AXIO (oaxio.com) fake crypto exchange behind 'Professor Benthorne' WhatsApp stock group: 7 linked domains on one build
- Scam type: Pig butchering
- Project or site name: AXIO
- Reported: 2026-10-17
- Last updated: 2026-10-17
Fake crypto exchange used in a WhatsApp stock-tips investment scam. A victim says a group run by "Professor Benthorne" ("Benthorne Scholastic of Finance", aka "Benthorne academy") moved members onto the "AXIO trading platform" at www.oaxio[.]com. This report lists oaxio[.]com and six domains that run the same exchange build, one of them offline. Source: Reddit r/CryptoScams comment, 2026-10-09 (https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoScams/comments/1x02yhd/has_anyone_heard_of_benthorne_scholastic_of/pewhiqr/). What the victim describes: contact in June 2026 through a stock-tips link, then about six…
Websites in this report: oaxio.com, 6qhicc.one, tubs03.top, tuqs04.top, 5asdnj.one, 3nd82a.one