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Welcome To BotScout

BotScout helps prevent automated web scripts, known as "bots", from registering on forums, polluting databases, spreading spam, and abusing forms on web sites. We do this by tracking the names, IPs, and email addresses that bots use and logging them as unique signatures for future reference. We make this signature data available through a simple yet powerful API that you can use to test forms when they're submitted on your site.

Stop The Bots

You can manually search our bot database to find bots in your forums, but you can also use a little bit of code in your forum, contact form, or other web application to test for bots and automatically ban or reject them on the spot. To make use of our database in your application, all you need to do is query it correctly. You can also download a list of the most recently-caught bots (shown below) from this URL: http://botscout.com/last_caught_cache.htm.

If you need to do more than about ~1500 automated lookups a day you'll probably want to get a free API key so you can do as many as you need. We even provide some sample code that you can use in your forums, contact forms, mailing lists, and other parts of your site.

There are also anti-bot plugins available for popular forums and CMS applications, including SMF, VBulletin, phpBB, Phorum, PunBB, Invision Power Board, FUDForum, Ikonboard, W-Agora, Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal.

Who Uses BotScout?

People and companies all over the world rely on BotScout to help screen out bots, including:
  • University of Washington
  • University of Milan
  • Fibromyalgia.com
  • UC Berkley
  • Georgia Courts
  • UNC Machine Vision Lab
  • Discover Seattle!
  • Banca Popolare del Verona
  • AspergerPlanet
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BME Cancer Communities
  • US Motorcycle Rally
  • Snitz Forums
  • University of Georgia
  • Marriott International
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa
  • University of Pittsburgh
    • and thousands more!

    We can provide secure form protection and bot-screening solutions for your group or organization too- please contact us to find out more!

    Want To Help?

    You can help make life harder for bots by using the BotScout plugin on your site, because the more bot signatures we collect the more effective our filters become. Although we collect large numbers of bot signatures through our "bot honeypots", we can't catch them all. To submit bot data, all you need to do is get an API key and use BotScout on your site(s).

    You can also put a BotScout logo, button, or badge on your site to help let other people know about BotScout.

    Click Here To Help Keep BotScout Running

    Most Recently Banned Bots - 2 Sep 2026 8:46 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,634
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    mikhail.vlasov.111 mikhail.vlasov.111@mail.ru 92.36.35.205
    hello hello@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nelsoncorrie nelsoncorrie@anonmails.de 172.71.154.167
    dick dickstroo@gmail.com 62.45.42.92
    Dirk dickstroo@gmail.com 62.45.42.92
    DavidRar yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 195.2.71.225
    help help@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    FelipaE8237 charissaknopf@freundin.ru 38.254.176.44
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LaurelFortenberr charissaknopf@freundin.ru 38.254.176.44
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ClaudetteFoskett claudette-claudette@javefa.icew.store 64.49.36.101
    AshleighGutterid lawerencenellie@veauly.com 191.101.114.216
    mylove gigimayaocruz@gmail.com 138.84.133.0
    ElizabetMansour williamjones5429d0hp@d.blog-stuff.com 66.63.185.51
    djeohukp djeohukp@immenseignite.info 120.40.130.70
    DorineDoolan938 barbararodriguez6744q7av@c.mustdoindubai.com 198.20.178.72
    Josephavals l.ink.s89.m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    c.lin.i.cf.orh.i.m.202.0 c.lin.i.cf.orh.i.m.202.0@gmail.com 104.22.20.143
    MarisolRotz jessicasmith61364go0@f.welcometotijuana.com 66.63.185.76
    arlie-mcconnel arlie-mcconnel@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.98
    Demetrius2371 marciabourke@anonmails.de 196.16.5.190
    JaninaGrills169 charlesgarcia7739ksm4@c.welcometotijuana.com 64.188.9.183
    flusanous1984 flusanous1984@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ellissilvey32 ellissilvey32@usewisetransfer.click 172.71.159.82
    huberthanna70 huberthanna70@no.mxdood.com 172.71.154.61
    AlfonsoLorenzini danielgarcia1942u8hh@b.verifiedlinklist.com 66.63.178.93
    KatharinaCoulter katharinacoulter40@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.ink.s89m.ast. l.ink.s89m.ast.@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    ChristyS63 evieshattuck7403@1secmail.com 153.72.141.115
    l.i.n.k.s.8.9.m.ast l.i.n.k.s.8.9.m.ast@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    ChristyS63 evieshattuck7403@1secmail.com 153.72.141.140
    lin.k.s8.9.m.a.s.t lin.k.s8.9.m.a.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    mitch.mitch12 mitch.mitch12@xekezi.likeme.buzz 212.18.113.162
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:6:2442:000:42:50:821:50 2001:6:2442:000:42:50:821:50 120.40.130.70
    ywygxdxp ywygxdxp@firsthidden.com 172.69.23.183
    EthanEagar1 gsa190@pereskazfilma.site 37.214.239.227
    AlexandriaHatter alexandriahatter83@stuff.mxdood.com 144.48.52.206
    lin.ks.89m.a.st. lin.ks.89m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.129
    NateOReilly6894 gsa190@pereskazfilma.site 37.214.239.227
    luisfernandomartinezluis luisfernandomartinezluis@gmail.com 189.143.230.30
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    krystlebroomfield krystlebroomfield@sociefan.com 172.71.154.168
    IrmaGouger53175 shantaedusty@solstris.com 191.101.92.60
    zdravstvena.voditeljica zdravstvena.voditeljica@vrtic-popovaca.hr 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vonwills1404 vonwills1404@emailuae.com 172.71.159.81
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AFGAlberta albertamickey1@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Nelly65183812199 nellyblacklow94@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    myramacgroarty myramacgroarty@adult-work.info 172.69.23.183
    sheldonlindsley sheldonlindsley@anonmails.de 196.16.2.166
    Kelly20G24035 sheritamilla@veauly.com 102.165.54.226
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.i.n.ks.8.9mas.t. l.i.n.ks.8.9mas.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nzine nzine@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    nhack nhack@hackthissite.org 120.40.130.70
    leandroleandro leandroleandro@sesebe.sancto.xyz 193.42.245.149
    ElouiseOgilvie2 noahgenevieve@veauly.com 23.81.230.194