There's really nothing to be done but tagging with red trust anyone he sends sMerit to.
As everyone has pointed out in the last weeks, all of these scammers/spammers with sMerit because they were ported over from the legacy system... they'll all abuse merit, and we just have to police that.
After a while the scammer sMerit pool will dry up as there's half and half and half until there's nothing left to send.
Just be vigiliant, tag any unusual activity, and then be on your way. That's all we can really do.
JUST BECAUSE I WAS MERITED BY KIF. DOESN'T MEAN I BOUGHT A MERIT FROM HIM. HE LITERALLY GAVE ME A RANDOM MERIT. PLEASE DISREGARD THAT.
I am in no way connected to Kif, lol.
That said, I guess now it's harder to track how to figure out these abusive merits. Some are sent just randomly, and others are probably going to be sent to legit posts. It's just a little bit difficult.
Merit system is in the Wild West phase right now.