months later they were contacted by a Greek lawyer concerning an inheritance. It turns out that the deceased from the chapel was a rich shipping magnate and he had stipulated in his will that his inheritance was to be split amongst all who attended at his funeral. Sadly, they were the only ones who had signed the condolences book. No one from his family had bothered to attend. The couple inherited millions of $.

@forbesy33 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@delusionsofgrandeur1330 4 жыл бұрын

Lie detector test determines THAT was a lie

@teknarayanshrestha1790 4 жыл бұрын

@RoxieRHeart 4 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure this was a ending to a movie i watched a long time ago

@35i_Hearse_Driver 3 жыл бұрын

I take "Things that never happend" for 500, Alex.

@OrNaurItsKat 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a barber and a manager in a small chain of salons. One day I got a call from a lawyer for one of my employees, I figured it was for debt collection or something. The lawyer was very insistent on getting a hold of this young lady. I thought it was weird but gave him the necessary info to give her store a call. Turns out one of this lady's regular senior customers had passed away and left her his substantial amount of wealth. It was in the millions. She had known he had no living relatives but had no idea the guy was loaded. He had only ever tipped her $2. It was a great moment to witness.

@teknarayanshrestha1790 4 жыл бұрын

I am a random person can you give me some money?

@captainl-ron4068 3 жыл бұрын

Big old tip...

@TheFakeyCakeMaker 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the $2 tips were a test of character, glad she passed.

@maiqtheliar789 5 жыл бұрын

Sort of reminds me of James Smithson who was the illegitimate son of an English noble who left his entire sizable fortune to the United States to found a museum named the Smithsonian Institute. Smithson had never been to the US or had any business relationship with the US but it is thought that he did so to spite the British government of the time. The amount he left was around 1/66th of the entire US budget at the time so was quite a large amount. Overall, I think the US got a pretty good deal out of that inheritance considering that the Smithsonian is one of the finest museums in the world.

@jamesludan557 5 жыл бұрын

i read a history of this inheritance. it was really interesting

@laurenbee6340 5 жыл бұрын

Wow very interesting!

@Bladesocg 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder what will happen when Gates and Buffett die. I'd like to think it will be similar to the Smithson inheritance but it will likely be pilfered in some manner.

@JasperJanssen 5 жыл бұрын

Bladesocg gates has already put most of his wealth into the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Foundations go on after anyone’s death.

@MartinFinnerup 4 жыл бұрын

@@JasperJanssen If I recall correctly, they and many of the other richest people in the world, have pledged 99% of their fortune to charity in some form or another.

@marcscordato4385 5 жыл бұрын

When I got married a distant relative I never met gifted us with $2,000. I asked my parents who they were . My father said when they came from Italy my parents paid the rent for a few months and filled there fridge with food . It was there way of saying thank you .

@latronqui 5 жыл бұрын

How nice of them!

@chrisj197438 5 жыл бұрын

Marc Scordato Your dad is a mob boss they had to pay tribute 😂

@marcscordato4385 5 жыл бұрын

latronqui Back in the day the immigration process was lovely. Friends and family reached out to help them settle in. Amazingly several of my relatives went for dirt poor to wealthy. They deeply loved America and were patriotic.

@nemeczek67 5 жыл бұрын

It was probably a toss-up between $2000 and a horse's head. Consider yourself lucky.

@jendubay3782 3 жыл бұрын

Leopard Boas fuck off, bigot

@iammaxhailme 5 жыл бұрын

"So that there will be at one man to regret my death" SAVAGE

@dustjunky2000 5 жыл бұрын

Cracked me up too. XD

@camdenboyd3857 5 жыл бұрын

Literally just about to comment on that. He's my kind of guy!

@aaakitsune 5 жыл бұрын

Took me a little bit before i realised what was said and bursted out in laughter! xD

@inh527 4 жыл бұрын

I dont get it smh

@MartinFinnerup 4 жыл бұрын

@@inh527 He implied that they would regret him dying, since now they have to live with his widow instead.

@JR-gp2zk 5 жыл бұрын

I have a cousin who inherited $1.2 million from a lady who lived in her neighborhood for only two years. When my cousin was little she was playing outside, got to talking to the old lady and she invited her to her birthday party. Two years later the old lady moved to Florida. When my cousin turned 16 her parents got the call for the lawyers that she was the sole beneficiary of this lady's estate.

