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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 - 17 Jun 2026 6:54 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,198
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    MarvinRodrigue calvinhannell9098@pecinan.net 130.49.8.184
    xxx-x.ies.sanisidro.madrid xxx-x.ies.sanisidro.madrid@educa.madrid.org 120.40.130.70
    jerry.carreiro jerry.carreiro@emailgsa5.xyz 162.158.167.122
    CorinneVestal0 corinnevestal72@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    ripe-notify ripe-notify@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    chooom chooom@webtoteam.shop 162.158.167.122
    AdaNapoli114129 adanapoli40@deny.milkgg.com 196.196.254.218
    xrum013 xrum013@pereskazfilma.site 104.22.17.126
    reginald.ainslie reginald.ainslie@2bdb.xk29sd.site 172.71.159.81
    HarveyRichter93 harveyrichter68@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.53.105
    sdcard7 sdcard7@mail.blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    sdcard7 sdcard7@mail.blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    PaulHuey32713 paulhuey36@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    SheenaWoodd761 cliffvelazquez6866@anonmails.de 5.196.78.175
    declanrobey declanrobey@anonmails.de 172.71.159.82
    uv.u.v.unay.oz.00 uv.u.v.unay.oz.00@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    LynnWilburn8186 lynnwilburn85@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.54.226
    latiatimms latiatimms@freundin.ru 162.158.167.121
    etoro.linkedin.com.pub.leng-sunly.24.606.969+pub.l etoro.linkedin.com.pub.leng-sunly.24.606.969+pub.l 120.40.130.70
    20:8142:5:6:525:49:76:0 20:8142:5:6:525:49:76:0 120.40.130.70
    renarena renarena@bekife.redmail.click 162.158.167.121
    kalheon kalheon@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    yettagardener5521 yettagardener5521@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.69.134.70
    dillonyuan7029 dillonyuan7029@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 104.22.17.127
    office1 office1@a3tech.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    living4peace3663 living4peace3663@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    jchaset66 jchaset66@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    yulia-0409 yulia-0409@mail.ru 62.217.191.160
    gremlin4spanking6 gremlin4spanking6@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    Jeanne6988 jeannemarlow@koiot.de 172.245.194.50
    nebokrai.ukraine nebokrai.ukraine@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    t.met t.met@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    dirkdirk dirkdirk@xudaze.wisecook.xyz 172.71.154.179
    Karine08M4 karenmartinez2600cd20@gsasearchengineranker.shop 192.241.78.121
    FSCAllen5586694 janbeatriz@solstris.com 196.196.254.113
    RayHardeman5 rayhardeman73@river.muzaco.com 181.215.16.116
    Arletha8974 arlethathibeault6@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.166
    PatriciaSholl0 patriciasholl46@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.223
    josefernando.calderero josefernando.calderero@unir.net 120.40.130.70
    wiltontoney wiltontoney@coin.wf 172.71.159.82
    Juan juangalvez5@hotmail.com 20:584:6807:700:123:8296:763:9
    LourdesSison133 dantemontemayor3915@coin.wf 196.51.255.56
    QuintonBoldt8 stevenfarrell6233@kaaner.com 154.208.61.195
    RefugioVaude refugio-paskowitz@healthypplevery.org 130.254.112.15
    ariannetiffany5753 ariannetiffany5753@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.71
    yvettehollars yvettehollars@discardmail.com 104.22.20.142
    nebokrai.ukraine nebokrai.ukraine@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    office1 office1@a3tech.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    ur.otdel ur.otdel@green-avto.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    t.met t.met@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    JosetteProbert3 charlestaylor9465k88k@welcometotijuana.com 155.212.36.79
    kamibrush97 kamibrush97@fast.veauly.com 172.69.134.71
    BernadineEstep davidebecker10284@seoautomationpro.com 157.22.45.227
    OctaviaHudd8 kelliamber@solstris.com 191.101.92.218
    DianaMckenney3 dianamckenney80@link.pettin.com 207.148.65.68
    AlexandriaBellin ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 144.48.52.117
    nebolabua nebolabua@pm.me 120.40.130.70
    LorettaPinedo3 lorettapinedo90@fast.veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    myname myname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Alethea9675 robertmoore1769ayjz@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 38.154.96.106
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    revan revan@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marcelo.marcelo marcelo.marcelo@yojaxe.newgang.info 104.22.20.143
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70