I'm pretty sure the OP realised without the 250 cycled gamed merits then any direct removal at this time was not going to happen straight away.

This is merely a good thread that people when abused with red trust over a non scam related matter can join and together plenty of other actions can be taken when there is the will to do so.

Trying to operate within a broken and gamed system against those already entrenched deeply and controlling that system is not going to work out well.

Better to aim to get the broken system fixed.