I have just become a victim of a scam. I signed a contract with a company in Madrid, Spain about a month ago. Pursuant to the contract I made a bank wire-transfer (U$10647, last Aug 1, 2011) to his bank account at La Caixa in Madrid. So, obviously this company has an account with a bank in Madrid.
Despite the contract he insisted an additional 10% deposit before I visit them in Spain for inspection of the goods (Copper wire scrap). I refused vehemently at first. But his consistent, persistent persuasion made to accept his suggestion where I send money to myself via Western Union. At his request I sent him the copy of the WU transfer receipt as proof. Being comfortable about the fact that the Western Union money cannot be collected in Spain without me, I process the second WU transfer last Monday, Aug 15, again payable to myself in Spain. That is when I got a call from WU Fraud Prevention Department. The sender, who is one of my employees, was asked a lot of question by WU people on the phone. Sensed some suspicion, I immediately checked on line the status of my first WU money transfer. Sure enough, the money had been collected in Spain already. I had my employee cancel the second WU transaction immediately. Luckily, we were able to cancel it and got the money back. But the first transaction where I was supposed to collect 3000 euro in Spain after I get satisfied with my product, is gone.
So, in total I have lost 10,000 euro or U$15,000 to this guy.
I can give you all the correspondences and proofs.

Please let me know if you can help collect my money.
Thanks.

XXXXX XXXXX XXX@XXXXXX.XXX
Cell phone # XXXXX (California, USA)

Already Tried:
It was last Monday, Aug 15 when I realized the I had been talking with a scammer and given him money. Since then, I hid that I knew about the scam and intentionally kept dialog, with a hope to finding some help.