Get Rich Quick: 6 People Who Accidentally Found a Fortune

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Sun, 10/25/2009 - 20:30

We’ve all been there—a week until payday, the rent is due, and you’re rummaging in your parents’ attic to find Dad’s Mickey Mantle rookie card.

Here are six stories of people who found a fortune when—and where—they least expected it.


 

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