Hi Dassys22...I am not from Eye on Spain and therefore did not get any note from you 5 years ago.
I don't think either that it is Eye on Spain who can help everyone personally but rather they have put together forums like this so we can help each other.
We only decided to take action like we are doing now in August last year as we had all hoped that things would work out, but then it became clear that this will not happen.
So five years ago there would have been no alarm bells ringing.
As for the money, well if there is legal action then the way things work in Spain at the moment is that there needs to be some money put up front.
If you need anymore help let me know and contact me direct. Otherwise I wish you well with your efforts to reclaim your deposit money paid to Inroal.
Kos999