Looking at other BMP280 boards, I came to realize that this clone board has a bad print job.
Instead of GY B11 P 280 it should read GY BM P 280. I guess the GY influenced my vision.
It still is a clone board I think as it uses a Texas Instrument instead of a Bosch sensor and that probably explains the bad print job.
@JohnRob. Thanks, I'll try your scanner and if no luck on the three boards tested then I'll shift to the SPI interface and see if that works.
Thanks all.