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Find The Cash Twin Cities is hiding money around the metro — but why?
A new social media account that's stashing cash around the metro for anyone to find is taking the Twin Cities by storm — but no one seems to know who's behind it.
The big picture: For the past three weeks, an Instagram account called Find The Cash Twin Cities has been posting videos of someone off-camera hiding anywhere from $50 to $250 in cash in random places, like in a flower bed outside Mall of America or taped to a sign pole at Minneapolis Institute of Art.
The account does "cash drops" four times a week and has rapidly grown to over 77,000 followers, with many of the drops now being found by followers within a few minutes of the videos appearing online.
The intrigue: Though there are several similarly-branded accounts in cities like Dallas, Atlanta and Nashville, there's no indication who may be behind the apparent displays of generosity in the Twin Cities or nationwide.
The only identification the Twin Cities account holder has shown is their hand, and the email in all the accounts' bios directs users to Win It Entertainment — a company that has little to no internet presence.
The account, the email in its bio and a LinkedIn user claiming to be the CEO of a "Win It Entertainment" all did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Axios.