@marcielston3019 5 жыл бұрын

My family who had an elderly maiden aunt who passed away in the last 90's. In her will was mentioned all of her nieces and nephews, or their children if they had passed away. One of the cousins had passed away 15 years before, but he had a son with an ex wife. We found the name and birth date of that child, and of his mother someplace, and were able to track them down. He was 19 at the time, and had never been told much at all about his father. He, his mom, her second husband and their kids lived several states away. They wanted nothing to do with us when we contacted them, until our lawyer told them it was about an inheritance. They were all so nice and sweet after that! With one signature the kid became beneficiary of a trust of $135,000.00 that would be his free and clear on his 21st birthday. We never heard a word from them after that.

@Silentgrace11 5 жыл бұрын

That is really fascinating! On the opposite end of the spectrum, when my grandfather passed away 13 years ago suddenly this family showed up, insisting that one of them was my dad’s half sibling born well before my dad was born. Pretty nice family, invited us to visit once, and I spent the day playing Roller Coaster Tycoon with their kids since they were a little older than me. Then we never saw them again. Mind you, I didn’t hear the reason why we visited this random family’s home until I was in my late teens. I figure whether they were really related or not, they definitely jumped ship when they realized there was no inheritance to be had, and anything of value was in the process of being liquidated to pay for his medical bills. My grandfather was rich in many ways, such as love, friendship, and wild tales from back in the day, but financially he was far from it ^^”

@chrisj197438 5 жыл бұрын

Marci Elston I’m sure the money is gone by now and he has a raging drug addiction.

@marcielston3019 5 жыл бұрын

@@chrisj197438 I have no idea. That was back in 1999, and the guy would be in his 40's now.

@MizBryteEyez 5 жыл бұрын

I bet he is broke now!

@Urziel99 5 жыл бұрын

@@Silentgrace11 My sister was told she will be the executor of my parent's wills. Of course she doesn't know what an insolvent estate is, so she is not going to have a fun time.

@retroambassador2945 5 жыл бұрын

I always wondered, how ridiculous can you make your will before people dont have to follow it.

@JonDraine 5 жыл бұрын

Retroambassador (You must make love to a honey badger before any money is released)

@softy8088 5 жыл бұрын

In most places, the limit is that you can't use the will to encourage or reward illegal activities.

@Muzikrazy213 4 жыл бұрын

You should definitely officially send him this as an idea for an episode.

@TheFakeyCakeMaker 3 жыл бұрын

@@JonDraine Probably not, bestiality is illegal in most places.

@dennismokry258 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFakeyCakeMaker I think there are a number of schools that have the Honey Badger as their mascot so...... an alum of one of those schools might satisfy Jon’s idea.

@jimijamesjowitt 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone ever hear back from that Nigerian Prince? And not get arrested?

@michaelwalton4017 5 жыл бұрын

That mutha still owe me money!😡

@derrickstorm6976 5 жыл бұрын

He promised to pay me back 😭 pinkie swear no longer means anything 😢

@leotamer5 5 жыл бұрын

@@busimagen He needed money from the Nigerian Prince to pay-off the IRS.

@demonking86420 5 жыл бұрын

Ugandan Knuckles >>>> Nigerian Prince

@KrustyKlown 5 жыл бұрын

wired my Nigerian lawyer the $10K service fee and taxes .. expecting $5 Billion transfer any day now!!! so excited, buying a big heavy gold chain to celebrate!

@CCRLH85 5 жыл бұрын

No joke, shortly after watching this video, I heard from my sister that my siblings and I all own 1.5% each of a farm due to an inheritance that none of us knew about. It's a strange world.

@JamesBond-xx1lv 5 жыл бұрын

CCRLH85 so you have 66 siblings or... Explain? Also, You need jesus.

@CCRLH85 5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesBond-xx1lv The property belonged to our great grandfather, who had 12 kids, and the lawyers were looking for us due to an easement that needs permission from *all* land owners. Apparently, his will split the ownership between all his kids and since they're all gone now (and so are most of _their_ children at this point) the great grand children each own a tiny percentage.

@Friendship1nmillion 4 жыл бұрын

@@CCRLH85 #Congratulations 😲🇦🇺 👨‍🏫👤💰✍

@garethbaus5471 4 жыл бұрын

@@CCRLH85 that is an interesting story.

