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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 - 24 Jul 2026 8:21 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,196
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ceodvtre ceodvtre@blackfirsta.com 64.31.3.126
    rena-archer rena-archer@emailgsa6.xyz 172.69.135.14
    ripe-notify ripe-notify@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    app app@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    jeffersonfort jeffersonfort@clousy.site 162.158.167.127
    JoannaBannister joannabannister-8955@ubalbinki.pl 196.245.231.86
    20:5686:0:942:66:1:9:971 20:5686:0:942:66:1:9:971 120.40.130.70
    nikolayy-shevcov nikolayy-shevcov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    20:6042:20:334:214:0:800:2 20:6042:20:334:214:0:800:2 120.40.130.70
    reina-mounts35 reina-mounts35@pestshielders.com 172.69.23.184
    juliusbadcoe2714 juliusbadcoe2714@spambog.com 162.158.167.128
    contact contact@debarras-marseille-13.fr 104.22.20.143
    cory.warburton cory.warburton@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.143
    deidreluce deidreluce@spambog.com 84.239.42.150
    wilbursulman wilbursulman@mailmenot.io 104.22.18.53
    TanjaLalonde charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.52.31
    b.85.24.7.58 b.85.24.7.58@gmail.com 92.119.36.43
    shonaamess4218 shonaamess4218@23.8.dnsabr.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    jose.castro jose.castro@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    brandywestbrook1449 brandywestbrook1449@spambog.com 172.71.159.81
    vonnie-fitzgerald vonnie-fitzgerald@use.travellersrest.click 172.71.154.179
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
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    JorgeB964874 fr.e.e.la.nc.e.sk.y@gmail.com 99.66.236.130
    kevinkisha kevinkisha@veauly.com 172.71.159.81
    o.rum.a.her173 o.rum.a.her173@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
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    perbisanlie1978 perbisanlie1978@mailnorms.com 172.71.159.81
    tuyet-tuyet tuyet-tuyet@dahimu.icew.store 104.22.20.142
    earnestflinders30 earnestflinders30@hell.milkgg.com 104.22.20.143
    benjamindenby4151 benjamindenby4151@duriancompany.us 172.71.154.179
    nilda-baume nilda-baume@pestshielders.com 172.71.159.81
    valenciamatilda valenciamatilda@veauly.com 162.158.167.128
    LamarLlamas lamarllamas@koiot.de 191.102.167.27
    soniarc1 soniarc1@itw34.mailstack.world 155.94.163.175
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    heatherxs20 heatherxs20@vtr92.globalmail-apac.digital 23.129.64.196
    202:8424:529:401:806:84:509:8 202:8424:529:401:806:84:509:8 120.40.130.70
    heatherxs20 heatherxs20@vtr92.globalmail-apac.digital 192.42.116.103
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    saraxavier1582 saraxavier1582@minutemail.dev 172.69.23.184
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    dessiecarla dessiecarla@solstris.com 172.69.23.183
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    samiragorsuch samiragorsuch@herilev.top 109.57.6.78
    secure secure@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
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    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 67.159.17.51
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    lindamiller7369zlq6 lindamiller7369zlq6@travel-e-store.com 104.22.18.53
    doloresjessie doloresjessie@veauly.com 172.69.135.14
    mariannebrittny mariannebrittny@veauly.com 172.71.159.82
    malikovalv83w malikovalv83w@rambler.ru 152.232.66.158
    li.nk.s8.9.m.a.st li.nk.s8.9.m.a.st@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    aleksandrlolubu aleksandrlolubu@mail.ru 162.158.167.127
    patriciabrown9929zyvv patriciabrown9929zyvv@e.welcometotijuana.com 172.71.159.81
    traceyfk69 traceyfk69@noc4210.ko39.lavabitmail.digital 45.84.107.97
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