That’d be justified, right?
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My apologies, I should have typed don’t want anyone to hack the site. No games intended. Please permanently delete my post if you think it’s inadvised. Sorry.
Perhaps you misunderstood, I meant that once you know the secret you can play some games to enhance your content in the site, so long at you don’t try anything malign.
Ah, many thanks. Yes I misunderstood. Never thought about enhancing posts other than bold or italics or emojis (never that good at those). I think I understand now - justified, right. Never knew could be done with <>, though should have. I’ll stick to vanilla, thanks Billy, I want and hope that my posts stand for themselves, sans enhancement. 
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Go big or go home
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Hello please let me know what can i do as well - its been over 8 months now Aura international school of management is not returning my fees and they are highly incompetent.
I suggest you remove your email. This is a worldwide public forum and you are likely to be spammed.
Also, please note this is NOT the place where you will find professional help or advice. Ample general information and good sense already exists on here. Please read what is already here. You will NOT get more than that from this forum.
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KSK - I have a lot of sympathy for your situation; I can’t imagine the stress it must be taking on you, but I’m just a regular “John Doe” and don’t have any special legal knowledge. It is better you all get together as a collective (all those that got scammed), and proceed through the necessary channels starting with a “lettre de mise en demeure”, and then seek professional legal advice and share any potential costs between you. I hope ultimately you all get the refunds that are owed.
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Hello,
I am a journalist based in Lyon, France. I have been made aware of issues involving foreign students not receiving refunds from AURA International School of Management. I am therefore investigating the matter and am looking to gather as many testimonies as possible.
You can contact me by email at pierre.comet@leprogres.fr.
We can then continue the conversation by phone or WhatsApp.
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That’s good news, Pierre. Are you looking into the background of the principal of Aura International School, Darren Hunt? Some of us have done a small amount of digging and I would be happy to share what I’ve found.
Hello everyone,
As I have not received any emails or messages from potential victims, I would like to follow up. You can reach me on WhatsApp at +33 6 48 38 48 02.
And if you know any victims, please do not hesitate to direct them to me.
For your information, I am currently awaiting a response from the fraud prevention authorities.
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@ksk @Malik_Talha @muhammad_Ahmad
Read the post from the journalist that is above this post
It sounds like anyone taking legal steps or starting publicity should try to get a legal request in place to freeze their bank accounts asap.
Otherwise I’d be worried that you might get a judgment for refund from court or other official body, but there could be no money findable to pay. In the UK you could try this but in France I’m not sure what process there is to get this sort of block on funds whilst a judgment is being obtained.
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In France they can put a Hypothéque on property or funds which basically freezes everything. Has to be done by a judge and property is registered as such which means it cannot be sold by the owner. When debts are paid it can be released and cancelled.
This explains the process of suing so one, including registering a claim on their assets
Thanks very much Jane. The document you attached is wonderful.
My key point is indeed covered in the document. I am cutting and pasting here to make sure the students who paid money to Aura will see it. It’s totally essential to do what’s suggested in this case - freeze their assets then submit your completed accurate detailed documented claim within 30 days or less..
This ensures that when the claim is judged in your favour, the money you gave is still there to pay you back!
I’m a little concerned that we haven’t had any student who has posted that they are owed money, communicate that they have written up their full claim in an organised way. This is really essential, no one can help you or award you your money back if you don’t do this.
I’d suggest that the group of students concerned selects 1 person to make the request to freeze assets. Then have a new person in the group ready to submit another request to freeze assets after, say, 23 days in case the first requester did not submit their full claim with the 30 dsys required. … and so on… so there’s no gap in Aura assets being frozen?
I’m also shocked but very glad that freezing their assets until your claim can be submitted and dealt with looks even easier in France than the UK.
Here’s tbe relevant part of the excellent document kindly posted by jane_jones above.
"The single most important tactical step: freeze your opponent’s assets before filing suit.you
Here is the advice that no competitor guide mentions and that experienced French litigators use as a matter of reflex: in France, you can apply to freeze your opponent’s bank accounts, attach their receivables, or register a provisional charge over their assets before you have filed any lawsuit, and without notifying your opponent that you are doing so.
This measure, called saisie conservatoire (conservatory attachment), is governed by Article L. 511-1 of the French Code of Civil Enforcement Procedure. To obtain it, you need to show two things: that your claim appears well-founded in principle, and that there is a risk of non-recovery — meaning a plausible reason to believe the debtor may dissipate or hide their assets if warned in advance. You do not need a judgment. You do not even need to have filed a lawsuit. You apply ex parte to the juge de l’exécution (enforcement judge) at the defendant’s domicile, who can grant the order within 24 to 72 hours in urgent cases.
Once the order is granted, a commissaire de justice (formerly a bailiff, huissier de justice) executes it immediately at the defendant’s bank or with any third party holding the defendant’s assets. The defendant’s accounts are frozen up to the amount of your claim. The defendant is then notified — after the freeze is already in place.
The procedural discipline that follows is strict. Within one month of executing the conservatory measure, you must file a substantive claim — either a full lawsuit or a référé-provision (see below) — failing which the measure becomes void. See our detailed guide on the conditions for taking conservatory measures and the procedure for conservatory attachment of receivables.
For a foreign creditor who discovers that a debtor is based in France, this tool changes the entire calculus of litigation. Instead of filing a lawsuit, waiting two years for a judgment, and then hoping the debtor still has assets, you secure the assets first — then litigate".
Good luck to all the affected students - I hope this will help you get your money back.
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