San Francisco Hidden Cash envelopes to drop in Los Angeles and other cities
THE mystery man dropping envelopes full of dollar notes on San Francisco streets says he has no plans to stop and will move on to other cities.
THE mystery millionaire dropping envelopes full of dollar notes on San Francisco streets says he has no plans to stop and will move on to other cities.
Since Friday, mysterious white envelopes containing $100 have appeared taped to everything from parking meters to bike racks with clues to their locations posted on Twitter under the handle @HiddenCash.
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The anonymous man behind Hidden Cash — he concluded a real estate sale with a profit of about $500,000 — told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was not going to stop dropping the envelopes full of cash.
“I have no plans to stop anytime soon. In fact, we will also drop some in L.A. next week (I am going there on business). Any (sic) maybe expand to more cities,” he said in an email to the newspaper.
He said at first he couldn’t decide how to give away his real estate windfall.
“I played around with different ideas, and frankly, they were too complicated,” HiddenCash said. “I was thinking of a ‘Survivor’-type game … or something like it at some point.”
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HiddenCash said he wanted the money to go to those who needed it.
“I just hope some rich one-percenter like me doesn’t find it and keep it,” he said. “In no way is this meant to be instead of charity. I also donate generously to charity.”
He was also adamant that his privacy should be respected.
“One, some people close to me wouldn’t like that I am giving money away. Two, I enjoy having my privacy. Three, (I) had some publicity before and nothing good ever resulted from it,” he said.
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