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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 - 5 Aug 2026 3:58 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,617
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    FredricX83 matthewwilliams92244ry4@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.196.222.148
    jesm jesm@pagflorida.com 120.40.130.70
    BarryGallop0 kelliamber@solstris.com 102.165.54.7
    202:1810:915:00:28:7:253:7007 202:1810:915:00:28:7:253:7007 120.40.130.70
    ArcherSear susanwilson4667aq9d@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.126.175
    u.f.uko.pu.w.2.0 u.f.uko.pu.w.2.0@gmail.com 195.200.16.14
    MilanBigge43 andrewrodriguez6938i6mh@mustdoindubai.com 72.57.64.8
    202:1810:915:00:28:7:253:7007 202:1810:915:00:28:7:253:7007 120.40.130.70
    2600:116:743:00:9:723:76:793 2600:116:743:00:9:723:76:793 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23plema xrumer23plema@andro-players.com 45.131.46.190
    energypanelpro15 wendellbogart@freundin.ru 156.241.218.88
    MarisaSlater ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.55.20
    JuanitaChun juanitachun24@pound.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    202:1810:9447:1100:1555:13:706:859 202:1810:9447:1100:1555:13:706:859 120.40.130.70
    2601:243:400:200:16:8104:17:8 2601:243:400:200:16:8104:17:8 120.40.130.70
    LonnieFeierabend lonniefeierabend53@last.muzaco.com 196.198.13.114
    202:1810:9447:1100:1555:13:706:859 202:1810:9447:1100:1555:13:706:859 120.40.130.70
    ryder ryder@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1811:1:6800:49:2:6342:711 202:1811:1:6800:49:2:6342:711 120.40.130.70
    paulm paulm@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    ramylgilmanov ramylgilmanov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    nip.i.s.a.ko.t5.5 nip.i.s.a.ko.t5.5@gmail.com (empty)
    JoeyMansour09 tedtia@solstris.com 102.165.55.20
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    jaime.rodriguezga jaime.rodriguezga@nl.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    michaelwilliams7941wcec michaelwilliams7941wcec@gsasearchengineranker.onli 120.40.130.70
    202:03:857:5301:0:9:89:5 202:03:857:5301:0:9:89:5 120.40.130.70
    WinniePitman63 janbeatriz@solstris.com 23.81.230.194
    YvettePelletier newbloghi102@blogranks.top 45.133.170.77
    avdeev-24kle avdeev-24kle@rambler.ru 152.232.72.179
    harsh harsh@yomail.com 146.19.125.67
    colinhoch3 colinhoch3@armed.veauly.com 206.232.5.120
    tw44319567 tw44319567@proton.me 184.65.197.19
    arronbraine3753 arronbraine3753@hidebox.org 5.157.17.48
    latanyasha gsa04@mail.exyukanali.tv 69.58.12.66
    egldqfsxoz egldqfsxoz@rambler.ru 79.127.175.92
    202:1810:846:0:28:44:462:37 202:1810:846:0:28:44:462:37 120.40.130.70
    InaHoffmann065 inahoffmann59@scene.muzaco.com 144.48.52.102
    bo.tazit.ape3.4 bo.tazit.ape3.4@gmail.com 89.110.100.148
    fredricdevries55 fredricdevries55@armed.veauly.com 206.232.5.57
    20:8140:72:530:23:49:0:06 20:8140:72:530:23:49:0:06 120.40.130.70
    muhammedburakgumusbas0133 muhammedburakgumusbas0133@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MelodyHeymann9 melodyheymann36@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.39
    202:1810:93:00:7051::94:6039 202:1810:93:00:7051::94:6039 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:93:00:7051::94:6039 202:1810:93:00:7051::94:6039 120.40.130.70
    PollyBgf26 pollyhouston1@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.7
    ChristieFernande christiefernandes90@fiber.pettin.com 144.48.52.169
    202:1810:93:00:7051::94:6039 202:1810:93:00:7051::94:6039 120.40.130.70
    gwccsclytpi gwccsclytpi@lvdskjn.store 2.26.23.219
    zeneaangela17 zeneaangela17@gmail.com 37.115.189.95
    EmmaHash204619 danielbrown9938eziu@b.gsavps.xyz 217.60.120.179
    ElliotNorth92 elliotnorth40@toy.pettin.com 223.29.254.158
    snidima snidima@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    eakoyuegzi eakoyuegzi@rambler.ru 79.127.175.92
    blutexas1027 blutexas1027@umail.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    snidima snidima@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    PatrickHigdon8 patrickhigdon61@seat.muzaco.com 196.198.13.165
    200:1:800:501:87:909:62:47 200:1:800:501:87:909:62:47 120.40.130.70
    RussellLql russellcardoza88@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    DevonHawes3 devonhawes21@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    Nelson Nelsonzgz@gmail.com 88.7.113.164
    hello hello@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    202:03:857:3801:886:09:393:28 202:03:857:3801:886:09:393:28 120.40.130.70
    LateshaBox44 maureenmessner@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 148.113.210.59
    202:03:8:901:139:551:8273:70 202:03:8:901:139:551:8273:70 120.40.130.70
    HMFEliza700 elizavale49@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.92.224
    ezra-castello ezra-castello@6b77.emailma.store 196.196.198.95
    karolinnewcombe5994 karolinnewcombe5994@adult-work.info 84.252.100.3
    p.ozd.e.ev.roman3.2 p.ozd.e.ev.roman3.2@gmail.com 87.199.201.119
    jim jim@j-print.com 75.174.30.245
    jim jim@j-print.com 75.174.27.13
    strategicsalesemea strategicsalesemea@lululemon.com 120.40.130.70
    ClarenceLawless clarencelawless50@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    jim jim@j-print.com 75.174.54.154
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