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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 - 18 Aug 2026 10:38 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,495
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2606:830:602:7800:9317:2:809:8 2606:830:602:7800:9317:2:809:8 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 120.40.130.70
    fukanderso anderson-farquharson-2558@byte1.ru 190.111.162.129
    114201643283 yvonnekaryakin178056@engperinatal.ru 46.8.22.97
    JefferyKelsey0 jefferykelsey37@cold.muzaco.com 196.198.13.67
    tknorwood tknorwood@proton.me 2601:805:8900:70:440:251:43:330
    RenateGilroy10 renategilroy10@yell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    mathewmathew26 mathewmathew26@muwijo.pasta.beer 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GuillermoSedgwic guillermosedgwick45@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.227
    Eugenio0257 eugeniomixon63@cold.muzaco.com 223.29.254.39
    AdelaidaGamez85 adelaidagamez31@slide.veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    daniele.sweetapple-8810 daniele.sweetapple-8810@byte1.ru 168.0.212.242
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kristie.sonnier kristie.sonnier@byte1.ru 186.65.113.45
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    johanaskrbkova johanaskrbkova@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    200:23:2520:970:2:3:8275:3005 200:23:2520:970:2:3:8275:3005 120.40.130.70
    BryanFarias3098 paulmiller6679tgfw@a.mustdoindubai.com 155.94.162.175
    signature signature@iartun.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mill-test-user mill-test-user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    wrat wrat@cmpnetmail.com 2600:1004:020:3617:41:868:45:4416
    wrat wrat@cmpnetmail.com 2600:1004:024:89:13:3899:354:92
    l.i.n.k.s8.9.m.ast l.i.n.k.s8.9.m.ast@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    wrat wrat@cmpnetmail.com 2600:1004:023:6:2:782:679:968
    wrat wrat@cmpnetmail.com 2600:1004:020:3617:657:7891:3854:562
    johnetteme johnette-meeson-6017@mailtech.ro 193.176.99.208
    TorriDisher864 torridisher41@pound.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    202:267:980:440:0:000:0:18 202:267:980:440:0:000:0:18 120.40.130.70
    202:640:27:4401:30:8886:55:644 202:640:27:4401:30:8886:55:644 120.40.130.70
    ritalarocc rita.larocca@mailtech.ro 188.213.1.235
    PaigeWingfield paigewingfield52@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.184
    2404:780:8:0:06:27:473:4 2404:780:8:0:06:27:473:4 120.40.130.70
    Prestamosovame mkuzn001@yandex.ru 89.19.194.69
    04212560558964 u.w.e.r.hdn.s.j.f.147@gmail.com 176.226.196.59
    HenryLove info@zanovagroup.com 2607:90:71:3:418:5:50:233
    TrevorBroger005 trevorbroger72@pound.milkgg.com 196.198.13.159
    jeffrey-jeffrey77 jeffrey-jeffrey77@holepa.mailbook.xyz 120.40.130.70
    Adan653822972448 adanbrodzky18@talk.muzaco.com 181.215.16.219
    2001:103:494:00:63:559:35:728 2001:103:494:00:63:559:35:728 120.40.130.70
    abdulmalikahmed2020+kL abdulmalikahmed2020+kL@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    FrederickaWearne karenrodriguez6325bxzs@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 165.231.24.65
    wood.ford.ja.meson4. wood.ford.ja.meson4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    corneliusz cornelius.zaragoza@byte1.ru 191.102.148.141
    AngieFaulk42 angiefaulk20@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.83
    CorinaEoy28866 corina-corina33@cotefi.mailr.click 91.247.163.239
    williamtaylor88199h4m williamtaylor88199h4m@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 66.63.171.116
    AlfredNort stevenwilliams3525ihn7@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.18.181
    taku.yasui taku.yasui@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    thomas.hildmann.3 thomas.hildmann.3@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    m4rkuus m4rkuus@chat.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    codeblock codeblock@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    PTEAretha00 arethachick38@deny.milkgg.com 23.95.204.251
    thomas.maetz thomas.maetz@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    martinsundhaug martinsundhaug@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    markuskaindl markuskaindl@chat.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    robin.re robin.re@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    lin.k.s89m.a.st lin.k.s89m.a.st@gmail.com 104.28.214.129
    nathand nathand@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    Franciscobartolomejean Franciscobartolomejean@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ckennelly ckennelly@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    tsuyoshi.cho tsuyoshi.cho@chat.facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    gregbell73 gregbell73@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:473:366:0:519:69:7:198 202:473:366:0:519:69:7:198 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mihira.dhanudara.official mihira.dhanudara.official@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    bcmleila25 otto@nofreeze.pro 45.12.179.228
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70