I was contacted for a grant for $7000, I had not though of being scamed since I have applied for a few grants recently. They told me that they would need to verify a few things to process my grant. They verifed my name and address even my biirthdate. Then gave me the number for the accounting department so that they coulld verify my information. I called the accounting department were I was informed the reason I qualified for the grant was because I had no criminal history and had paid my taxes every year. That was true so I had no cause for alarm. Then the lady in accounting said that the goverment was supporting a charity that would send money to starving children and needy familys around the world. I have in the past supported charitys of this nature so again their was no cause for alarm. I sent the money and recieved a conformation number for my grant. Then I was given the number of the bank where i would need to give my conformation number to claim my grant. I called them and was told that I would have to call back the next afternoon so that he would be able to file my claim. I called them the next day at the scheduled time and started to recieve the run around. I immediatly called back and was told they wanted an additional $378 in so called bank transfer fees it was then that I realized that I had been scammed. After going through this ordeal I immediatly called the fraud department at western union changed my banking information for my protection and attempted to notify the police, where I was informed that I was a sucker and it was my fault that I was scammed no report other than the western union fraud report was filed I even calledthe city attorney and also the fraud repoting unit but nobody semms intrested in trying to stop these individuals from doing this to other people.