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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 Feb 2026 9:18 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,475
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    julie.taylor julie.taylor@confidencial.io 120.40.130.70
    IveyAguilar29 iveyaguilar98@wild.ehomu.com 196.240.143.182
    MonteButters831 monte-monte@napaha.silomar.live 45.3.49.12
    cat-mail cat-mail@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    notification notification@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    ghost ghost@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    mailgun mailgun@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    martincamilobarrios.18 martincamilobarrios.18@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    SheritaMichel23 marydavis7481w209@verifiedlinklist.com 152.232.41.49
    CarloHupp153 pearlinebirkbeck@mailmenot.io 109.107.180.67
    CarinaRiver53 josephmartin5084epyb@verifiedlinklist.com 23.226.137.56
    royaldullo9144 royaldullo9144@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    202:420:22:532:068:93:90:91 202:420:22:532:068:93:90:91 120.40.130.70
    EuniceDostie6 hwalucio@solstris.com 23.95.204.19
    Cecelia35R ceceliajennings@art.fanficforum.com 23.236.242.87
    williemaecoggins696 williemaecoggins696@anonmails.de 84.54.53.139
    klausshapcott15 klausshapcott15@print.veauly.com 173.234.57.234
    YvonneMcFarlane kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 223.29.254.73
    SimoneWeir07557 joeyli2004@web.de 46.151.24.148
    seo.eremenko+3226 seo.eremenko+3226@yandex.com 172.71.154.179
    TracieKrawczyk3 traciekrawczyk8@among.ehomu.com 223.29.254.160
    1 1@1.tmp 120.40.130.70
    anitraloton anitraloton@pw.epac.to 104.22.17.127
    JeannaKoenig patriciawilliams3725m8wd@c.travel-e-store.com 173.232.119.125
    MilanV5098897383 mmgabi70@web.de 46.151.24.148
    TammiKaczmarek tammikaczmarek@timminsgoldminetour.com 199.101.142.43
    davidjones8658rl98 davidjones8658rl98@welcometotijuana.com 172.69.134.211
    SuzanneWertheim tedtia@solstris.com 196.240.143.35
    marcelo-fryman marcelo-fryman@getwisetransfer.click 172.71.154.178
    2600:1900:0:4302::1100 2600:1900:0:4302::1100 120.40.130.70
    TerraMcclellan tedtia@solstris.com 191.101.114.210
    MelodeeBolivar6 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 196.242.195.147
    zisaacpetrvoz4169 zisaacpetrvoz@gmail.com 192.73.244.36
    ArcherHake08 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 191.96.95.184
    chun chun@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.111.207
    LucianaLeibius4 sh.a.kilh.os.sai.n.15.12@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    a.g.get.8.5h.o.v.ard a.g.get.8.5h.o.v.ard@gmail.com 84.239.47.136
    MilagroColwell6 milagrocolwell@timminsgoldminetour.com 162.244.146.186
    markgonzalez1063rbn6 markgonzalez1063rbn6@welcometotijuana.com 172.69.134.211
    quiana quiana@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.111.247
    jamesclarke35961ypjr jamesclarke35961ypjr@c.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.135.189
    mmph5 mmph5@blogwebsite.top 172.71.154.179
    AhmadForney janbeatriz@solstris.com 191.101.114.30
    DaveDyring kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.242.195.231
    MickieJanzen2 shantaedusty@solstris.com 107.175.152.81
    ieghor.pavlov ieghor.pavlov@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    StevenSidaway steven-sidaway@themanlythings.com 167.160.78.177
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    xavierackermann8584 xavierackermann8584@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    elizabethtaylor2074u680 elizabethtaylor2074u680@travel-e-store.com 172.71.154.178
    EveRule83611 eve.eve46@xamamo.fckmail.online 104.207.44.63
    lora-flynn lora-flynn@healthypplevery.org 141.164.86.49
    AaronFalleni286 aaronfalleni50@themanlythings.com 168.91.45.176
    bbarrett bbarrett@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    ValentinaTedbury valentinatedbury3@thus.ehomu.com 196.242.114.55
    BrockElzy25597 junkodwayne@solstris.com 23.95.81.225
    kirbie kirbie@awsome-gadgets.com 23.229.111.207
    FredericNorcross frederic.norcross@tachmason.com 23.94.148.166
    deweyhamlett94 deweyhamlett94@tusu.blyxen.org 172.71.158.69
    jinaaileen jinaaileen@solstris.com 104.22.17.126
    sarah.sarah sarah.sarah@jenera.vcams.info 45.3.48.85
    KeiraPulliam858 md@webtoteam.shop 111.92.184.162
    VaniaGroom7276 vaniagroom.1245@bctmail.com 45.158.195.141
    u003ejournees.carrieres u003ejournees.carrieres@clee.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    u003epresidence u003epresidence@clee.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    elliemckinney20 elliemckinney20@tusu.blyxen.org 172.69.134.210
    michaeljackson3620d2qa michaeljackson3620d2qa@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.12.86
    Elida358834234 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.242.114.93
    KeeshaMedina2 novellaforster768@gmail2.gq 46.8.22.200