A covert philanthropist has set throngs of people in California searching for hidden envelopes stuffed with 20 and 100 dollar bills.<br /><br />The anonymous donor has been posting clues to his 378,000 Twitter followers using the account @hiddencash.<br /><br />Lucky winners then tweet back a picture of their find.<br /><br />Hector Guerrero struck gold in Echo Park, Los Angeles.<br /><br />“Yeah, I saw that he posted the clue. I recognised the Echo, because he posted it three times,” he said. “And from there I told my mom ‘Get up, let’s go to Echo Park!’ So we did. I’m missing a Dodgers game, but hey…(I found) 186 dollars!”<br /><br />During an interview the mystery man said he was determined to keep his identity a secret.<br /><br />His project is taking off across North America. The “hidden cash” treasure hunt has inspired people from as far away as Vancouver to set up similar pursuits.
