Telegram is filled with scammers no doubt! It's a paradise for them! I am a mod in one or two groups in telegram and discord, and I get a lot of spam messages! Like, literally everyday, random DM's pops up in my inbox! Most of them wants to do some collaborations like promotions, AMA sessions, shillings, listing, marketing etc! Normally I would ignore these strangers! For because I know after some days, they eventually deletes their account and makes a new one! And they actually do! Alot of PM I got is now marked as deleted account!
Apart from telegram, discord is also on their target list! If I go specific, I was in a similar situations as you (OP). Because I am a mod, I have access to the whole server on my discord! So this person wants to collaborate and gives me a link. And upon clicking the link, it took me to the discord login page! Of, course I was already logged in. He wasn't trying to drain my account but hack my discord the the servers/channels! I was 200% sure it was a malicious link so I tested the link in a sandboxed environment!
Another attempt to scam which happened to me (I think many encountered this once in their life) is that, a person claiming to be a developer looking for tester for his game (virus) and gave me the zip file. Never opened it.
It's not malware. It is a smart contract designed to wipe out the entire wallet to a specific address. But before it happens, the victims must connect the wallet and approve the transaction.
How did it got into your system? I mean infected, through link? I mean what was the process, start to end! I use telegram a lot but it never occurred with me! Can you share the detail or the post! I vaguely remember seeing it!