@textman09 5 жыл бұрын

When I was working at a gas station in Key West I was ordered to turn off the pumps for the hurricane I didn’t and a guy came in in a brand new challenger gave each of us $100 and thanked us for being open

@laxmitty21 5 жыл бұрын

My family friend inherited like 20 factories in Russia. Turns out he was adopted and his birth parent's brother found him and willed him his factories.

@molly.dog8brooke792 4 жыл бұрын

What’d he do with them?

@laxmitty21 4 жыл бұрын

Molly.Dog8 Brooke I don’t really know. I think he just sold them all to either a competitor, or a few of the managers of the factories.

@Dan-oj4iq 5 жыл бұрын

You actually have a far better chance of receiving a few million dollars from some unknown person than you are to win the Powerball or MegaMillions.

@hypnotoad28 5 жыл бұрын

Good point.

@garethbaus5471 4 жыл бұрын

In summary the chance of surprise millions from a random person is still basically 0.

@jpsullender 4 жыл бұрын

I just imagine him finishing his intro and just saying "no, I couldn't find that anyone has, thanks for watching" lol

@pattycake5643 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure I could be adopted by a wealthy person as a tax write-off. I'm a simple person and will not blow your cover.

@donielf1074 4 жыл бұрын

Patty Cake At least in the US, this is correct, provided you’re eligible for adoption (i.e. under 18 and either orphaned or your parents/guardians are willing to legally give you up).

@superkoksu487 5 жыл бұрын

I have once recived an inheritence from a long lost friend. One day I was approached by a man sent to me to inform me about my friend's death and hand me my share of inheritence. Rest in piece Lydia

@twjolson 5 жыл бұрын

He just called Pluto a planet. Take that International Astronomical Union!!!

@Ash_Wen-li 5 жыл бұрын

It is a planet. A dwarf planet

@twjolson 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ash_Wen-li What is two things with two different definitions, Alex?

@Ash_Wen-li 5 жыл бұрын

@@twjolson semantics

@twjolson 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ash_Wen-li Yes. Yes it is. Glad you finally caught up.

@Scrambles1 5 жыл бұрын

It was reinstated as a planet already.

@erictaylor5462 5 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to see Dodgeville but every time I try to go there, just before I reach the city limit the entire town moves out of the way.

@Foolish188 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite unexpected inheritance was by a rich prankster (He once "accidentally" spilled glass "diamonds" in front of Tiffany's and watched as rich people "helped" him pick them up) who left a fiery preacher who railed against alcohol, a brewery. He wasn't allowed to sell it, but he could collect dividends or give the brewery to charity. The preacher kept the brewery.

@lunarotimas 5 жыл бұрын

friendly reminder that you guys said in an early podcast you wanted do a video on something kind of obvious one day and just ask the question, answer yes or no, and end the video. April 1st is almost here and would be the perfect time to do so ♡

@danielfay8963 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@shoorts 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mikeyc9575 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact #1: I helped build that Pluto flyby. Fun fact #2: I randomly picked the secondary beneficiary for my $500,000 insurance policy from the phone book.

@paigemyers8614 3 жыл бұрын

If fact one is true, impressive

@scottmcintosh4397 4 жыл бұрын

Some weirdos bequeath their estates to their pets. Who manages all this to prevent the "inheritance" from being stolen by unscrupulous people? 🐈🐩🐖🐟🐦

@Dsmith551 5 жыл бұрын

I do trusts and estates work. Have come across a handful of cases where random nieces and nephews who had no relationship with a long lost aunt / uncle or great aunt / uncle they didn't even know and inherited hundreds of thousands of dollars through the laws of "intestacy" (the laws governing what happens with someone's estate when they have no Will). They're referred to as "Laughing Heirs".

@zamasu9924 5 жыл бұрын

This dude looks like he should say "Hey, Vsause! It's Michael here."

@jamesludan557 5 жыл бұрын

REALLY HAPPENED TO MY FATHER. IN 1959-60 he recieved a letter from a chicago law firm(he lived in CA). he showed me the letter, never thought anything about it (too young). the firm contacted him annually always by mail. he finally called them to find out somone he knew in 1920's (really didn't remember him well) left him $56.000 (which he actually recieved) wasn't a joke or scam.

@xtramoist9999 5 жыл бұрын

56 dollars? better than nothing I guess lol

@DravenGal 5 жыл бұрын

Xtra Moist I wouldn’t turn it down...

@hypnotoad28 5 жыл бұрын

@@xtramoist9999 I'm assuming he meant 56,000$.

