In many statements in probability, there is an assumption like bounded

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In many statements in probability, there is an assumption like bounded fourth moment, so is there any random variable which has unbounded fourth moment?
 
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Some heavy-tailed distributions such as Cauchy & Pareto distributions have infinite moments.