In 2022, a Georgia sheriff issued a warning alerting the public to a scam. It involved counterfeit or real money left on car windshields. Allegedly, the move is a tactic thieves or even traffickers use to distract drivers. Like the whole “penny in a car door handle” scam, the “money on the windshield” fears quieted and dropped out of general conversation. However, in June, a woman posted on TikTok that she found a $20 bill on her windshield after leaving work.

In her TikTok, Leenis explains that she spotted the twenty on her car. She went to HR and demanded to see security footage. Leenis had read about the alleged scam and wanted to see who was targeting her. She considered that a coworker might be trying to play a joke on her, too.

It turns out that the bill flitted down onto her car randomly, like a tree leaf. “It fell from the literal sky,” she wrote. “I’d like to thank the sky, God, my parents, the gas station man who gave me gas in exchange for this money on my drive home, and this city.”

Since 2022, there have been several instances of people all over the U.S. finding dollar bills on their cars. In Hawaii, for example, one woman called the police after spotting a bill tucked under her wiper blade. She drove straight home and refused to touch the money with her bare hands. She still has the money, and nothing came of the incident.

It seems that even if criminals actually used this tactic at one point, it’s become more of an urban legend these days.

While it seems sort of silly at this point, I do feel obliged to say the following: Obviously, if you ever do find random money on your car, it’s probably not totally out of line to use caution – especially if it looks intentionally tucked on the windshield. While rare or even “debunked,” you never know if someone is up to something nefarious. Look around, and don’t touch the money until you’re sure you are somewhere safe and know it isn’t covered in any foreign material.