Not getting rain for a long time is understandable, it is not a must that you should get rain.
I'm not sure about the rain, I can see in the chat that the rainbot is very well much active and giving names and numbers. Other than that topic, the chat is like what it used to be and its purpose, people are just chitchatting.
However, getting scammed is not really true at all. Yes, lightlord has been awol for a long time we know this. His very last message is from October, literally October! That's horrible, and I understand why people may feel like they are scammed.
We can't blame them for thinking that they've been scammed but the chat box seems to be pretty active and there's no talk about them being scammed except the one that has been said by uncle which we've missed.