- Report: #729128
Complaint Review: Brandon DiBernardo - San Diego California
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Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Brandon DiBernardo
220 Newport Center Drive San Diego, 92101 California, United States of America
Phone:
650 704 9444
Web:
www.brandondibernardo.com
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Brandon DiBernardo is a complete fraud and a scam artist. DO NOT accept checks or believe his stories!!! He will run! San Diego, California
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I met Brandon DiBernaro in April of 2011 in San Diego, CA. He was with a group of 8 people who wanted to take a private jet to Las Vegas when their "supposed plane" was late arriving to San Diego and they needed a plane ASAP. I work as a private jet broker and was able to help them find another plane so they could arrive in Vegas that night. I spent about two hours looking for an aircraft during a very busy weekend so that my friends could go to Vegas in style. Brandon was going to pay for the trip because apparently he is a millionaire who had a company and sold it to Apple.
That is what he told everyone so they would believe he has a lot of money. He goes to clubs in San Diego and Las Vegas and buys expensive bottles so that sexy VIP hosts think he is a rich kid. Unfortunately, he is a fraud and good liar. When Brandon arrived to the airport and I had an aircraft waiting, he told me his credit card was not working that day because he had multiple large money transfers and the bank put a hold on his account. He wrote me a check from Charles Schwab for $7,500.00 for the flight charges and even allowed me to make photo copies of his ID and address. He promised the check would clear on Monday...I deposited the check on Monday and two days later, the check was returned with a fee from the bank.
On Monday April 20, I texted Brandon on his cell phone that his check did not clear and I needed to pay the aircraft operator. He texted me back that he would call the bank in the morning. He never did. He never did. Then he said he could wire the money directly to me. I gave him the wire instructions but never received a confirmation number and No wire. I texted him again...Brandon then replied saying he would meet me at the bank in Los Angeles at 10 AM...
April 23 11:00AM: Text message "Brandon, I'm here at the bank, where are you?"
"I don't think this is very funny"
Brandon lied about meeting me at the bank and said his Mother was sick and he wanted to be with her and couldn't use his phone because he was around a bunch of people. He said he was picking up the cash in San Diego later that day and would have the cash dropped off at the airport FBO for me.
Brandon's text message dialogue:" Dude, something came up my mom is sick. I'm gonna have the cash dropped off at the same terminal in SD with your name on it, my business partner will do it. Let me know if you got this message i wont be able to check my phone much until later tonight....He's dropping it off today. I'll PayPal it instead if you want. I certainly didn't want this to come up either and didn't expect you to not get my message."
I texted back "Do you have a time? I will have them call me from the airport when it is there so I can leave LA now."
Brandon:"He should be there by 2"
Me:"I understand things come up but this is crucial if you want to do business in the future."
Brandon never dropped the money off at the airport that day. I drove down to San Diego and waited at the private jet terminal for him or his delivery person but no one showed. He said he would even bring $7,550.00 to make it simple. The lies kept going on and on and on. Week after week he kept making excuses and promising to pay one way or another. He even Paypal transferred the money into my PayPal account and then 7 days later, the money was returned because his account had nothing in it.
In the end...Brandon wrote a legal promissory not which explained why he couldn't have the money sent to me earlier and that in one week he would have the money to me if I withheld pressing charges. I signed the letter and waited one week. Today is the last day and the money has not been delivered. I am taking him to small claims court to try and resolve this issue but i have a feeling it will take a long time and i won't see my money.
I advise you do not do business with him...I didn't read the Rip Off report about him before I made a $7,500.00 mistake. There are other reports on here about him. Check it out before you trust him. He's a young kid who's trying to fool the system.
That is what he told everyone so they would believe he has a lot of money. He goes to clubs in San Diego and Las Vegas and buys expensive bottles so that sexy VIP hosts think he is a rich kid. Unfortunately, he is a fraud and good liar. When Brandon arrived to the airport and I had an aircraft waiting, he told me his credit card was not working that day because he had multiple large money transfers and the bank put a hold on his account. He wrote me a check from Charles Schwab for $7,500.00 for the flight charges and even allowed me to make photo copies of his ID and address. He promised the check would clear on Monday...I deposited the check on Monday and two days later, the check was returned with a fee from the bank.
On Monday April 20, I texted Brandon on his cell phone that his check did not clear and I needed to pay the aircraft operator. He texted me back that he would call the bank in the morning. He never did. He never did. Then he said he could wire the money directly to me. I gave him the wire instructions but never received a confirmation number and No wire. I texted him again...Brandon then replied saying he would meet me at the bank in Los Angeles at 10 AM...
April 23 11:00AM: Text message "Brandon, I'm here at the bank, where are you?"
"I don't think this is very funny"
Brandon lied about meeting me at the bank and said his Mother was sick and he wanted to be with her and couldn't use his phone because he was around a bunch of people. He said he was picking up the cash in San Diego later that day and would have the cash dropped off at the airport FBO for me.
Brandon's text message dialogue:" Dude, something came up my mom is sick. I'm gonna have the cash dropped off at the same terminal in SD with your name on it, my business partner will do it. Let me know if you got this message i wont be able to check my phone much until later tonight....He's dropping it off today. I'll PayPal it instead if you want. I certainly didn't want this to come up either and didn't expect you to not get my message."
I texted back "Do you have a time? I will have them call me from the airport when it is there so I can leave LA now."
Brandon:"He should be there by 2"
Me:"I understand things come up but this is crucial if you want to do business in the future."
Brandon never dropped the money off at the airport that day. I drove down to San Diego and waited at the private jet terminal for him or his delivery person but no one showed. He said he would even bring $7,550.00 to make it simple. The lies kept going on and on and on. Week after week he kept making excuses and promising to pay one way or another. He even Paypal transferred the money into my PayPal account and then 7 days later, the money was returned because his account had nothing in it.
In the end...Brandon wrote a legal promissory not which explained why he couldn't have the money sent to me earlier and that in one week he would have the money to me if I withheld pressing charges. I signed the letter and waited one week. Today is the last day and the money has not been delivered. I am taking him to small claims court to try and resolve this issue but i have a feeling it will take a long time and i won't see my money.
I advise you do not do business with him...I didn't read the Rip Off report about him before I made a $7,500.00 mistake. There are other reports on here about him. Check it out before you trust him. He's a young kid who's trying to fool the system.
