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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 - 27 Jul 2026 12:49 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,702
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    margiedaugherty42 margiedaugherty42@fiber.pettin.com 172.71.154.178
    CoryEastwood496 coryeastwood31@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.114.39
    sx.lihdzb1459jaebd.comxjw8odbanrob52mail.jaebd.com sx.lihdzb1459jaebd.comxjw8odbanrob52mail.jaebd.com 162.158.167.44
    priscillaironside priscillaironside@hidebox.org 172.71.154.178
    20:424:6122:0:645:3829:426:646 20:424:6122:0:645:3829:426:646 120.40.130.70
    lambert.b.k.2020 lambert.b.k.2020@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    WernerColes65 wernercoles89@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    glenn-baugh glenn-baugh@cheapwinner.com 120.40.130.70
    sethsneddon sethsneddon@gsa.fghe.store 172.71.154.179
    sadiegreenberg sadiegreenberg@thodianamdu.com 104.22.20.143
    kathiegoldfinch kathiegoldfinch@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    MaxineD4275424 maxinestitt89@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.131
    GarryLauterbach elizabeththomas78552815@c.mustdoindubai.com 192.241.65.118
    Roman77992264 romansorenson31@fast.veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    trash trash@example.com 120.40.130.70
    WillaGoldman5 hwalucio@solstris.com 154.16.69.173
    jackk435 jackkirby435@gmail.comj 99.14.253.181
    jaunitawaldock11 jaunitawaldock11@nut.mxdood.com 172.71.159.81
    janbeatriz janbeatriz@solstris.com 172.69.23.183
    ottohansman ottohansman@a.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    trilug trilug@example.com 120.40.130.70
    links.8.9m.a.st. links.8.9m.a.st.@gmail.com 67.159.17.51
    cindicrowther82 cindicrowther82@fiber.pettin.com 162.158.167.43
    202:03:877:00:2449:308:793:10 202:03:877:00:2449:308:793:10 120.40.130.70
    computeruser computeruser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2003::73:684:04:415:43:442 2003::73:684:04:415:43:442 120.40.130.70
    ujjcbjkf ujjcbjkf@blackfirsta.com 64.31.20.24
    ewandevanny9 ewandevanny9@slide.veauly.com 172.69.23.184
    SueAllard2 sueallard16@hell.milkgg.com 177.234.143.121
    QJDJacques jacquesschiller1@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.216
    hh hh@faketravel.net 104.22.18.53
    user01 user01@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KeeleyOlivas469 josephmoore2554xs8@a.pattaya-mega.com 156.241.204.222
    Thomasmoj cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 80.93.217.214
    LloydWilding lloydwilding75@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.169
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    punategol punategol@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    addicted addicted@example.com 120.40.130.70
    constancerenwick2 constancerenwick2@nor.mxdood.com 172.69.135.13
    MarianaMincey marianamincey41@.mxdood.com 23.95.204.251
    Thomaspir cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 80.93.217.214
    lashawnda.navarrete77 lashawnda.navarrete77@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.135.14
    mustermann mustermann@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LindseyFerri lindseyferri46@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    1fd1f36ea9eebd950b4d4d76f950d532 giorgiosalex72@gmail.com 149.102.246.110
    MosheOrozco121 mosheorozco36@only.veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    JeromeHarp jeromeharp35@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.183
    EmmaScarberry emmascarberry82@panel.cdfaq.com 181.215.16.238
    Eldon3070014 dessiecarla@solstris.com 181.215.16.213
    Benito7066 camillefairthorne3476@freundin.ru 103.106.238.18
    adolf adolf@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yqldakekza yqldakekza@rambler.ru 98.159.36.4
    mnvgdoxosd mnvgdoxosd@rambler.ru 98.159.36.4
    morganvy5 morganvy5@syy3110.msci28.postmark-relay.top 192.42.116.109
    morganvy5 morganvy5@syy3110.msci28.postmark-relay.top 192.42.116.14
    20:387::831:83:2103:425:6 20:387::831:83:2103:425:6 120.40.130.70
    20:41:5967:61:2:0::9034 20:41:5967:61:2:0::9034 120.40.130.70
    3052919965 3052919965@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    Roseann76K dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.53.105
    GayleLauterbach arturoshannan@solstris.com 191.101.92.224
    20:387::831:83:2103:425:6 20:387::831:83:2103:425:6 120.40.130.70
    Chauncey5883 chaunceyguevara97@.mxdood.com 102.165.54.226
    cjimenez cjimenez@teatronacional.gob.do 120.40.130.70
    Incipiotmy hvhinspections@gmail.com 109.236.81.139
    MargartThrasher margartthrasher64@stuff.mxdood.com 181.215.16.161
    202:03:877:00:119:2848:9:91 202:03:877:00:119:2848:9:91 120.40.130.70
    enidwaite enidwaite@1secmail.org 104.22.18.53
    LaraeFerri538 laraeferri49@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.226
    hello hello@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    info info@teatronacional.gob.do 120.40.130.70