@zelamorre1126 5 жыл бұрын

I used to oversee royalty payments at my old company. Every quarter, we'd write several checks out that were never cashed because we couldn't find the heirs to the people who had died. (Some of these royalty contracts stretched back over 70 years and were 100 year contracts.) Somewhere out there is somebody who doesn't know they have about $200k (possibly more now as it's been years since I left) in royalties from some relative they probably don't know about.

@natethomas587 5 жыл бұрын

my dad got hundreds of thousands of dollars from some Uncle that we didnt know , he was the closest relative since all his siblings were dead. he bought a house and gave me and all my closest friends a IRA for 2k and then gave us a speech on personal finance . lol

@pikachulikesgambling5645 3 жыл бұрын

Your dad is a wise man, money management is very important.

@purplereign5889 5 жыл бұрын

Now do one on if anyone has ever really won Publishers Clearinghouse.

@jezeski2011 5 жыл бұрын

That would be a great idea. I suspect that those "winners" are just actors, paid to keep people interested.

@purplereign5889 5 жыл бұрын

@@jezeski2011 I know, right! How come we never see a grand prize giveaway on the news? You always hear about lottery winners but never a PCH winner. Nothing but a scam to sell magazines and flimsy gadgets.

@laurenbee6340 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! I need to know!

@Nello187 5 жыл бұрын

I'd watch that episode as soon as it popped up on my feed.

@skylerlord8866 5 жыл бұрын

Purple Reign please please please

@MistahBryan 5 жыл бұрын

I've done this on WoW. I was a high level char, but was changing Servers. So I waited and found a Lvl 1 Char, recorded the Name and Mailed him 100s of GP. Sometimes I left a message, other times I didn't.

@crowhaveninc.2103 3 жыл бұрын

What I've found out today: It's worth it to respond to every e-mail from someone claiming to give me an inheritance.

@robertt9342 5 жыл бұрын

Funds inherited from a William Turner didn't include any cursed pirate gold or other pirate paraphernalia . :(

@unscenegamers 5 жыл бұрын

Actually I was left millions by my great uncle and I want to spread the love. Just send me your name, address, age, mother's maiden name, and PIN so I can send off that check.

@aidaspida70 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah right.

@Hollylivengood 5 жыл бұрын

Ha🤣

@davidroddini1512 5 жыл бұрын

I can see the name, address, age and mother’s maiden name. But what good is the PIN without the account number?

@robertt9342 5 жыл бұрын

You should have asked for the account number and said you will have your share directly deposited for your convenience.

@lesliefranklin1870 5 жыл бұрын

Relax. He's just being Coy.

@emiliegatfield2918 2 жыл бұрын

Heine's quip came from his fear for his wife after his death. It's actually kinda sweet - he was telling her it was OK for her to remarry. He died horribly, from what was probably ALS. She was not well educated, and he had a lot of worries about her survival after his government stipend ended when he died.

@sammysam2615 4 жыл бұрын

One of the RNs I worked with inherited around $2 Million from her great uncle who had various investments in stocks and CDs, bank accounts. She didn't change anything about her lifestyle.

@wishdeus 5 жыл бұрын

This production group and their channels are some of the best on KZfaq. Relatively unbiased history even though history will always be biased toward the victor:P

@Dia1Up 5 жыл бұрын

Happened to some friends of mine, each in their family ended up getting a quarter million. They had no idea who this "family" member was, they received it from. Just randomly happened one day, they got contacted by the attorney of the person

@kittyprydekissme 4 жыл бұрын

When East and West Germany combined the Government spent years tracking down the owners of all the property that had been confiscated by the Communists. So a lot of people inherited money or property that they didn't know they were owed. My grandfather inherited a share of a mansion in East Berlin. (Because there were several heirs, the house was sold and the money divided up according to degree of relationship.) Unfortunately, my grandfather died just before receiving the money, but then his kids (who were next in line to inherit it) all gave their shares to my grandmother, who bought a nice house that she lived in for the rest of her life.

@hacker4chn841 3 жыл бұрын

Just off the cuff, if there is a 3% differential between the average rate of return on that trust fund and the growth rate of the UK's national debt, the trust will be paid out in approximately 522.

@andrewmurray9391 5 жыл бұрын

3:55 Flip flops and a chain saw? I'm calling OSHA.

@saranobutt 5 жыл бұрын

I inherited thousands of dollars of Magic the Gathering cards and Garbage Pail Kids from someone I didn't even know.

