everyone can ask for merits ( sending and giving between users, that's the point of merit/smerit system ).. there are many users sending merits to each others even that posts doesn't deserve anything... That's a weakness of it. But that's not the question here... I can receive merits from unknown users and also from relatives/friends etc .
The point is that you woke up several years ago and all the 3 users also came here several years later. Changed the email and/or password and then sent you merits and went away once again. Do you not think there is obviously something misuse??? There is no one who could find out your valuable posts and these 3 users came and found your posts valuable and sent merit?
? Or you have asked them to send merit. If it is the point then how are you contacted? You sent a message via the forum and they saw the message then came back on the forum and merited your post/posts??Therefore, it is better to put a neutral trust to remind the possibility that these accounts are alts and to take this topic as a reference if any additional evidence is found, and then a negative trust can be given.
More important thing is that trying to show more merit to receive a loan. Aked a loan via private message, I don't know how many messages were sent. I can confirm that I have received the loan request via private message. And these posts were created mainly for making aware of the activity to lender/campaign manager.Everyone has good and bad periods of time...I was lucky when in the 2015-2017 and unlucky starting from 2019 until now...but thats about my personal life!!
Searching for a loan among community members starting to be a crime?
BTW, you asked me how I got these merits ...contacts etc... bare in mind that in 2016 (ie.) in my town ( 40k res) where around 25 BitcoinTalk users and more than 40 miners ... Also 3 Icos started from my town... people are talking each others they meeting etc... I'm not living in the jungle...