I C Financials Promised me grant money to start a small business. Reno Nevada

I was looking for some grant writing help to start a small business where I live. The community is small and not many people here have a lot of money. I wanted to be able to bring nice things to them and not have the high prices as the bigger stores do. I C Financials called me and told me they were able to help me in getting money to start a small business. They asked me to send them $479.00 and the process would be complete in 12-15 weeks. They told me the check would be send to me at my home. I sent the money to them on 7/18/07 express mail as asked. During this process I called and talked to Carla Jameson on 7/20/07, David Brent on 7/25/07, and Sara Abraham on 7/26/07 to make sure it was on the legal side. I was assured I would be called and everything was going smoothly for my grant. Now when I try to call the number given to me I get a recorded message saying that the number has been blocked. It has been 20 weeks and I have still not heard anything from them. I sent them a letter after 18 weeks asking them to contact me and it was returned to me 10 days later saying it was undeliverable. I tried to make things better for my home town and now I can not do this for them. Please help me to fix this.

Thank You,

Julie
Juneau, Wisconsin
U.S.A.