80% off at BCF Facebook Scam Ad

LJersey on 26/06/2025 - 10:20
Last edited 26/06/2025 - 21:22 by 2 other users

On Friday 06/06/25 I opened the Market Place site as I do regularly and saw an advert for BCF end of year sale 80% off.

I went directly to this and as I am looking for some particular items I scrolled through the pages, these offered great cost savings on what I need so I bought paying via my card I received a receipt for my purchase along with a delivery date all good I thought.

But on going to my local BCF store in Joondalup WA and asking a few questions about my order, I was told by the store manager that it could be a scam as she had heard of one going around. I showed her the photos of the site info the sale advert and the order copies on my phone she said she would contact the BCF Australia.

After waiting a few days, I came to the conclusion it was a scam & contacted BCF via emails. I also sent photos of the sale information as shown on the Market Place site. I also contacted Marketplace asking them to look into this questionable site of BCF. In the end BCF said very sorry it is a scam (my comment, Too Bad so Sad).

So, my reason for this topic is for all readers who use the Market Place site or any other site that has any BCF advertising with what seem like great prices please be very careful as it may be a scam

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Comments

  • Megatron on 26/06/2025 - 10:24
    +27

    Yep FB in general is full of scam adverts and sometimes they are too hard to spot.

    • pharkurnell on 26/06/2025 - 11:16
      +5

      Just another reason to not use stalkerbook…

      • Megatron on 26/06/2025 - 11:56
        +2

        Yeah unfortunate reality is, you just cant stay off of it. These days if I want to sell something or buy something second hand, the only genuine place appears to be Market place as no one goes to Gumtree anymore.. we have little to no choice :(

        • beltdrive on 26/06/2025 - 13:48
          +10

          Marketplace has been a genius user retention tactic tbh

        • pharkurnell on 27/06/2025 - 10:27
          +1

          Yeah unfortunate reality is, you just cant stay off of it.

          I've never stalkered…

        • subwoofer on 27/06/2025 - 14:42
          +3

          I deactivated Facebook in 2013 and never looked back

        • Randolph Duke on 28/06/2025 - 10:48
          +1

          Sure you can, I’ve been off it 10 years.

    • barge-in hunter on 26/06/2025 - 11:56
      +1

      That’s right - sometimes they make their way on to here as deal posts, but thankfully the mods are pretty quick at taking them down.

      They do a very good job at cloning the original website, but the URL/website address is the key - any extra dots and domains/typos/added words are almost a guaranteed scam site.

    • UltimateAI on 27/06/2025 - 23:33
      +2

      Yes, and when I report them nothing happens. But I still report them.

  • Guybrush57 on 26/06/2025 - 10:30
    +30

    I never click on ads of any kind. If I see an ad for a sale I'm interested in I open a new tab and go to their website directly. It's good practice you do the same.

    • mskeggs on 26/06/2025 - 10:42
      +8

      Good practice after you got all your riches shaken out by Largo on the bridge

      • Guybrush57 on 26/06/2025 - 11:56
        +6

        I miss my pieces o' eight :(

  • try2bhelpful on 26/06/2025 - 10:38
    +5

    Don’t believe anything you see as a link with any social media site. The people running the sites don’t give a toss about the scams either. If you see something interesting then go direct to the real website not through a social media link. The other problem is the scammers now have your card details so you might want to contact your bank. If it was a credit card see if you can back out the transaction.

    Macpac has also been hit by these scams as well.

  • Protractor on 26/06/2025 - 10:53
    +14

    Ppl still use FB?
    Pp trust FB?
    Ppl still shop via FB?
    Ppl actually don't shop, on the actual secure site, of the company they want to shop with?

    OP, You need to check out every phone,tablet,PC and laptop you have, because there is a compromise here that has it's tentacles inward.
    If this happened as you say it should be reported to authorities. Hopefully BCF has reported your experience appropriately (to authorities)
    BCF Scam Alert Page

    Get off FB

    • Hybroid on 26/06/2025 - 11:09
      +3

      Not only all that, but, people are still gullible enough to click on social media ads??? Then physically pay on too-good-to-be-true sites?

    • Stealtho on 26/06/2025 - 11:51

      I agree for ads, but private sales for buying and selling have had no issues.

