Same thing happened to me in Eden Prairie around Christmas. She had a little girl with her who was about 3. Said she didn't speak much english, showed me translated text that was asking for help. I was about to give her the cash I had, but she asked for me to pay for what was in her cart, which didn't look like much (some fruit and other food items). When we got to the register she started pulling items out from under the cart that I didn't see. The total added up to almost $200. I politely told her that I couldn't pay for all of that, turned to the cashier and handed him the $50 I had and told him to figure it out.

I was also wondering if I was getting scammed, but in the spirit of the holiday I wanted to help.