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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 - 25 Aug 2026 9:16 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,319
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    l.o.d.i.b.et.o.ff.ic.ia.lv.2 l.o.d.i.b.et.o.ff.ic.ia.lv.2@gmail.com 172.71.159.81
    enriqueta.childe enriqueta.childe@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.246
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    clepkzwl clepkzwl@blackfirsta.com 104.22.18.53
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    emiliejohansen15 emiliejohansen15@emailgsa2.xyz 172.71.154.179
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    changbrydon changbrydon@51tiemo.com 162.158.167.43
    affectionately.vintage affectionately.vintage@gmail.com 64.42.144.227
    FrederickaBertra josephsmith37025gxk@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.46.184.167
    a.l.l.ama.sl.o.v.a2.0.7.7 a.l.l.ama.sl.o.v.a2.0.7.7@gmail.com 172.71.159.82
    mabelmabel45 mabelmabel45@bebiso.pokemonica.online 172.69.135.13
    JuniorPhilip2 williamwilliams68157m8g@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.46.247.200
    dumitrumirelanicoleta15 dumitrumirelanicoleta15@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    scortwych scortwych@caramail.com 120.40.130.70
    frnaut frnaut@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    miscuzoni772 miscuzoni772@absroma.it 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi170 newbloghi170@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    PlanckConstantJS PlanckConstantJS@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    Jean.dujardin3024 Jean.dujardin3024@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    uwuwjwy uwuwjwy@proton.me 120.40.130.70
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    scgktrthii scgktrthii@yzcalo.com 120.40.130.70
    wojtecki.maxime wojtecki.maxime@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    edouardbar edouardbar@ruutukf.com 120.40.130.70
    Jimreev Jimreev@caramail.com 120.40.130.70
    riyacib450 riyacib450@pokeline.com 120.40.130.70
    jacelynrobillard jacelynrobillard@pecinan.net 104.22.20.142
    lanierlanier lanierlanier@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    sampattison4168 sampattison4168@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.71.159.82
    vivien-mclaren vivien-mclaren@wordspacemail.com 172.71.154.179
    2001:7:02:7100:267:894:946:0 2001:7:02:7100:267:894:946:0 120.40.130.70
    jicousderu jicousderu@mail.ru 172.71.159.81
    Milan93336829 sarahgarcia5913s1f8@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 81.92.195.227
    servicechats servicechats@proton.me 172.5.113.91
    HungClendinnen hungclendinnen82@.mxdood.com 191.101.114.68
    Sofia74Z33 sofiamowll11@.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    tera tera@makeup.contractors 104.22.20.143
    NataliaNieto natalia.nieto@vipitv.com 183.197.56.255
    marymartinez71941pyq marymartinez71941pyq@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 104.22.20.142
    debbiewollstonecraft debbiewollstonecraft@51tiemo.com 162.158.167.44
    wrfparxp wrfparxp@analismail.com 120.40.130.70
    coralkneebone6796 coralkneebone6796@1mail.x24hr.com 23.95.224.238
    ConnieKinsella7 donaldbrown3097vf0g@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.46.247.89
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    KarlaFunkhouser karlafunkhouser85@slow.pettin.com 102.165.55.20
    KoreyHolton906 koreyholton95@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.183
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 162.158.167.44
    bintubres bintubres@caskiomna.fun 104.23.172.68
    marissa.olden marissa.olden@1d2e.novagroup.biz 23.19.82.93
    GabrielleCarrera gabriellecarrera31@brick.pettin.com 181.215.16.219
    stanhungerford stanhungerford@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.135.14
    VeroniqueHass62 veroniquehass35@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    hixqrwnx hixqrwnx@firsthidden.com 172.69.23.184
    IveyEaton5904143 iveyeaton84@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.55.20
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    amandabezerra.dasilva04 amandabezerra.dasilva04@gmail.c 120.40.130.70
    AugustinaPeterse augustinapetersen75@these.veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    DannielleKaawirn danniellekaawirn70@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.92.175
    starmetts starmetts@kenari.online 120.40.130.70
    JarrodA44 jameshernandez9486zi3@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.11.80
    jessicacastelobranco1914 jessicacastelobranco1914@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    l.inks.8.9m.a.st l.inks.8.9m.a.st@gmail.com 67.159.17.51
    cyrilcyril cyrilcyril@vimeno.randomxyz.life 162.252.55.131
    j.o.s.t.a.n.gq.ehr.q. j.o.s.t.a.n.gq.ehr.q.@gmail.com 162.158.167.44
    sydnyjunior7223 sydnyjunior@vip.163.com 27.34.242.102