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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 - 11 May 2026 4:26 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,883
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    nidapeterson8688 nidapeterson8688@koes.justdied.com 172.69.23.193
    LuzKibble88163 luzkibble97@fiber.pettin.com 154.16.69.58
    johnieskertchly8 johnieskertchly8@couch.mxdood.com 172.69.23.193
    qu.e.enc.r.e.e.khot.tu.bz qu.e.enc.r.e.e.khot.tu.bz@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:598:64:800::3100:13 202:598:64:800::3100:13 120.40.130.70
    brandonfarie joyprorroro@gmail.com 5.183.255.18
    dsk889mums dsk889mums@roulette-analyser.com (empty)
    TrenaPmx01 trenaillingworth15@hell.milkgg.com 177.234.143.137
    sxahwiuj sxahwiuj@vargosmail.com 216.26.252.214
    ErvinPinkerton dessiecarla@solstris.com 196.198.13.152
    2001:100:00:8900:64:745:5913:797 2001:100:00:8900:64:745:5913:797 120.40.130.70
    evestallcup evestallcup@thichmmo.com 188.130.129.211
    ValBinkley6 kelliamber@solstris.com 196.196.254.21
    Robertcax dsk398idode@roulette-analyser.com 146.103.101.188
    JVRSamara0636326 samaraboothman85@only.veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    Augustus99M augustusmccombs51@act.milkgg.com 102.165.55.40
    zspleyt zspleyt@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    LeonoraSwp wkangoo24tir86@nestmailbox.com 196.51.9.74
    Wilson7402 hwalucio@solstris.com 45.125.245.18
    KatiaMartino katiamartino81@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.252
    BeulahRutt3615 hwalucio@solstris.com 144.48.52.206
    2001:100:00:8900:18:3:76:716 2001:100:00:8900:18:3:76:716 120.40.130.70
    Maryellen99I maryellenivy6@yell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.133
    pauldavis8619xq8n pauldavis8619xq8n@travel-e-store.com 66.212.19.252
    jenifer-fahey jenifer-fahey@wordspacemail.com 189.38.45.145
    LCHShantell shantellschiffer12@fiber.pettin.com 103.221.232.229
    AshliSalvado7 kendrastanley@freundin.ru 202.155.143.189
    MonroeCotter99 monroemonroe@pupehi.commail.online 212.119.40.193
    raymundonewsom88 raymundonewsom88@seme.glinxy.com 104.22.20.142
    jan.printz35 jan.printz35@087b.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.179
    candidaromeo candidaromeo@orest-firmanyuk.com.ua 201.119.14.127
    EveretteNowacki lorenmurrell@tichxanhabc.com 79.127.224.109
    LewisSturgeon2 lewissturgeon76@trick.veauly.com 103.221.232.171
    mari-cromer mari-cromer@orest-firmanyuk.com.ua 191.19.28.207
    mckinleygranier3723 mckinleygranier3723@trashmailr.com 172.69.23.193
    margartposey18 margartposey18@51tiemo.com 120.40.130.70
    gg gg@artcreate.ai 104.22.20.142
    RonaldBroomfield ronaldbroomfield@mailwhatmail.com 212.34.139.107
    lawerenceoldham-4187 lawerenceoldham-4187@cryptobossultrawin7.casino 104.22.20.143
    w.o.od.fo.r.d.ja.me.so.n4 w.o.od.fo.r.d.ja.me.so.n4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:469:56:0:353:2:4690:8 202:469:56:0:353:2:4690:8 120.40.130.70
    EllisGuercio thomasthomas80592gwq@a.verifiedlinklist.com 192.186.174.187
    mira596s mira596s@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    antoshka2042 antoshka2042@letter42.com 172.71.154.179
    SallieAlme mohamed@arch2o.me 170.199.228.52
    markanderson4696izps markanderson4696izps@gsasearchengineranker.shop 155.94.162.58
    heikebroun heikebroun@trashmailr.com 172.71.158.68
    isabel-timm isabel-timm@waterride.space 45.81.136.177
    eusebiakowalski4510 eusebiakowalski4510@freundin.ru 104.22.17.126
    moisesmate moisesmate@spambog.ru 104.22.17.126
    ivannovikoveg9515 ivannovikoveg9515@rambler.ru 152.232.66.158
    margiecastrejon margiecastrejon@hello-word-2026.store 172.69.134.82
    vladimirmatveeviy7515 vladimirmatveeviy7515@rambler.ru 152.232.66.169
    NicoleJustice nicolejustice59@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.54.212
    EwanFarr147 ewanfarr38@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    inastirling-1583 inastirling-1583@funnyaussiesigns.com 120.40.130.70
    jodi-schaffer jodi-schaffer@fe8f.wrigleythroughmyeyes.com 172.69.23.194
    EarlStaggs7 earlstaggs65@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    202:45:78:0:53:1:693:8 202:45:78:0:53:1:693:8 120.40.130.70
    2600:116:743:00:613:793:40:40 2600:116:743:00:613:793:40:40 120.40.130.70
    lincolncousens2602 lincolncousens2602@freundin.ru 172.71.154.179
    Nelson66N30578 nelsonrason96@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    2001:100:78:500:387:431:51:42 2001:100:78:500:387:431:51:42 120.40.130.70
    re re@xrf.ai 120.40.130.70
    MelindaBar grigorevpavelzh0409@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    RetaHollar8 wanicignimadayu5r86@nestmailbox.com 72.57.65.139
    hello hello@xrf.ai 120.40.130.70
    TimothyAlden07 timothy.timothy18@bekife.redmail.click 45.133.112.144
    wilfredshupe wilfredshupe@tichxanhabc.com 172.71.154.179
    2001:104:3787:6900:1367:9502:425:6 2001:104:3787:6900:1367:9502:425:6 120.40.130.70
    brasileirissesalgaderia brasileirissesalgaderia@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    jont.h.ed.efe.nd.er. jont.h.ed.efe.nd.er.@gmail.com 173.239.218.197
    PennyBrinkley5 penny.penny21@sixuro.shinemail.cc 192.101.65.196
    n.e.vav.apuza.x.9.6 n.e.vav.apuza.x.9.6@gmail.com 188.130.128.134
    lpa lpa@xrf.ai 120.40.130.70