Surprisingly, beggars own huge fortunes.
Many people are surprised to know that there are old people who live a simple life, even begging and seem to be poor all their lives, but they own a huge amount of property. This is not only in Vietnam but there are many surprising cases in the world.
The old beggar lost 25 taels of gold.
A robbery of an old beggar in Dong Thap in 2015 surprised many people because he owned a respectable fortune. After the robbery, Mr. Nguyen Van Cung (86 years old, Tan Hong district) reported having 25 taels of gold in his pocket.
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Cung. |
According to the authorities, due to family conflicts, Mr. Cung left home to live a vagrant life and often begged at markets in Dong Thap. He used all the money he earned to buy gold and carried it with him.
Lonely old man left 50 taels of gold
In 2012, Mrs. Pham Thi Hien (82 years old), living alone in a dilapidated shack in Da Lat, suddenly died, leaving behind 50 taels of gold. Mrs. Hien's sudden passing left not only the hospital but also the authorities confused and embarrassed because of the valuable assets she left behind.
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| Mr. Hien's dilapidated house is at the end of a deep alley. |
At this point, everyone realized the past of a lonely person with a hidden life that seemed very poor. The total amount of gold that Mr. Hien carried with him was up to 50 taels. In addition, he also had a certificate of depositing 233.8 taels of gold at a bank and a certificate of depositing 350 million VND at another bank.
The old beggar woman has 77 million in cash and 25 billion in the bank.
An old beggar woman in the capital Beirut, Lebanon was found dead in her car with 77.3 million VND in cash and a savings book of 25.5 billion VND.
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| Fatima Othman was found dead in a abandoned car alongside bags of cash. |
Fatima Othman, 52, was found dead in an abandoned car in the Barbir district of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 15. Security forces were surprised to find bags containing up to $3,400 in cash and a book next to her.Bank passbook shows she has saved 1,120,965 USD (nearly 25.5 billion VND).
Findthe treasure of an old beggar woman
In mid-2017, in the house of a deceased old woman in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, a real treasure trove of millions of Iraqi dinars was discovered.
It is known that the old woman specializes in begging. When checking her house, the authorities discovered a large amount of Iraqi and foreign currency, and gold jewelry stored in plastic bags.
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| In the house of an old woman, a real treasure was discovered with millions of Iraqi dinars. |
Police estimated that the "beggar woman's treasure" included 72,322 million Iraqi dinars (equivalent to 64 thousand USD), 562 USD, 90 Saudi rials, 119 Lebanese lire, 10 euros, 300 Kuwaiti dinars, 440 Iranian tumans,... some unidentified foreign currencies and gold jewelry.
Old ladybeggar owns nearly million dollars
In 2014, a 100-year-old woman who spent her life begging for alms on the streets of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, left behind a huge fortune after her death.
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| A beggar in Saudi Arabia. |
The elderly woman, known as Eisha, amassed a fortune worth 3 million riyals ($800,000) across four homes. Some families living in Eisha’s homes say she never asked for rent.
Mr. Ahmed Al-Saeedi, a close childhood friend of Ms. Eisha, said most of the money was saved by Ms. Eisha from when she went begging with her mother and sister, both of whom have passed away.
Begging in Dubai for 1 year can buy a billion dollar apartment
Dubai authorities said that 59 beggars were arrested in the first three months of 2016. Some of the beggars were carrying business or tourist visas.
According to the authorities' calculations, a beggar can earn Dh9,000 per day (about 54 million VND) or Dh1,500 (about 9 million VND) in 1.5 hours. Dubai authorities even discovered that a beggar can earn Dh270,000 (about more than 1.6 billion VND) per month.
Beggars have houses and cars.
A man who often begged on the side of the road in Beijing, China in 2011 was discovered to be richer than people thought.
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| The beggar would kneel down to everyone who passed by and ask for money. |
According to Jiangsu Satellite TV, he owns four cars and several houses in Beijing. He lives with his mother and two sons. The beggar mother wears a lot of gold jewelry and the two sons are dressed head to toe in designer clothes.
Although many people expressed disagreement, many others sympathized and said that legally, the beggar was not wrong, just unethical. Some others declared that they would not give him money anymore.