  • brendanm on 26/06/2025 - 10:54
    +3

    That's not at all believable.

    • Protractor on 26/06/2025 - 11:25

      I'd agree that the post seems unlikely, given recent unbelievable post scenarios. ( All 'low mileage' or new members. )
      Seems to be a run on. EOFY troll posts?

      But a search found this> (not sure if related or not. Amazing what ppl are falling for. )
      https://www.facebook.com/groups/563868852214511/posts/100260…

      Anyway, anybody who uses 3rd party social media site link to purchase goods from any existing popular bricks and mortar store, (that has a secure online portal ) is engaging in willing loss of money or identity theft.

      • jv on 26/06/2025 - 14:10
        +1

        Seems to be a run on. EOFY troll posts?

        ghost accounts

    • Nebargains on 28/06/2025 - 07:34

      Why not? A few years ago it was pretty common to see ads on Facebook that took you to a clone of a brands website on a different almost believable URL where it was offering discounts.

      Here is an article from a couple of years ago:
      https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-fake-websites-scamming-c…

      I remember at the time finding the fake website and if you googled part of the URL you found heaps of other companies with these fake websites.

      Not much the companies can do either as it's typically hosted in a country that doesn't care like Russia or something.

      • brendanm on 28/06/2025 - 09:25

        You've been here since 2019 and don't know what the "revisions" tab does?

  • theHMASfriendship on 26/06/2025 - 11:14

    That ain’t livin’!

    • Protractor on 26/06/2025 - 11:25
      -2

      B C Fin' Fun

  • JIMB0 on 26/06/2025 - 11:43
    +5

    Facebook is a cesspit full of scammers and creeps. Zuck doesn't care, as long as the ad money flows, he's not fused if it's BCF or Bait & Click Fraud, the moneys all the same to him.

    • Protractor on 26/06/2025 - 23:05
      +2

      What a comprehensive, grovelling, little sell-out, that creepy parasite is. I want him and Musk to fight to the death, as they intimated they might. I don't care who loses, as long as they both do.

  • MS Paint on 26/06/2025 - 11:45
    +4

    FFS

  • tenpercent on 26/06/2025 - 12:00
    +6

    This is not a believable scam.

    Do you also think the $20 Goochi bags at your local car boot market are 'genuine' too?

    I can't wait for the banks and/or government to impose some more authoritarian rules on accessing your own money just to protect the village idiots most vulnerable members of our society from truly unbelievable scams. /s

    • jv on 26/06/2025 - 14:11
      -1

      $20 Goochi bags

      My local deli sells $20 Gnocchi bags.

  • Wiadro on 26/06/2025 - 12:13
    +1

    Fbmp is the only use of Facebook.

  • CodeXD on 26/06/2025 - 12:28
    +3

    Believable Scam

    I mean was it tho? What was the link? Was it at least something like bcfau.com.au? Who was the receipt email from?

    Chuck it at the end with giant letters that it is a scam so other people who google it will find this thread.

  • cpapi on 26/06/2025 - 12:43
    +2

    I'd say I am savvy, and done well to avoid scams but they are getting so specific now… I got done when purchasing a La Pavoni coffee machine, it was used, the photos were obviously stolen, but the machine wasn't being sold as new, mentioned a few things like needs a service ect, stuff you wouldn't expect on a scam post, and I fell for it…

    Luckily got my money back, but they are mixing it up from the iPhone 16's and Macbook Pro's, never would have expected a marketplace account with a single item selling a used coffee machine in a niche market.

  • Grimr on 26/06/2025 - 14:03

    I had the same with Anaconda and someone I know with macpak where they ordered and waiting for it to complete to submit a dispute.

    The anaconda site looked the same, but was missing an 'a' in the URL. Mindful the logical clever people will see this immediately, but I missed it thinking some how the scam site was on the actual anaconda domain.

    The deals were "too good to be true" and the other obvious factor was it went to a shop checkout rather than the familiar Anaconda check out.

    • tenpercent on 26/06/2025 - 15:17
      +3

      The anaconda site looked the same, but was missing an 'a' in the URL

      So it's one of these

      • nacondastores.com
      • ancondastores.com
      • anacondstores.com?

      Edit: trying out each url reveals it's the last one as the dns cannot be resolved for the first two.

