I’ll Pay For Your Groceries

I was at the Downtown Ralph’s near Staples buying some bananas and an orange. I set them on the converyor belt with a plastic divider separating my stuff from the guy in front of me. Suddenly a guy walked up and pointed at the fruit and said, “I can do it. I’ll buy your stuff and put it on my card and you just give me cash. It’ll be faster.” I heard what he said but it made no sense to me. I told him no, I didn’t want to do that.

When I got home I was still trying to figure it out. I found out later with a little Googling that is a food stamp scam. I must be sheltered because I never heard of this tactic. Does this work? Has it it ever happened to you?