'Luis The Elote Man' Received So Much Money It Made Him Scared After This Twitter User Got Her Followers To Zelle Him 'For No Reason'

On Twitter yesterday, a woman snapped a pic of her local street cart, selling corn, or "elote," and other Mexican street foods. She asked her followers in the caption to Zelle him money for no reason. Little did she know, Luis the Elote Man would make a lot of money after that tweet.

someone zelle him money for no reason rn pic.twitter.com/UqXbw036kW

— marilyn monHOE (@skonkas0nly) March 10, 2022

Over the course of the day, @skonkas0nly's tweet racked up over 106,000 likes from Twitter users trying to make the wholesome reality come true. In fact, many of them actually did send Luis money over Zelle, an application similar to Venmo and Cashapp.

As users kept sending him money, they posted screenshots of their transactions in the replies with some generous people sending him up to $100. Of course, Luis started taking notice, wondering what was happening and why he was receiving so many deposits. With some people, he actually called them up, like @jessealba17, who said, "He called me thanking me and confused and I explained the twitter viral thing, But people he's more then thankful for everything! 🙏"

It’s not fake ! I dont even know his name I didn’t even tell him I took this😭😭 he’s probably so confused rn

— marilyn monHOE (@skonkas0nly) March 10, 2022

I hope this helps him in the long run because you never know what ppl are goin through seriously pic.twitter.com/WkCdpj0agp

— Nuni🧚 (@yobitchfavvv) March 10, 2022

Luis about to get a cart with LED lights and whistles. No bells. Just WHISTLES!! pic.twitter.com/mLK2PBMC6D

— Jonny Gallegos (@Jonnygallegos) March 10, 2022

5.00 from Brooklyn 💫 pic.twitter.com/oOf9Bmzhlx

— Joshua C. (@JoshuaJCumberb1) March 10, 2022

This is a big asss impact on him guys! 👏🏾 I just got off the phone with him, literally. I live in Colorado. The beauty of being bilingual, but he called me thanking me and confused and i explained the twitter viral thing, But people he's more then thankful for everything! 🙏

— jesse alba (@jessealba17) March 10, 2022

sent him some bread and was curious how much he made, brodie was out here shook 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/R2I2pOrEY3

— chemlaka (@addismarley) March 10, 2022

Other users started to joke about sending themselves money "for no reason," linking their own transaction handles in the replies. However, many of these reactions were met with resistance, except for one user, who linked his mom's street cart in hopes that people would help out her small, Latina-owned business.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

— Therealriya (@Therealriya2) March 10, 2022

you got corn?

— augurt (@conytown) March 10, 2022

pic.twitter.com/qydMGmqeU3

— 𝚈𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚊 (@bxbblegxmyaya) March 10, 2022

can y’all zelle my mom too? pic.twitter.com/oIUuVwM43C

— LA CLIPPERS (@Brodieee96) March 10, 2022

Roughly 24 hours later, @skonkas0nly gave an update to the situation, stating in a tweet that Luis didn't go to work the following day. He was scared his bank was going to get him in trouble for receiving all the money. The small update ended with her saying that she was going to check on him tomorrow and buy more corn from him. She thanked everyone for donating and alluded hope for Luis.

small update: he didn’t go to work today because he went to the bank since he was scared he was gonna get in trouble from receiving all this money! 🥺
I’m gonna meet him tomorrow and buy another corn from him, hopefully he has a message for y’all . Thank you all who donated!

— marilyn monHOE (@skonkas0nly) March 10, 2022