American Funding My Funding Resources Took $2700, Promised me Grant Money,Took Off my Credit Card, Left Me In Debt,Research No Good, Not Even Danville, California

I was searching for a grant online when a man from American Funding called me and said he could get me a grant for $50,000 but I would need to give him $2500 to do the research and coaching on how to get a grant. He was supposed to get me a grant to help me with a down payment on a home. When I got the research, there was nothing in there that even remotely fit the category he was supposed to get for me. He said if they could not find any useful information for me I would get my money back. They refuse to give me my money, found nothing I could use, and now I am in debt. I explained to the man if I lost this money I would be in terrible financial shape. He assured me I would not lose my money. He just kept say it would be worth $2500 to get $50,000. I bought into it. Now I don't know what I am going to do. I want my money back. Has anybody else run into these crooks?