@billysmith5409 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard the Jack Benny one before and it puts a smile on my face knowing how much he cared.

@Sgt_Fury 4 жыл бұрын

There was a reclusive man in my home state who lived in the middle of the desert in a self sustaining homestead. When he died his closet living nephew was surprised to inherit millions in gold coins and bullion.

@FozzQuaker 4 жыл бұрын

My nan was a funny woman...every time my mother or uncle argued with her, they would be informed they were cut out the will, this went on for years and years, when she died in 2002, we found out, even to my grandfathers shock, that she never actually wrote a will

@cesco1990 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in the real world: I'll just keep working. 😂

@cosmotect 5 жыл бұрын

Simon's talking is getting grovvier and more elaborate by day :D

@WeyleaderMry 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Simon. I happen to live in Maryland, so this video has been very helpful.

@emt160090 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not in the millions scale of things, but back in 2007 an ambulance company I worked for received $500,000 from an estate of a local retired doctor. The man was never connected to the ambulance service and only had one contact with the service several years before he died. There was no prior indication that any funds were earmarked for the ambulance service. The donation was used to purchase a new ambulance.

@Detah_ 3 жыл бұрын

When I die I’m going to give about 5 dollars of my inheritance to some random person in my town because why not I think it would be amusing

@ashleyhull1041 3 жыл бұрын

That one was relatively upbeat. I need an uplifting playlist of Simon videos for when I have a blah day

@alanhowitzer 5 жыл бұрын

'So that there will be at least one man to regret my death.' LOL!

@tsalvo9290 3 жыл бұрын

A guy I worked with was given 100k he quit, blew all his money on drugs and cars, lat I heard he was broke homeless, and addicted to coke.

@a_real_jive_turkey7772 2 жыл бұрын

The guy who said to wait 21 years after his last grandson died really wanted to say FU to his whole family lol

@g.schultes3669 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a farmer in Iowa who died a couple years ago. Bud Skalla had been a recluse living in a trailer and didn’t really associate with anyone. When he died it turned out he had been quietly buying up land for years but had continued to live very simply. His estate was worth something like 13 million. He had 2 living sisters in their 90s and he left them nothing. He left everything to the Catholic Churches in the area even though he wasn’t Catholic and none of the priests knew who he was.

@jamesbernadette6216 5 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Finland. State: "Large inheritance, you say... I'll just take a fifth of that to myself, thank you very much." (*Edit* Not that saving a large sum of money is even an option for your average Finn in the first place)

@nox5555 5 жыл бұрын

thats why you buy gold and just store it in a box.

@jamesbernadette6216 5 жыл бұрын

@@nox5555 ...except majority of the inheritance of your average Finn is tied to their property, such as house, car and summer cottage. Good idea in theory but requires a lot of prep work. Besides, they do tax gold when you go on and sell it.

@erictaylor5462 5 жыл бұрын

I know a guy who, every morning gave a homeless beggar $10. He'd spoken to the man a few times but never really got to know him well. But from the conversations led him to believe the homeless man was of sound mind and didn't seem to be an addict. He wondered but never asked why the guy was homeless. After about a year he failed to see the guy. He'd been there every day knowing my friend would come by and give him money. After he failed to see the guy for several days running he asked around. It turned out the homeless man had passed away. My friend felt a bit sad but didn't think too much about it. Several weeks later he got a certified letter from some law firm asking him to come meet with a lawyer. He set up an appointment and met the lawyer. It turned out the lawyer was the executor of the homeless man's estate and the homeless man had left him $68 million. He never did find out why the guy was homeless.

@nox5555 5 жыл бұрын

Ever heared of Diogenes and his search for a honest man?

@Dude-vb4ul 5 жыл бұрын

That's one cheeky ass smile you got in the thumbnail there Simon. Lol

@ronjones5141 3 жыл бұрын

Maryland sounds like they’re doing the right thing with the unclaimed money

@doomedbringer 4 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story: be nice to random people, they might make you rich one day

@iggynieuwenhuizen170 5 жыл бұрын

I had great expectations for this video

@patriciafeehan2554 5 жыл бұрын

Milton Petrie - left millions to many people, some never recalling their acquaintance. They never met.

@hank_ny 5 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for a random stranger to pay off my mortgage for me 😂

@nerdlingeeksly5192 5 жыл бұрын

"There will be at least one man to regret my death" Greatest last will ever 😆

@kajcsapapa 5 жыл бұрын

If anyone is looking for that lost family member... it's me I swear.

