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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 - 3 Jul 2026 4:04 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,185
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    allrank52 allrank52@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    john john@example.org 120.40.130.70
    williamlopez97617bhi williamlopez97617bhi@a.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.59.46
    allrank52 allrank52@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    signatures signatures@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jenniferwilson1356ks26 jenniferwilson1356ks26@c.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.83.102
    reecenugan4163 reecenugan4163@anonmails.de 162.158.167.121
    name name@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mail mail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mark mark@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Test Test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nope nope@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    vinz16 vinz16@example.org 120.40.130.70
    testdude testdude@example.org 120.40.130.70
    kxte kxte@goshop1888.shop 1.169.93.20
    try1 try1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    dorotheah dorotheah@example.org 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Maximilian2839 maximiliangouin2@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.226.20.249
    williamanderson8523x69y williamanderson8523x69y@c.blog-stuff.com 196.51.79.245
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    bloum bloum@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test1 test1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    MerrillG50 wmalubabe44uyr90@nestmailbox.com 23.236.236.71
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    britney-norfleet britney-norfleet@contactus.51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    anthonyverran3088 anthonyverran3088@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.154.179
    adamsmith adamsmith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mallory mallory@example.org 120.40.130.70
    202:020:38:321:4242:8040::71 202:020:38:321:4242:8040::71 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.org 120.40.130.70
    patriciamiller5026jmal patriciamiller5026jmal@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.17.114
    yvettehollars yvettehollars@discardmail.com 23.236.154.220
    202:020:38:321:665:9543:648:85 202:020:38:321:665:9543:648:85 120.40.130.70
    revoke revoke@example.org 120.40.130.70
    202:020:38:321:4242:8040::71 202:020:38:321:4242:8040::71 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jon.smith jon.smith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maksimsupala maksimsupala@mail.ru 162.158.167.122
    rsa2048 rsa2048@example.org 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Royce84Z591522 karenlopez60911qno@d.blog-stuff.com 196.51.20.51
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    qslyaaof qslyaaof@fuhrenmail.com 104.22.20.143
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru (empty)
    clotuninthei1985 clotuninthei1985@mailnorms.com 172.69.135.14
    202:1810:11:700:43:69:6346:38 202:1810:11:700:43:69:6346:38 120.40.130.70
    jeanne-boshears jeanne-boshears@cheapwinner.com 172.69.22.86
    antonkitahi antonkitahi@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LorrieHouchens lorriehouchens44@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    barbarawilliams4538fr0u barbarawilliams4538fr0u@a.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.79.12
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 162.158.167.122
    isabellreda3956 isabellreda3956@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    CoralLoftis538 coralloftis25@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.55.133
    sonjahogle sonjahogle@strategycritique.xyz 120.40.130.70
    reginajiminez9665 reginajiminez9665@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.22.86
    2001:100:91:7000:984:1761:4:43 2001:100:91:7000:984:1761:4:43 120.40.130.70
    FredaHwp368771 thomashernandez1380wjot@d.welcometotijuana.com 23.95.58.5
    jnxcggfd jnxcggfd@legenmail.com 172.71.154.178
    202:1810:953:400:0:526:72:73 202:1810:953:400:0:526:72:73 120.40.130.70
    mikaanderson56557usz9 mikaanderson56557usz9@c.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.121.146
    twilasidney twilasidney@anonmails.de 45.15.236.123
    BradfordTez shantaedusty@solstris.com 23.95.204.251
    cheryllucier29 cheryllucier29@hawk.ylixo.com 104.22.17.127
    KarolSymons527 karolsymons87@yell.milkgg.com 196.196.254.113
    202:1810:953:400:0:526:72:73 202:1810:953:400:0:526:72:73 120.40.130.70