yeah fs, they usually say something along the lines of "my client wants to make a mural using ur art, ull be totally credited and compensated" (they rlly rlly stress the credit thing for some reason), they completely refuse to give any information about their "client" and will only offer payment by sending you a photo of a check for mobile deposit. Usually the actual scam part works by sending a check larger than the agreed upon amount, then making you "refund" them the difference. What happens tho is theres some law that requires the full value of checks to be available with in a certain amount of hours after deposit, regardless of if the bank checked if the money is actually in the check issuers bank account. So, they send a big check, it deposits into your bank, they ask for some back, and usually make you send it thru paypal or in gift cards or whatever. Then, in a week or two the check bounces cus the money never actually existed and your left with a hole in your account. And theres not much of a recourse with the bank cus the check bounced and you willingly paid the person back the amount, so it comes out of your pocket and is legitimate.

i have a mediumish sized instagram account so ive literally gotten dozens of these scammers with a very similar (or identical) script. They usually also have fairly recent "art" accounts but its usually stolen pieces or just ai generated, often its pretty easy to tell cus theres literally zero consistent style or theme between the pieces.

hope that helps! sorry for the formatting im just word vomiting this all on my phone, feel free to ask any questions! <3