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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 - 2 Sep 2026 3:48 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,082
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    aimee.aronson40 aimee.aronson40@enquiry.usewisetransfer.click 162.158.167.43
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    israelalfonso1596 israelalfonso1596@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    sharron.musquito254 sharron.musquito254@c.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    charlesjackson719ufjj charlesjackson719ufjj@b.welcometotijuana.com 172.69.135.55
    elkelucier6772 elkelucier6772@anonmails.de 196.16.3.64
    sharron.musquito254 sharron.musquito254@c.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    sucaroot sucaroot@hairyballs.com 146.19.125.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    rodrickcostello rodrickcostello@1mail.x24hr.com 104.22.18.54
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    207:07:7:169:830:247:342:34 207:07:7:169:830:247:342:34 120.40.130.70
    seanarteaga3352 seanarteaga3352@puxa.top 162.158.167.44
    shehnazparveensheikh86 shehnazparveensheikh86@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    elizabethmartin533971i8 elizabethmartin533971i8@c.mustdoindubai.com 120.40.130.70
    stephan-turletti stephan-turletti@take-ur-vites.org 162.158.167.44
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    matthew.matthew8 matthew.matthew8@libiyi.airmail.codes 104.22.18.53
    2001:410:601:1100::2080 2001:410:601:1100::2080 120.40.130.70
    Squiernio decks@thedeckstore.com 109.236.89.97
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a.civic100 a.civic100@passinbox.com 88.148.93.195
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CarlWallner5 jamesthomas4278gd49@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 81.92.195.184
    mikee mikee75034@yahoo.com 2600:1700:5053:4450:11:98:815:409
    1jefeddyhu 1jefeddyhu@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    bigums01834 bigums01834@proton.me 2607:91:94:66:8:52:7:15
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 172.69.135.55
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    malissapatten1827 malissapatten1827@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.135.56
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    molliejarnagin83 molliejarnagin83@no.mxdood.com 172.69.23.183
    mandy-mandy98 mandy-mandy98@maxiba.woz.golf 172.69.135.55
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    20:000:869:724:62:69:1:22 20:000:869:724:62:69:1:22 120.40.130.70
    michaelthomas1442lxol michaelthomas1442lxol@a.verifiedlinklist.com 120.40.130.70
    autumntoledo autumntoledo@hidebox.org 172.69.23.183
    sebgnmiv sebgnmiv@duhastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    darkdeveloperassistant darkdeveloperassistant@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Marcos socram270619@gmail.com 84.121.250.205
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hexeyegithub hexeyegithub@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    olesya.zhukova.1994 olesya.zhukova.1994@bk.ru 162.158.167.44
    stevenwilliams7559gz0x stevenwilliams7559gz0x@a.welcometotijuana.com 107.172.177.44
    brenda-brenda2 brenda-brenda2@rubuho.wins.guru 162.158.167.43
    raymundo.raymundo73 raymundo.raymundo73@vuwahi.supermail.space 104.22.20.142
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 172.69.135.55
    2607:91:160:8651:94:542:7096:311 2607:91:160:8651:94:542:7096:311 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:160:8651:94:542:7096:311 2607:91:160:8651:94:542:7096:311 120.40.130.70
    melissasteinman melissasteinman@genshinzone.cc 161.0.1.92
    rosiejackman90 rosiejackman90@6b77.emailma.store 104.22.20.142
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Gil gilandbetty1960@gmail.com 65.210.62.52
    jeniferreu jeniferreuter@33a9.bulbulda.xyz 44.213.114.86
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::7975 2001:410:701:1100::7975 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:589:3500:3:1919:261:180 2001:100:589:3500:3:1919:261:180 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:601:1100::496 2001:410:601:1100::496 120.40.130.70
    mkanter mkanter@wi.rr.com 65.30.48.0
    9236cf9c4f5fc1c1fa73f31d44d5fc88 czapor06@o2.pl 31.0.118.144
    mkanter mkanter@wi.rr.com 50.201.191.100
    Darrell howard.darrell.g@hotmail.com 2607:91:389:7809:441:1515:89:998
    jensen jensen@maine.rr.com 104.22.20.142