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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 - 11 Apr 2026 10:55 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,607
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    vmailqrs vmailqrs@vargosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    laraeburchett5977 laraeburchett5977@anonmails.de 172.69.23.194
    raymundowojcik raymundowojcik@tempr.email 172.71.158.68
    OscarLopez727 oscar.lopez@balm.hotelpost.click 24.235.12.172
    evonnejulia evonnejulia@ggrainn.com 172.69.23.194
    muratg muratg@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    biancadykes biancadykes@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.126
    niemavertber1981 niemavertber1981@mailopenz.com 172.69.23.193
    ydhdzrjs ydhdzrjs@vargosmail.com 178.130.46.187
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ClaudiaNwv claudiaavey30@cool.muzaco.com 154.16.69.146
    serkank serkank@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    laraenankervis7479 laraenankervis7479@anonmails.de 172.71.158.68
    t.e.zo.ri.ha.do.v7.0 t.e.zo.ri.ha.do.v7.0@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tim4bezrukov tim4bezrukov@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    UWiMFBQiUOiKcJojwvfSBzgfircaHYbeavCXmXJlohWj u.li.p.eqibun.51@gmail.com 185.220.101.106
    alberta.alberta alberta.alberta@putodu.fuc.best 65.111.4.202
    202:1811:42:600:95:63:596:95 202:1811:42:600:95:63:596:95 120.40.130.70
    kirkarmbruster4498 kirkarmbruster4498@theweifamily.icu 162.158.167.134
    adriannatubb.6323 adriannatubb.6323@cryptoboss-casino09qw.top 72.56.188.158
    202:8108:8125:100:817:660:411:559 202:8108:8125:100:817:660:411:559 120.40.130.70
    KatherineHollar katherine-hollar@hotelpost.click 147.53.112.49
    Fleta80M399963 fletarohde11@general.beachboys.click 147.53.116.53
    fidelia-bolling-811 fidelia-bolling-811@sansan160.nebunet.click 209.50.169.248
    egr100f egr100f@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    carmella.corcoran carmella.corcoran@support.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    pajiwzoy pajiwzoy@bethcampbell.biz 152.232.10.113
    lawanna.weir29 lawanna.weir29@d1e4.novagroup.biz 23.80.157.65
    202:1810:426:800:897:78:9857:69 202:1810:426:800:897:78:9857:69 120.40.130.70
    trustone46 trustone46@blogwebsite.top 204.217.129.12
    pdiupyhy pdiupyhy@fringmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tastytoni tasty.toniiii@gmail.com 2600:387::611::4
    serj-luzan98 serj-luzan98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    marlametzger6578 marlametzger6578@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.235
    josephmartin3459yita josephmartin3459yita@e.welcometotijuana.com 172.69.23.194
    dbijcvdx dbijcvdx@duhastmail.com 64.31.20.22
    2403:6200:8833:7829:997:75:4178:1287 2403:6200:8833:7829:997:75:4178:1287 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:425:900:181:62:917:3 202:1810:425:900:181:62:917:3 120.40.130.70
    ManuelKang manuelkang@balm.hotelpost.click 72.14.95.94
    yjkycour yjkycour@bekommenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    dxiflggg dxiflggg@duhastmail.com 64.31.20.22
    irwinsoundy irwinsoundy@basebuykey.com 104.207.47.207
    duaneturpin1893 duaneturpin1893@crypto-boss121.top 172.69.23.193
    202:03:8:1200:10:66:182:7 202:03:8:1200:10:66:182:7 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:425:900:181:62:917:3 202:1810:425:900:181:62:917:3 120.40.130.70
    loydstokes7691 loydstokes7691@ngontol.com 188.163.49.58
    193 193@solatog.online 172.69.23.194
    ka.r.l.o.s.7.6.h.yani.to.s. ka.r.l.o.s.7.6.h.yani.to.s.@gmail.com 84.239.45.148
    SamaraHeaton91 markmiller1930y3a8@bestvpsfor.xyz 167.253.67.17
    CodyX63775218709 codyodell@vargosmail.com 158.51.121.45
    ralfhuff3367 ralfhuff3367@dvd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.235
    fiqzwtvjzml fiqzwtvjzml@problemno.shop 172.69.23.194
    merrillcoghlan merrillcoghlan@discardmail.com 172.69.23.194
    rodolfokash4436 rodolfokash4436@anonmails.de 172.69.134.82
    3d2ocl47jm4 3d2ocl47jm4@5818888.com 172.71.158.68
    sicuuxtjtt8 sicuuxtjtt8@5818888.com 104.22.20.235
    LatoshaBennelong markgonzalez6704ski2@a.resorts-in-asia.com 66.63.160.243
    Landon25I612143 landongagne78@delka.yoshisad.com 50.6.7.129
    2003::740:509:96:772:149:1662 2003::740:509:96:772:149:1662 120.40.130.70
    maximowilhelm2169 maximowilhelm2169@strategyinsights.xyz 172.71.158.69
    gemmabeaman1831 gemmabeaman1831@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.193
    pdiupyhy pdiupyhy@fringmail.com 120.40.130.70
    toktobayeva.nata toktobayeva.nata@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    0lga1811988 0lga1811988@mail.ru 92.36.112.70
    kelseycorrine kelseycorrine@solstris.com 104.22.17.126
    ernapadbury2101 ernapadbury2101@officecombine.com 23.94.154.198
    LemuelRasmussen lemuel.rasmussen@hotelpost.click 147.53.113.127
    rant31 rant31@blogwebsite.top 172.71.158.68
    RandalBuckman8 randal-buckman7@general.beachboys.click 147.92.53.145
    GeraldPinedo0 pam@b.drown.institute 41.76.215.184
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    juliannnoblet6153 juliannnoblet6153@alightmotion.id 216.26.240.183
    lonali lonali@gmail2.gq 162.158.167.134
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    ericcastiglia649 ericcastiglia649@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.23.193
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    williamyamamoto8716 williamyamamoto8716@seoautomationpro.com 172.71.158.68
    AIQCecelia ceceliaburg7@lower.ehomu.com 102.165.54.218
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