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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 - 10 Jul 2026 11:04 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,636
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LeonoreCoughlin leonorecoughlin76@trick.veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    2600:1011:339::346:3188:7589:74 2600:1011:339::346:3188:7589:74 120.40.130.70
    phoebe-kepler phoebe-kepler@51tiemo.com 172.71.154.178
    CoyJay0893 sarahmartinez6986ru8e@c.welcometotijuana.com 156.241.204.222
    Cristina correocguevara@gmail.com 90.167.95.88
    IrvinJackman sarahbrown5599n5vy@a.mustdoindubai.com 156.241.201.68
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:481:1785:90:6299:5:5743 202:020:481:1785:90:6299:5:5743 120.40.130.70
    LatiaLiu51698 wbeipell7tr91@nestmailbox.com 192.241.65.79
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    uvuvi.bob.o.8.52 uvuvi.bob.o.8.52@gmail.com (empty)
    anthonymoore6453vz2h anthonymoore6453vz2h@d.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.25.247
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    alienwarelaptopdeploymentscheduling alienwarelaptopdeploymentscheduling@septa.org 120.40.130.70
    david-johnson94 david-johnson94@rambler.ru 162.158.167.121
    humas humas@kpa.unila.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    weronika.chudek weronika.chudek@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    202:020:36:228:281:4:010:504 202:020:36:228:281:4:010:504 120.40.130.70
    simone.lannes simone.lannes@nais.ai 120.40.130.70
    202:1808::815:746:90:2:229 202:1808::815:746:90:2:229 120.40.130.70
    sxsnqmig sxsnqmig@fuhrenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    QuintonHoward quintonhoward12@only.veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    AndraBodin01944 andrabodin75@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.55.133
    LaurenLindley3 laurenlindley32@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.92.9
    Robertliece bri.a.n.s.eelec.tr.ic.a.lt.ips.@gmail.com 185.223.152.248
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lourdesnettles lourdesnettles@anonmails.de 162.158.167.122
    202:1810:97:900:96:62:99:715 202:1810:97:900:96:62:99:715 120.40.130.70
    georgia.foxall georgia.foxall@corrective.51tiemo.com 172.71.154.179
    KennyAlston4 ox.i.mus.7.77n.p2.h.f50wct@gmail.com 45.91.20.12
    202:03:86:700:618::9:4326 202:03:86:700:618::9:4326 120.40.130.70
    AVLMiles5343376 milessalamanca7@wild.ehomu.com 191.101.92.175
    postacertificata postacertificata@pec.compagniaprivata.it 120.40.130.70
    mason.john.334 mason.john.334@wordspacemail.com 172.69.135.14
    EllisDoughty12 ellis-doughty9950@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.137
    thomashuang728706853 thomashuang728706853@b.seoautomationpro.com 66.212.19.118
    202:020:54:9837:2807:1169:24: 202:020:54:9837:2807:1169:24: 120.40.130.70
    zadminallison zadminallison@septa.onmicrosoft.com 120.40.130.70
    admin admin@septa.onmicrosoft.com 120.40.130.70
    2804:86:4008:22:961:2:0:9 2804:86:4008:22:961:2:0:9 120.40.130.70
    zadminvincef zadminvincef@septa.onmicrosoft.com 120.40.130.70
    kristal-kristal kristal-kristal@xuveni.pyramid.help 172.71.158.116
    LauraCordova lauracordova91@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.252
    KWTMagaret richardmoore1682q49a@c.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.79.213
    damiangranville damiangranville@fbins001mail.com 31.57.246.237
    202:8108:8125:100:25:5535:15:264 202:8108:8125:100:25:5535:15:264 120.40.130.70
    GailGagner roberttaylor92388hyq@c.gsavps.xyz 107.175.3.132
    y.utimodojo.x7.3.0 y.utimodojo.x7.3.0@gmail.com 89.124.67.242
    Paulina4735 paulinabeltran17@stuff.mxdood.com 177.234.143.137
    raisamemibi raisamemibi@mail.ru 162.158.167.121
    MelbaPurton0 finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    paolo.chiacchiaretta14 paolo.chiacchiaretta14@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    FrankieNie frankiescaddan62@fast.veauly.com 191.101.92.175
    202:1810:52:700:295:298:4097:240 202:1810:52:700:295:298:4097:240 120.40.130.70
    guadalupeordonez guadalupeordonez@bancodeloja.fin.ec 120.40.130.70
    Rachele45J kobymcevilly5670@binancepools.cloud 106.215.147.199
    administradorseguridad administradorseguridad@bancodeloja.fin.ec 120.40.130.70
    dorisguaman dorisguaman@bancodeloja.fin.ec 120.40.130.70
    yandryramos yandryramos@bancodeloja.fin.ec 120.40.130.70
    2600:65:57:12:450:3254:33:35 2600:65:57:12:450:3254:33:35 120.40.130.70
    AshtonBenavides ashtonbenavides99@just.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.235
    202:3100:6554:7700:83:684:718:4 202:3100:6554:7700:83:684:718:4 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nastyapoluge nastyapoluge@mail.ru 84.54.44.204
    marleneferreiradias595 marleneferreiradias595@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:847:7100:1547:1:36:481 202:1810:847:7100:1547:1:36:481 120.40.130.70
    raisamemibi raisamemibi@mail.ru 104.22.20.143
    Lara09R914875811 aishastewart60544@c.seoautomationpro.com 66.93.166.161
    adrianamacas adrianamacas@bancodeloja.fin.ec 120.40.130.70
    TawannaGrider wxopador5nr91@nestmailbox.com 196.51.79.30
    202:3100:6554:7700:83:684:718:4 202:3100:6554:7700:83:684:718:4 120.40.130.70
    69street2ndfloorconfroom 69street2ndfloorconfroom@septa.org 120.40.130.70
    ElvisPfaff46409 elviselvis@zahoko.pos.coupons 45.147.8.99