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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 - 8 Jun 2026 10:14 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,531
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    lioderlidis1982 lioderlidis1982@op.pl 104.22.17.127
    JungChamberlin8 jungchamberlin46@cool.muzaco.com 102.165.55.131
    matthew.thomas16021972ree matthew.thomas16021972ree@outlook.com 2600:100:022:826:8:65:566:766
    lioderlidis1982 lioderlidis1982@op.pl 172.69.135.181
    laurencedespeissis laurencedespeissis@6c32.ahplumbingnc.club 120.40.130.70
    RooseveltClaxton rooseveltclaxton9@talk.muzaco.com 191.101.114.29
    mittie-peters100 mittie-peters100@aa.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.142
    guygem824 guygem824@ak.gy 165.231.98.61
    20:8143:229:207:0:82:84:3 20:8143:229:207:0:82:84:3 120.40.130.70
    blaine-varney3195 blaine-varney3195@pentec.xyz 167.160.74.90
    ifjtvmvh ifjtvmvh@legenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    amandam amandam@rus-china.travel 212.102.146.57
    martiduell martiduell@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.143
    donaldmartin56679bw4 donaldmartin56679bw4@travel-e-store.com 172.69.23.194
    johnbrown6361fu87 johnbrown6361fu87@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    marymartin3840ocs6 marymartin3840ocs6@gsasearchengineranker.shop 196.51.54.70
    2001:43:2702:300::425:83:78 2001:43:2702:300::425:83:78 120.40.130.70
    ArielVallery39 kelliamber@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    ShayneFisher1 shaynefisher84@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.223
    Sven67T72613761 sventomlin78@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.39
    KRWJacques williammoore3525i44g@swartluxury258.com 104.223.126.32
    sfpoxaczgh sfpoxaczgh@rambler.ru 89.22.236.135
    MIGUEL M.reyesariza@gmail.com 87.219.201.49
    jarrodhornick jarrodhornick@c3dd.ahplumbingnc.club 104.22.17.126
    bkhpgyyj bkhpgyyj@legenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    johnbrown6361fu87 johnbrown6361fu87@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    DenaLlanes7 denallanes36@list.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.45
    nssofkbn nssofkbn@bethcampbell.biz 191.102.172.5
    martham martham@eurovip.club 178.171.43.152
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johnbrown6361fu87 johnbrown6361fu87@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    202:1210:241:2500:992:3:814:224 202:1210:241:2500:992:3:814:224 120.40.130.70
    Dennisder mylaura.dietrich@web.de 141.98.253.209
    genie.garey genie.garey@0f4a.ahplumbingnc.club 120.40.130.70
    sgalvis sgalvis@neweseguros.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ArlieHinz6657 donaldgarcia16782gb9@linkbuildingtools.club 104.223.126.230
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:47:4035:41:0:5155:6632 202:1808:47:4035:41:0:5155:6632 120.40.130.70
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 172.71.159.81
    AndresColangelo donaldgarcia16782gb9@linkbuildingtools.club 167.160.165.190
    ElliotCroft690 elliotcroft55@nut.mxdood.com 154.16.69.173
    k89o9gz9j k89o9gz9j@lifewow.ru 195.209.212.88
    LZUDino0552400 jennifersmith5938j0wt@backlinks.monster 192.126.252.123
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    felipeott felipeott@aa.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.143
    p4y7zljyw p4y7zljyw@lifewow.ru 195.209.218.175
    610dv 610dv@ro.ru 120.40.130.70
    om.a.sa.cip.14 om.a.sa.cip.14@gmail.com 172.69.23.194
    huakwzwjxn huakwzwjxn@rambler.ru 79.127.175.24
    charles.billings charles.billings@zhoufan160.inetcomics.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alaincurie alaincurie@sfr.fr 201:0:84:650:095:87:5:9
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:912:3:09:72
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:68:6:1445:33
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:818:79:725:8445
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:15:7:67:111
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:388:19:1:15
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:6564:87:21:4
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:413:63:941:671
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:51:43:1:40
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:55:922::2
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:205:0:635:211
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:4:265:131:193
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dmahon6 dmahon6@cinci.rr.com 2603:6011:00:120:81:428:147:741
    AnyaS7928427105 anya.dasilva9457@ottopc.com 198.8.94.170