it's your fault, OP.
You have to accept it.
Theymos stated that even years after your plagiarised posts made, if anyone found them, you got permanent ban immediately. There is no chance to say it is my first time.
Sorry, you should start from zero again.
Be strong and be more careful next time.
It looks like double standarts. There a thousands of bots that posting nothing, but airdrop-bounty reports, and pumping merits with no ban and so on.
Also why team has noticed in the letter "merit abusing"? Where is my lawyer?

I am ready recognize that at the beginning I was not a valuable user of the forum, but now I am asking for the mercy in the form of the probation.
The "mail" doesn't matter because even if you got unbanned you'd be banned again for plagiarism. So I don't think your ban appeal will succeed. I'm thinking that the e-mail is some sort of mix-up since it's far more likely that you've been banned for plagiarism but again - doesn't matter.
Please let us know the usernames of the "thousands of bots" and we'll report them if they break the rules.
I have been reporting about them, and moderators responded me smth in the way like "we do not ban or put red trust, it is up to forum users".