@JamesBond-xx1lv 5 жыл бұрын

kajcsapapa You need jesus

@HartyBiker 3 жыл бұрын

You're the long lost family member thats going to give me millions? How kind of you

@rayhs1984 5 жыл бұрын

A couple years ago my dad and his sister got $4000 each from a unknown relative in the Netherlands. They live in Florida/North Carolina.

@rayhs1984 5 жыл бұрын

@Maxx Kroes blame Canada they are the ones that somehow sent my dad the money. Them heir finders are dedicated. A Canadian company found American heirs to Dutch money.

@DirkaDirka07 5 жыл бұрын

Half people with wills is way higher than I expected

@jamessissem7319 3 жыл бұрын

In the 1940's an art teacher was roaming around a cemetary looking for ideas for her class when she happened on a funreal in progress.Stopped in and there was only a coffin with a male body.She went to the coffin said a prayer for the said body,and noticed no one was there.A preist appeared and said "Please be seated so we can begin".She sat throughj the funreal and signed the guest book on behest of a matronly woman.A week later she recived a call from a lawyer to come to his office were she was told she,being the only mourner at the funreal just inheireted the mans entire estate.It was worth $40 million.

@erictaylor5462 5 жыл бұрын

I thought he was going to say, "... felt the call all elderly people feel at some point and died." I'm not sure all elderly people feel this call. My dad is elderly and he spent 2 years in Florida and hated it. (He lived there before he was elderly). After all, all elderly people do, eventually feel the call of the Reaper.

@michaelmorris4515 5 жыл бұрын

Footnote - in most US states the same department that handles unclaimed estates also handles other unclaimed funds. For example if you fail to cash a paycheck for whatever reason in most states the employer must turn the money over to the unclaimed funds department of the state. Unclaimed tax refunds also end up here in many states.

@1DennisK 4 жыл бұрын

'Martin Chuzzlewit'. Free on Amazon Prime. 6-part series worth a binge watch: Back in 1994, the BBC and PBS Masterpiece Theatre produced a play by Charles Dickens called 'Martin Chuzzelwit'. It's about a rich old man who has disinherited his grandson, his closest relative. The drama ensues when a bunch of distant, weird, cunning and funny relatives come out of the woodwork to curry his favor. Actors include Paul Scofield and others you may recognize.

@umadbra 4 жыл бұрын

I got $500 million dollars from a Nigerian Prince, all I had to do was give the lawyer $500 for processing. Money is coming!

@wharpblast264 3 жыл бұрын

Leaving money to future relatives is a great idea.

@bigginsmcsauce 5 жыл бұрын

Last thing I expected to hear about when clicking on this video was anything about Jacksonville! *DUUUUVAL*

@TBONESIDEOFLIFE 5 жыл бұрын

And there is a prince somewhere ready to leave you a fortune. right after a favor first, good luck!

@kirbymarchbarcena 5 жыл бұрын

To receive money from an unknown person is great. An animal that inherited an entire fortune from someone who is not its owner or master is by far the most news-worthy.

@Terri_MacKay 3 жыл бұрын

Not exactly the same situation, but very interesting. When Jim Morrison died, his will left everything to his girlfriend. His family contested the will, but a judge upheld it. When his girlfriend died 3 years later without a will, under the law, her parents inherited her entire estate, which was basically $80million of Jim Morrison's money. After his family contested this, the estate was eventually split 50/50 between his parents and her parents...but her parents got the rights to his royalties plus the rights to control and manage his image and music. So, half his money went to the parents he had cut ties with, and the other half plus all his future royalties and the rights to control his image and music went to 2 people he didn't even know, but who didn't like him and didn't approve of their daughter dating him.

@abandonedtnhistory7488 5 жыл бұрын

In Tennessee, United States, if you dont have a will when you pass away, the state holds every cent for sometimes years to collect the interest while you wait for a response. My fiancé’s grandmother passed away (ripped up her will a few months before) and unfortunately her father and uncle both died a few weeks apart only a month after their mom. We got a letter from the state saying we needed to open a probate within so many weeks or the entire estate would be turned over to the state..so we did and it cost us thousands we didnt have to spend and yet here we are two years later and not a word. Not a cent. In short, if you die in some US states without a will, the state comes out like vultures to steal it and its like battling a random person on the street who found the $20 you dropped and they swear that its theirs.

