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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 - 26 Mar 2026 3:25 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,968
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    rene-kopf89 rene-kopf89@alexbitmoon.com 104.22.20.235
    CedricSpen andreatrudeau872@discardmail.com 112.49.95.43
    carroll-ride.6698 carroll-ride.6698@emailnetworkxyz.shop 207.244.118.6
    hester.melancon63 hester.melancon63@a6ae.realtemiz.xyz 162.158.167.133
    ShermanHou patriciataylor4198r1aw@d.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.240.218
    faustogoolsby4079 faustogoolsby4079@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.178
    AugustinaColls stevenhernandez96033axo@verifiedlinklist.com 103.87.142.82
    eksporttw eksporttw@um.torun.pl 120.40.130.70
    MohammadMuhammad mohammadmohammad@futoji.pokemonica.online 216.26.235.173
    RositaBrom evanscherer@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.207.40.50
    dariusz.wroblewski dariusz.wroblewski@mpo.torun.pl 120.40.130.70
    vernita.cowen vernita.cowen@sung.techlaw-tap.com 162.158.167.134
    2001:104:440:1900:5538:2080:99:1949 2001:104:440:1900:5538:2080:99:1949 120.40.130.70
    noblebirdsall noblebirdsall@feedback.51tiemo.com 172.71.154.178
    shawnhosking8152 shawnhosking8152@hidebox.org 172.69.23.193
    ilprovivprod1973 ilprovivprod1973@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.234
    2gerefedesik 2gerefedesik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    ronnienaugle3800 ronnienaugle3800@i-dela.com 221.132.55.77
    franklinschell5233 franklinschell5233@roducts.us 172.71.154.179
    carmen caameenchuu@gmail.com 79.116.100.176
    2001:104:440:1900:357:971:378:80 2001:104:440:1900:357:971:378:80 120.40.130.70
    Charsel6263 bp396816@gmail.com 107.151.195.180
    james.f.ellis.111 james.f.ellis.111@gmail.com 2605:601:546:900:608:74:2:19
    james.f.ellis.111 james.f.ellis.111@gmail.com 2607:91:1289:401:546:62:27:6
    james.f.ellis.111 james.f.ellis.111@gmail.com 2605:601:546:900:14:65:8:882
    avameyer69445 avameyer69445@c.seoautomationpro.com 162.158.167.133
    deloresforwood deloresforwood@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    werso078400iu werso078400iu@rambler.ru 85.237.212.174
    Reginald07 marcellabirrell@anonmails.de 109.248.138.189
    roxanna-roxanna roxanna-roxanna@tulugu.pantzer.space 104.22.20.235
    Mozelle49E mozelle-wagstaff@ramenbetofficial777.top 72.56.189.148
    valerijtitovqg0133 valerijtitovqg0133@rambler.ru 152.232.67.107
    prezydent prezydent@um.torun.pl 120.40.130.70
    luanncaraway66 luanncaraway66@turi.glinxy.com 172.71.154.178
    k8ezdyxnrt k8ezdyxnrt@bltiwd.com 104.22.20.235
    2607:91:2515:38:39:51:888:920 2607:91:2515:38:39:51:888:920 120.40.130.70
    brm brm@um.torun.pl 120.40.130.70
    whitneysaldivar838 whitneysaldivar838@minecraft-dungeons.ru 104.22.20.235
    donaldwilliams6478zy7a donaldwilliams6478zy7a@b.verifiedlinklist.com 23.236.240.206
    2gerefedesik 2gerefedesik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    umt umt@um.torun.pl 120.40.130.70
    jamierooke jamierooke@quickanswer.usesmarttraveller.click 172.69.134.83
    2603:9009:200:647:1691:38:7:28 2603:9009:200:647:1691:38:7:28 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:58:5600:1:93:13:478 202:3100:58:5600:1:93:13:478 120.40.130.70
    p.piotrowicz p.piotrowicz@um.torun.pl 120.40.130.70
    2hyjukkiolo 2hyjukkiolo@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    charitycharity18 charitycharity18@pulozo.carport.mom 104.22.17.127
    pennypenny17 pennypenny17@xuhedi.randomxyz.life 162.158.167.133
    JavierCarn nannettestrock6426@anonmails.de 109.248.166.148
    arthur-arthur arthur-arthur@hiceye.banter.cv 216.26.234.18
    RevaMarko68316 reva.reva12@kumicu.ukmailbox.xyz 209.50.170.255
    richardgarcia9285iy4x richardgarcia9285iy4x@f.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.240.217
    OlaMcCorma wfahlbandx2r83@nestmailbox.com 152.89.129.137
    mckinleymckinley mckinleymckinley@dixali.blogs.pics 172.71.154.179
    TyroneStot tyronestott@emailgsa14.xyz 103.197.170.18
    rhys-ashbolt.1067 rhys-ashbolt.1067@emailsystems.shop 162.212.169.203
    felicitask l.e.sbi.anb.u.s..com@gmail.com 134.199.159.23
    candralafleur candralafleur@1mail.x24hr.com 172.71.154.178
    verlenehaining8920 verlenehaining8920@anonmails.de 45.87.252.68
    badreddinebadreddine517 badreddinebadreddine517@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2hyjukkiolo 2hyjukkiolo@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    goldina goldina@starshield.online 64.188.5.49
    2gerefedesik 2gerefedesik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    2601:10:5180:50:48:9:927:1504 2601:10:5180:50:48:9:927:1504 120.40.130.70
    krystynawilloughby53 krystynawilloughby53@print.veauly.com 173.232.7.29
    donaldsmith426fe8t donaldsmith426fe8t@e.welcometotijuana.com 162.158.167.133
    89051764668 89051764668@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    LouveniaDfy louvenia.stanbury@noticiasdobrasil.top 92.112.1.195
    DanielFriex pawubale892@gmail.com 104.23.170.131
    RayLockett ray-giancarli-lockett42@healthypplevery.org 142.147.108.100
    barbarajackson1366oyav barbarajackson1366oyav@b.welcometotijuana.com 151.245.177.80
    davetaverner7159 davetaverner7159@zuigaodeshanfeng.icu 172.69.134.83
    HesterHose reggiefong3510@23.8.dnsabr.com 192.185.83.176
    sofiasofia69 sofiasofia69@yavura.dmail.fit 65.111.3.34
    AdelaFitzgibbons adela-fitzgibbons@premieremailinbox.shop 185.3.134.138
    irwinmercer3834 irwinmercer3834@anonmails.de 31.12.94.38
    2600:8807:78:00:885:54:47:10 2600:8807:78:00:885:54:47:10 120.40.130.70
    lorenza-lorenza5 lorenza-lorenza5@zomalu.banter.cv 162.158.167.133