‘Tips for Jesus’ Mystery Man Strikes Again — for $5,000 (+video)
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The $111.05 New York restaurant receipt includes a $1,000 tip and the words “god bless!” scrawled across it.
The handle @tipsforjesus is stamped next to an illegible signature.
In recent weeks, similar tabs have popped up in restaurants from coast to coast and even in Mexico, with tips of as much as $10,000 — all charged to American Express.
On Sunday just after midnight, the mysterious man surfaced again — this time in Fairfield, Conn. He left a $5,000 gratuity on a $112 bill at the Seagrape, an eatery where college kids drop by for cheap beers by the beach.
Tips for Jesus — an Instagram account filled with photos documenting the tips — has more than 54,000 followers. The account displays photos of smiling servers holding receipts with outlandish gratuities on bills also tallied in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix and Ann Arbor, Mich. On Twitter, Tips for Jesus has nearly 3,000 followers but no tweets.
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Report: “Tips for Jesus” tipper is former PayPal exec
By Kim Peterson.
Has the mysterious benefactor behind “Tips for Jesus” finally been outed?
Restaurants around the country have been receiving shockingly large tips to the tune of $5,000, $7,000 and even $10,000. The person giving the tips never gives away his or her identity; instead, the large tip is added to the bill right before the party of diners leaves.
The only clue left behind is the phrase @TipsforJesus written on the signature line of the bill. A “Tips for Jesus” Instagram page publishes photos of the dining checks but doesn’t say who is paying the amounts.
Silicon Valley gossip site ValleyWag reported last week that the person behind “Tips for Jesus” is Jack Selby, a former PayPal executive with “more money than the real son of God.”
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Generous Mystery Tipper Leaving ‘TipsforJesus’
By CBN.
An anonymous diner has been leaving generous tips at restaurants across the country.
The mystery tipper has been taking a picture of each receipt and posting it on his Instagram account @TipsforJesus.
According to Instagram account, he’s “Doing the Lord’s work, one tip at a time.” One of his latest stops, Moondogs bar in Port Orchard, Wash.
“It’s very unique, it’s like a lightening strike,” bar owner Darryl Baldwin said.
The staff of Moondogs said the mystery diner rang up a $576 check after buying everyone a round. Then he left a $5,000 tip.
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