Honestly speaking, the telegram has now become the den of hackers and scammers that even a chat from strangers is very suspicious that needs to be extremely careful and cautious. Clicking on links sent to your dm should be avoided especially when you are recieving it from an unknown account that you have never chatted in the past. Always remember that admin or mods do not dm first on telegram channels or groups so if anyone dm you claiming what they are not, you have every right to report and block them right the way. Your safety should be your concern so as to protect yourself from scammers and hackers. Do not chat with strangers as they may lure you into clicking link sent to you all in the name of wanting to help you resolve an issues in diguse to be admins and mods.
This is not new and it happens long time ago. This is also the reason why I don't like to use that platform since anyone can create the same name with famous people that's why lots of people get exploited and scammed especially if they are new then didn't know that such activities happened there.
That's why its really good to verify always who are those people reaching you out since once you post something in the community you are following for sure that you receive a lot of message from scammers so better not to entertain any of those. Then also remember the word that admin on groups will never send you pm first usually the people do that are frauds.
Crypto space is very porous and as such anyone who finds themselves in Crypto should be extremely careful and cautious when dealing with people. Most scammers now fake admins and mods just to get victims, they are very smart and it takes one who is alert to decipher their tactics and knock them off.
Always remember that Mods and Admins do not PM first so if anyone PM's you claiming to be an admin or mod, you should at first check the group you share in common with them and get the tagged so take that other members would be aware of their acts then you can block them from your end so they do not contact you anymore.
It is fine for us to keep learning some of these strategies scammers are using to steal from their victims so that we can let others know about the risks. More scammer are jumping on telegram to do their illegal works because they feel safe there without any restrictions.
Telegram is an open network that does not restrict anyone from accessing the platform, this is why we see people from different walks of life on Telegram. From what you have said, the advent of this Telegram airdrop stirred up an influx of scammers into the platform, as they saw a good opportunity to use the airdrops to scam other people. This should only make us cautious of messages we receive from unknown contacts we have nothing to do with to be safe and not fall for any scam.
Lol, it's so true and relatable. Especially when you ask a question in a chat group, you will have more than 10 moderators reaching out to you through private messages and willing to assist you with the problem 
. You get surprised that the mods have never given me this much importance, what happened all of a sudden? Lol.
Telegram is the main platform for scammers, and it's not just about the ones that sit inside chat groups to look for targets; even the ones that hunt for targets on other social platforms, such as Meta, will bring you to Telegram to scam you, lol. The most probable reason behind this is probably because of the privacy the platform provides. You can literally hide everything else other than the username that others will be able to see. Telegram has even faced issues because of this in the past.
. You get surprised that the mods have never given me this much importance, what happened all of a sudden? Lol.Telegram is the main platform for scammers, and it's not just about the ones that sit inside chat groups to look for targets; even the ones that hunt for targets on other social platforms, such as Meta, will bring you to Telegram to scam you, lol. The most probable reason behind this is probably because of the privacy the platform provides. You can literally hide everything else other than the username that others will be able to see. Telegram has even faced issues because of this in the past.
Your asking question is enough for you to get a million and one answers from admins and mods you know nothing about making you feel so special as a follower and supporter of such a project. Sometimes, you even get congratulatory messages for being a winner of the activity contest which you know nothing much about just because you asked a question on the platform, and boom you won an amazing prize for that. Scammers never stop being so creative in their scamming business, when one trick is discovered, they use another to continue as long as the crypto space keeps evolving, they will also evolve with new strategies and tricks to get at more victims.