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Old 14 January 2007, 08:18 AM
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Icon605 Wealthy Portuguese man selects heirs at random from phone book

A wealthy Portuguese bachelor who had no children left his fortune to 70 strangers whom he selected at random from a telephone book.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070113...t_070113213704
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Old 14 January 2007, 11:59 PM
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Maybe I should rethink having an unlisted phone number.

I would probably think it was a scam also. Very odd.
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Old 20 January 2007, 10:05 AM
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I read the article and if that isn't a Hallmark TV-movie in the making, I don't know what is...

But that is a nice legacy to leave behind. Actually, scratch that... a wonderful legacy. If I ever become stupid rich and lonely, that is what I would want to do. Well, that or charity. Maybe both.
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Old 22 January 2007, 06:08 PM
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that almost sounds too good to be true.

but then again if it were too good to be true I would have received the money...and I didn't so there for I am at a loss for words
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