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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 - 14 Aug 2026 12:59 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,506
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JorgeThao jameslopez4166brl3@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 45.95.118.33
    l.i.n.k.s89.m.as.t. l.i.n.k.s89.m.as.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.128
    JulieBoucher0 juliejulie@mavegu.pos.coupons 91.132.125.229
    2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    WilsonRieger921 richardbrown9764mo4e@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.161.214
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AdrienneTew87 adriennetew86@role.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.131
    roguilenxmi roguilenxmi@inbox.ru 195.2.78.191
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LachlanNair538 lachlannair@ottopc.com 181.39.25.196
    KieranRusso44 susanlopez9667lslk@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 156.241.229.146
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    deannacourtney deannacourtney@anonmails.de 194.156.97.100
    AdolfoH433 adolfoisabel.4178@ottopc.com 43.156.84.41
    ChristelThibodea christelthibodeaux84@yell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.31
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    535782280 535782280@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    gleb.neskazhu gleb.neskazhu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    MaryannGillingha pauljohnson3775auy6@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.143.85
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ChastityGarrison chastitygarrison90@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.205
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    susanjackson6816xj6 susanjackson6816xj6@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 120.40.130.70
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 84.54.44.204
    abiturient abiturient@zabgu.ru 120.40.130.70
    JaredSab676 paulwilliams62721qhf@a.gsavps.xyz 217.60.120.183
    Matthewtus zoya.patrusheva.65@mail.ru 178.20.44.82
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    PatriceS30 celestabobo2587@kakaoemail.kr 65.95.109.5
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DaniellaP86 daniellaglass32@vory.estaxy.com 152.232.223.158
    cristine.cristine41 cristine.cristine41@yucogo.ukmailbox.xyz 185.94.33.253
    DonaldPoext antonkitahi@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    sophiapetrovo2676 sophiapetrovo@hotmail.com 27.34.242.101
    aisabellashulzoz6800 aisabellashulzoz@yahoo.com 27.34.242.101
    arleenstclair8977 arleenstclair8977@anonmails.de 46.8.154.80
    ni.col.on.ic.ol.a.s7.77. ni.col.on.ic.ol.a.s7.77.@gmail.com 45.8.19.123
    mail mail@zabgu.ru 120.40.130.70
    aleksey.evstigneev aleksey.evstigneev@logmol.ru 120.40.130.70
    LynetteO79 lynettewelsh@kuj.scarbour.com 209.127.74.109
    pyatnitskiy2000 pyatnitskiy2000@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:8086:2:580:553:426:42:525 202:8086:2:580:553:426:42:525 120.40.130.70
    KendrickBaader kendrickkendrick72@ramuni.shinemail.cc 31.134.5.233
    2601:280:4600:2946:41:3:444:1 2601:280:4600:2946:41:3:444:1 120.40.130.70
    TorriAnton1661 wvackol7xr93@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.232
    christopheranderson1919ucya christopheranderson1919ucya@c.gsasearchengineranke 107.173.217.109
    joseph-may joseph-may@healthypplevery.org 72.14.92.8
    naomi-danks16 naomi-danks16@healthypplevery.org 139.180.5.141
    senya.budayev.05 senya.budayev.05@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    deanaisaac29 deanaisaac29@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.203
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    535782280 535782280@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    AleciaQ2759 aleciaoreilly5729@northgablestudio.com 196.196.194.238
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 10.42.102.190
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    patriciagarcia4432eoex patriciagarcia4432eoex@b.blog-stuff.com 217.60.161.12
    frederickmccombs frederickmccombs@anonmails.de 186.179.63.103
    ArlenArchie lindabrown4226wft8@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 72.57.64.199
    rachelsasdo9715 rachelsasdo@163.com 156.253.1.75