@LuinTathren 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@SkinnerNoah 3 жыл бұрын

My great great grandpa inherited about $80,000 from a guy who may or may not have been his biological father. This was around 1900 in Mississippi, so it wasn't millions, but it was probably close to a million into today's money

@AbramSF 5 жыл бұрын

I know two people personally that have inherited millions from previously unknown relatives. I haven’t watched the whole video but it better confirm what I have experienced.

@rayhs1984 3 жыл бұрын

My dad and his sister got $4,000 each from a relative they had never heard of.

@pikachulikesgambling5645 3 жыл бұрын

Where are all my lost relatives🤔🤔🐸🐸

@passiert1027 5 жыл бұрын

Heir Hunters (I think on the BBC)is a fantastic show all about this.

@screamtoasigh9984 5 жыл бұрын

Strange Inheritance. In the US, www.hamptons.com/mobile/The-Arts/On-The-Screen/21564/INTERVIEW-Jamie-Colby-On-Strange-Inheritance.html

@shannon0257 4 жыл бұрын

The next video should be: 'Has anyone ever actually been given sole guardianship to a distant child relative that they've never met before'?

@bxbank 4 жыл бұрын

Barclays get 1 million a year looking after a trust the government will never get? Barclays must be laughing at that one.

@weedthepeople2795 2 жыл бұрын

@King4sshole89 2 жыл бұрын

Allegedly, professional wrestler Shawn Michaels got a nice plump salary increase in the mid-1990's from some elderly female fan. It was never confirmed, but Shawn has never denied it, either. The amount she left him is between one million and six million dollars, depending on the fan you talk to; I tend to believe it, because it seems like something a crazy wrestling fan would do... I'm not kidding.

@greggv8 5 жыл бұрын

It's time for another Brewster's Millions movie, but this time make it Brewster's Billions. It's 34 years since Monty Brewster spent $30M in 30 days to get $300M. Well Monty has died, after managing to make $300 billion out of that $300 million. The relationship with Angela Drake went nowhere. However there is his great niece from Monty's estranged brother's grandson... She gets the $1 million now or spend $30 billion in 30 days to get the $300 billion deal.

@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195 5 жыл бұрын

the one with the roses... all the feels

@marco2rules 4 жыл бұрын

I know a girl who's name I won't give. When she was 21 her birth father (she was adopted) passed away and left her 21m in his will. She also inherited 3 million from her adopted father on her 21st birthday. No joke

@IcyPandaGirl 5 жыл бұрын

i have some random relatives from ohio that send us homemade salami every year it's not money or roses, but hey it's yummy

@PikaJayden 3 жыл бұрын

That homemade salami is human flesh 🤢

@4dbullshitpatroll6 3 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling that Barclays investment bank had their fingers in Bitconnect via 3rd parties. This inheritance video also reminds me of the DHL guy who died at sea suspiciously and an illegitimate Filipino kid cleaned up $100 mil. who vested interests tried to cut out. That DHL guy was a business genius who set up Vietnam's Corporation Code infrastructure to avoid paying tax in the USA. It seems that these structures still exist allowing bankers to operate scams like Bitconnect.

@ShellShock794 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that the US taxes the holy Hell out of inheritances

@jamesrobinson9176 3 жыл бұрын

Leave it to the state to think they deserve a share.

@dinoschachten 3 жыл бұрын

Aww, some of these stories are really cool!

@csonracsonra9962 2 жыл бұрын

Simon is all about some Pluto.... even a geographics on it lol

@raileyti 5 жыл бұрын

actually i know a person who inherited bout 4 million swedish crowns from a decesed American long distance relative. apreerently was one of the last living relatives. so it wasnt millions of dollars but Crowns :)

@MasonFries 4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually in the process of obtaining an inheritance from a family member I've never met. My great aunt was a fairly wealthy women, but she died unmarried and with no children. Her Will expressed that, because she had no immediate family beyond siblings who were all old and lived life already, that her land be given to a close niece, and the rest of her estate was to be divided amongst her great-nieces and nephews. Despite never having met her, as she still lived in the UK (where her brother, my grandfather, came from before moving to the US), I am still her direct great-nephew and thus will receive a share of her estate once the paperwork is all in line. I have no idea how much I'm getting yet, and it is being divided between something like 13 of us. But, she was fairly wealthy so who knows.