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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 - 12 Aug 2026 3:20 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,632
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Danna dannastoptier@outlook.com 97.90.217.139
    hvtvuwpe hvtvuwpe@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    LeiaHaly738721 averyholmes@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.208
    JoyMiles4258494 josephbrown9636zde5@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.160.67
    RheaKelynack19 braydenwells@injkrea.xyz 196.51.143.42
    JudsonGrimes averyholmes@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.65
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MammieGiffen938 hwalucio@solstris.com 181.215.16.219
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    evewatling evewatling@jepate.swissbank.cc 212.119.40.192
    c6bac5a7a7 c6bac5a7a7@emailinbo.live 120.40.130.70
    KrystleComstock krystlecomstock26@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 120.40.130.70
    Modesto0259 averyholmes@injkrea.xyz 196.51.63.152
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JanisSutcliffe karensimpson@injkrea.xyz 196.51.63.228
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LaurindaFosbrook laurindafosbrook9@trick.veauly.com 102.165.55.40
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    emory-lutwyche emory-lutwyche@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JaydenL92658115 jayden-jayden@gubage.tangos.click 193.163.207.173
    Ngan971445 franceswrigh@injkrea.xyz 38.154.25.178
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Almeda1295 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.55.164
    ColinU4996 karensimpson@injkrea.xyz 196.51.143.239
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EloyMolino16300 alvinpemberton@anonmails.de 104.28.163.26
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    berylcaleb2383 berylcaleb2383@anonmails.de 5.252.29.13
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RuthieWhittemore ruthiewhittemore39@slide.veauly.com 223.29.254.133
    Allen aestone1011@gmail.com 208.125.46.210
    drewmiljanovic6023 drewmiljanovic6023@anonmails.de 178.175.134.123
    LiamDesailly80 liamliam83@kaheya.carport.mom 199.96.167.254
    CuteCurtains cutecurtains247@proton.me 38.39.79.229
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    william.gavin william.gavin@marketwatch.com 205.203.116.1
    miacranswick miacranswick@discardmail.com 23.19.248.198
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AugustaSchimmel danielmiller2637h981@c.blog-stuff.com 196.51.11.251
    christopherdavis8777py5f christopherdavis8777py5f@a.pattaya-mega.com 23.229.108.39
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HershelBrassell richardthomas98545qo@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 45.95.117.47
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LinnieM06573836 linnie-linnie50@comofi.mailbox10.info 89.19.34.117
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jacobmarilynrowland2019+Hh jacobmarilynrowland2019+Hh@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    ivwvgyrhlx ivwvgyrhlx@rambler.ru 98.159.36.25
    TerraAraujo3 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 144.48.52.169
    2600:1004:2:8:5:93:15:252 2600:1004:2:8:5:93:15:252 120.40.130.70
    Yngwie99jl cleanline4@amadorcountyproperties.com 181.214.32.215
    zghatmxpsd zghatmxpsd@rambler.ru 98.159.36.25
    MichellMcdermott michellmcdermott33@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 146.70.98.186
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JorgePress84326 jorge-press32@fbac.aicaledar.com 185.122.170.39
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    anangsetyo30 anangsetyo30@yahoo.co.id 146.19.125.70
    GuadalupeRodway guadaluperodway31@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.205
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FredericMiramont frederic.miramontes@74f7.aicaledar.com 192.241.95.120
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EdgarKimbrell andrewgonzalez36260gug@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 109.230.203.240
    CorneliusChriste cornelius.cornelius56@betako.winston.support 212.87.218.166
    zghatmxpsd zghatmxpsd@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    Rolland715 rollandrooke60@nervain.nexanta.eu 23.81.81.100