Okay, I had to think a lot to make this decision, it has a big influence on my activities on this forum. I will tell the truth. I bought this account. If I remember correctly, I bought it at the end of 2016.
Thay's over 3 years from that time upto today. You should have just created yoir account to avoid such problems and with the good posting i believe you would still be a hero member by now.
My account was created in late 2017, i wasn't even so serious about being active or ranking up until late 2018 but look, am already a hero member despite being just an average poster. There's nothing better than something you built up on your own.