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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 - 25 Jun 2026 3:43 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,162
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bryant-scurry bryant-scurry@9253.scalesurge.io 172.69.135.13
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DamienOtt8 damienott62@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.4
    3264242802 3264242802@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    tadwbhljrs tadwbhljrs@rambler.ru 79.127.175.12
    consejeriamedioambiente consejeriamedioambiente@melilla.es 120.40.130.70
    003 003@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ghaida ghaida@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cidead2 cidead2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AleidaBridges67 aleidabridges20@nor.mxdood.com 144.48.52.102
    efrain-mccarthy33 efrain-mccarthy33@luciusmail.xyz 104.22.20.142
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    arindam arindam@example.com 120.40.130.70
    3264242802 3264242802@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    windkanjube1983 windkanjube1983@mailnorms.com 172.71.159.81
    donald donald@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    Maurice Maurice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    i i@example.com 120.40.130.70
    monad monad@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nowak nowak@example.com 120.40.130.70
    me me@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:505:4446:83:70 202:8108:8125:100:505:4446:83:70 120.40.130.70
    joebloggs joebloggs@example.com 120.40.130.70
    workers workers@example.com 120.40.130.70
    server server@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cool cool@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jyrdagjehd jyrdagjehd@rambler.ru 79.127.175.12
    Alvaro1 Alvaro1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    foo foo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gingerginger55 gingerginger55@yavura.dmail.fit 104.22.17.126
    arp arp@reg.ru 120.40.130.70
    bxo0l bxo0l@web-library.net 172.69.135.13
    NicholeY69 nicholehancock37@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    NestorGainford nestorgainford79@fast.veauly.com 102.165.53.105
    kvbcavmw kvbcavmw@legenmail.com 172.71.159.82
    test2 test2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tgmzfefsxk tgmzfefsxk@rambler.ru 79.127.175.12
    clarissabattles95 clarissabattles95@enarix.orvionix.eu 172.69.23.47
    LannyWba146062 janbeatriz@solstris.com 181.215.16.161
    2600:116:743:01:9915:155:25:6 2600:116:743:01:9915:155:25:6 120.40.130.70
    in29 in29@blogwebsite.top 172.71.159.82
    MargartWilmer matthewmoore6687rri0@gsasearchengineranker.info 104.223.126.149
    yulyalitajo yulyalitajo@mail.ru 104.22.20.143
    2herertgyj 2herertgyj@anonmails.de 65.111.9.170
    Tammara79G tammaragoldschmidt89@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.238
    ChloeBrackman jamesanderson8430z3wy@swartluxury258.com 192.126.249.164
    jenniferstephens072521 jenniferstephens072521@gmail.com 2600:382:125:223:18:2:39:99
    ElidaMacnamara fredrickcantu1148@clonemailsieure.com 23.236.239.243
    royal royal@webtoteam.shop 172.69.135.13
    sheritacatalan1804 sheritacatalan1804@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.122
    tentrem tentrem@tenfura.ru 104.22.20.142
    KassieNicholls finlaylynette@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    MilagroEspinoza milagroespinoza38@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.60
    tangela.tangela9 tangela.tangela9@bixiyi.pyramid.help 172.69.23.47
    sanford.bednall sanford.bednall@ce39.scalesurge.io 172.71.159.81
    kamila.grochulska96 kamila.grochulska96@wp.pl 31.41.143.225
    zacherynorthcote1631 zacherynorthcote1631@strategycritique.xyz 172.69.135.14
    nickolasglockner97 nickolasglockner97@tusu.dravix.org 192.210.201.242
    matthewdowner matthewdowner@anonmails.de 170.168.97.67
    JeannetteHibbs jeannettehibbs62@only.veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    RachaelThurman3 rachaelthurman84@81d9.scalesurge.io 173.208.28.14
    MarlysBatten81 qq@summer-music.net 8.210.139.47
    lindawilson148yv95 lindawilson148yv95@budgetthailandtravel.com. 103.207.2.131
    jeananowell6316 jeananowell6316@spambog.ru 159.195.49.27
    adamsmit adamsmit@barbaragriz.store 120.40.130.70
    quesectidesk1981 quesectidesk1981@mailnorms.com 172.71.154.178
    samringrose38 samringrose38@delvor.nexanta.eu 120.40.130.70