      But when attempting to visit the site the browser warns me with an all red page and big cross and the message:

      Dangerous site
      Attackers on the site that you're trying to visit might trick you into installing software or revealing things like your password, phone or credit card number. Brave strongly recommends going back to safety. Learn more about this warning

      FWIW I'm using Brave browser.

      I literally do not know how someone can be fooled by this.

      • pegaxs on 26/06/2025 - 17:48
        +2

        Clicking past warnings cost cents, cheers.

        And I think it is user apathy. We get bombed with so many false warning that it's hard to distinguish when a "real" warning come up that people should not ignore, they just file it as just another incessant warning and "add exception".

        Either that, it some people are blissfully unaware and think "it can't happen to me" and it then it does.

        • Protractor on 26/06/2025 - 23:06
          +1

          And I think it is user apathy

          This^. Natural selection

      • Grunntt on 27/06/2025 - 10:48
        +1

        FWIW I'm using Brave browser.

        Yeah Firefox gives the same result. A full red screen with -

        Deceptive site ahead
        Firefox blocked this page because it may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing personal information like passwords or credit cards.

        You can click on See Details and it then gives you -

        anacondstores.com has been reported as a deceptive site. You can report a detection problem or ignore the risk and go to this unsafe site.

        You'd really have to be trying hard to get scammed if you continue to ignore the warnings.

  • jizmo on 26/06/2025 - 14:24
    +1

    Just reading this the other day.
    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/06/scammers-hija…

    • Grunntt on 27/06/2025 - 10:55
      +1

      By the way, while we're on the topic of scams, at the top of the ACCC site it currently states -

      Warning: We've had reports of scammers using ACCC phone numbers to contact members of the public. They do this to steal personal information. The ACCC does not make calls from our reception numbers. If you receive a call claiming to be from the ACCC asking for personal information, do not provide this information and hang up. This issue is being investigated.

      My neighbour mentioned that they received two calls recently and it showed the ACCC phone number. Looks like it's getting easier to spoof calling numbers.
      I know there are a few reasons for the system to allow it but I think it's time they removed the ability totally from the system.

  • ihbh on 26/06/2025 - 16:57
    +1

    Was everything 80% off?

    If so, did you think, maybe that when selling at full price, the BCF owners would become billionaires in a short time? Or that they have to close down all BCF stores next week and that it's a liquidation sale?

  • afayd on 26/06/2025 - 17:08
    +1

    Did you not check the url?

  • pegaxs on 26/06/2025 - 17:46
    +3

    Lol @ 80% off and still thinking it was a legit website run by BCF.

    Sometimes I kind of get the feeling that some people deserve this kid of thing if they are that gullible to believe these scams.

    If only there was saying about fools and their money being easily parted…

  • randomusername2017 on 26/06/2025 - 21:38
    +3

    Sounds like you had a @Mintee Moment ™️®️

    • Mintee on 26/06/2025 - 21:39

      When have I been scammed ?! I mean im trying to educate people but obviously that was a bad idea

  • IcySpicyStew on 26/06/2025 - 21:40

    What didn't you buy?

  • zubzub on 26/06/2025 - 22:59

    Always check the URL

  • orangehead911 on 27/06/2025 - 08:39

    I always assume ads on social media sites are scams. If it does look legit I still don’t click the ad but go straight to their website.

  • DMFD on 27/06/2025 - 09:09
    -1

    PEBKAC

  • noz on 27/06/2025 - 09:10
    +1

    You mentioned that you paid on card … assuming you mean a credit card then you should be able to get your money back via chargeback. Contact your card issuer.

  • dufflover on 27/06/2025 - 10:04

    I've only seen these scams from BCF come in via email and they already show the classic dodgy stuff like those dumb special characters in the subject lol. And of course the nonsensical sender addresses. Haven't ever seen the scam ads on FB though oddly enough.

  • IpGem on 27/06/2025 - 12:07
    +1

    Someone's selling MCG for $11000, i offered 10999 no response yet

    • Aap Ke Papa on 27/06/2025 - 12:08

      😂 i saw that

    • Doyen on 28/06/2025 - 11:55

      I bought it before you. I can't believe they offered free delivery as part of the deal. How can they make money at these prices.

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