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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 - 16 Sep 2026 8:13 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,756
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JamesPoext ewieduko@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    Kelvin21S69421 kelvinfajardo6572@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    cbhpobeicSn cbhpobeicSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mkhpkjutpMa mkhpkjutpMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    tknjcnpwkMa tknjcnpwkMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KatiaKunkle wmalisia@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    IanR ireadmab@gmail.com 200:23:407:5401:51:6:752:6
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    oliveabell107 oliveabell107@anonmails.de 162.158.167.143
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BetsyBabb481 sandrawheele@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.208
    MarshaDease55 madisonmann@injkrea.xyz 104.223.126.113
    xkbvbhxveSn xkbvbhxveSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    elbapawsey-1356 elbapawsey-1356@gsa.fghe.store 172.71.154.168
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    eczomvgtdSn eczomvgtdSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    HellenBurbury21 issackandi@veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jjrq5452d jjrq5452d@mypochtanew.top 120.40.130.70
    bnzgepfacot bnzgepfacot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    EdwardoHutchison edwardo.hutchison@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    raosalwa raosalwa@mail.ru 172.69.23.183
    iihamcwlcot iihamcwlcot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rozqffntsOt rozqffntsOt@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    gkgzhkfanMt gkgzhkfanMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    nhleyvfmwot nhleyvfmwot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    DanielaBousquet robertwilliams9039s6f1@b.resorts-in-asia.com 64.188.11.144
    melvszfxhSn melvszfxhSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    jjyobjiqkSn jjyobjiqkSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    jxptxfrrfot jxptxfrrfot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    jessicajohnson5736dxa jessicajohnson5736dxa@c.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lvdxvuqifpa lvdxvuqifpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    shaynerug shaynerug@partnersucheseite.de 194.62.105.193
    iawrbwxqdMa iawrbwxqdMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    BartBlodgett3 francislottie@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    collinmahony9171 collinmahony9171@dmxs8.com 172.69.135.13
    raosalwa raosalwa@mail.ru 162.158.167.143
    sujbgbsgiSn sujbgbsgiSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    kixsxpbbpml kixsxpbbpml@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    dtuxbqtmopa dtuxbqtmopa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    bkeephdgtMa bkeephdgtMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    ewieduko ewieduko@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    lagnzmtccot lagnzmtccot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    202:3100:64:500::5:149:3028 202:3100:64:500::5:149:3028 120.40.130.70
    ScottyEast1278 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 102.165.54.7
    sgflecakcMt sgflecakcMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    ennakhqmepi ennakhqmepi@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    MaeMarcantel0 maemarcantel22@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.19.216.233
    antanishaturner8606+fA antanishaturner8606+fA@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    3hereretggyh 3hereretggyh@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    czmxftkrcMt czmxftkrcMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    newdesign77 newdesign77@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Cleta28O73743 domingaperry@veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    eihhpoeyqpa eihhpoeyqpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    sasha.luzin.94 sasha.luzin.94@mail.ru 172.69.23.183
    sftylcvrtMa sftylcvrtMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    vlwagdzdlEi vlwagdzdlEi@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    qgbmdxnqyMt qgbmdxnqyMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    mlarqsjilSn mlarqsjilSn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    nroeuekpfot nroeuekpfot@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    TereseHarrel15 soonzita@veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    MavisRidenour6 madisonmann@injkrea.xyz 38.154.186.172
    fgebyqhijMt fgebyqhijMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    wmyrojjsrMa wmyrojjsrMa@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    vtukdjnumMt vtukdjnumMt@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41