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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 - 13 Aug 2026 5:26 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,596
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LesleySharkey95 lesley-sharkey@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.203
    ShariSchimmel61 joshuamartin3259gxb5@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.52.74
    DedraPatterson dedra-patterson@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.109
    ponomaryov.borya.1983 ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 185.231.155.169
    erzhankerim0108 erzhankerim0108@gmai.com 120.40.130.70
    lorrimosier5412 lorrimosier5412@pw.epac.to 217.60.161.50
    RhysDabbs17 rhysdabbs73@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    anthonyralstonjr1982+qg anthonyralstonjr1982+qg@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    DonaldBrantley0 donaldbrantley31@slow.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    LawerenceManson charlesanderson662oo7z@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.196.160.147
    2803:20:8:53:112:381:9578:6333 2803:20:8:53:112:381:9578:6333 120.40.130.70
    MapleD5356 maplehardey59@.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    2600:100:139:7:3156:151:514:81 2600:100:139:7:3156:151:514:81 120.40.130.70
    BernadineStanfie sarahthomas5503cxuu@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.10.225
    rfalcon rfalcon@kctech.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    evelevy evelevy@contactus.51tiemo.com 195.63.2.169
    RosalynFoos545 rosalynfoos71@nor.mxdood.com 223.29.254.56
    vracnema vracnema@caskiomna.fun 120.40.130.70
    AngelesLacroix angeleslacroix52@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.165
    2607:91:400:111:10:35:3:33 2607:91:400:111:10:35:3:33 120.40.130.70
    li.nks.8.9m.a.st. li.nks.8.9m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    ventas ventas@kctech.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HoustonVrn houstonknipe75@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.250
    OscarWillie6 oscarwillie26@act.milkgg.com 23.81.230.194
    2001:98:905:5800:40:2552:62:77 2001:98:905:5800:40:2552:62:77 120.40.130.70
    TyroneBurdekin tyroneburdekin45@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    206:5900:801:300:246:737:169:4 206:5900:801:300:246:737:169:4 120.40.130.70
    xzebsjjs xzebsjjs@firsthidden.com 120.40.130.70
    AngelicaVelasque janbeatriz@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    ChelseySquire82 shantaedusty@solstris.com 181.215.16.216
    MarjorieMarkley marjorie-markley@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.212
    OpheliaBilodeau opheliabilodeau41@.mxdood.com 144.48.52.254
    CoralGorsuch595 wpabalienefelfy6r93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.53
    FelixPinnock wmakaonqr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.102
    prop7 prop7@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    IveyEmbley525 ivey-embley@9885.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.250
    Chana16G882 chanaburrow12@slow.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    JorgClouse07 meielmore@anonmails.de 104.28.163.39
    MargaretXtv whevesix4r93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.119.80
    2001:102:18:9000:37:15:7:642 2001:102:18:9000:37:15:7:642 120.40.130.70
    BenedictNzx benedictlonon73@slide.veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    matthewjackson1823acc6 matthewjackson1823acc6@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 120.40.130.70
    goriainova.ia14z goriainova.ia14z@rambler.ru 152.232.65.129
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:50:400:9073:4030:029:31 202:3100:50:400:9073:4030:029:31 120.40.130.70
    Enriqueta4976 wcrartrithzpr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.119.69
    KennyPoole54886 kennypoole51@pound.milkgg.com 177.234.143.121
    GabriellaWicks gabriellawicks86@.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    Georgia9364 georgia.fernie81@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.211
    AugustinaWeinman wvelatolnwr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.110
    RYCAntony8394405 antonygipson@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.133
    RHEReagan15086 reaganhatfield60@pound.milkgg.com 223.29.254.45
    sviridov.78vox sviridov.78vox@rambler.ru 152.232.73.79
    whatseo whatseo@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    IvanKingston ivan.kingston@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.67
    whatseo whatseo@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    admin admin@promodoc.ru 120.40.130.70
    kurashov-a kurashov-a@inbox.ru 87.121.38.130
    HudsonBegg58130 hudsonbegg40@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    BorisMaple57396 borismaple19@these.veauly.com 191.101.92.175
    KZIJacquie jacquiemusgrave66@fiber.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    Bennett49S bennettrech90@act.milkgg.com 102.165.54.52
    danamurova danamurova@inbox.lv 120.40.130.70
    balinwsk balinwsk@analismail.com 104.22.104.25
    roig.b roig.b@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    EricRwh90894604 eric-eric30@pekuci.tele.christmas 37.72.141.178
    christopherjohnson21341zjv christopherjohnson21341zjv@e.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.140.189
    todcecere68 todcecere68@take-ur-vites.org 216.213.27.191
    200:0:1143:9400:5:05:69:43 200:0:1143:9400:5:05:69:43 120.40.130.70
    jenniehanes6618 jenniehanes6618@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
    Jackson90J jamesdavis8728lsi@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.11.177
    hmcnamara1 hmcnamara1@nycap.rr.com 67.240.59.252
    francescaletizia.rocca francescaletizia.rocca@aslnuoro.it 120.40.130.70
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    KatherineBohm28 katherinebohm75@river.muzaco.com 181.215.16.219
    Clifford98N cliffordmarlar9@put.pettin.com 102.165.55.20
    BlairGreig867 blairgreig51@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    WilhelminaCorso wilhelmina-wilhelmina53@nazota.digimail.info 89.19.34.117
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