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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 - 2 May 2026 7:50 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,419
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    odettehigginbotham odettehigginbotham@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.17.126
    luckaklemp luckaklemp@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JerekioxInvix7 malagon.tones@yahoo.com 140.235.1.123
    201:599:203:02:82:98:4:394 201:599:203:02:82:98:4:394 120.40.130.70
    RaphaelMalley2 raphaelmalley27@toy.pettin.com 177.234.143.137
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:420:00:5:331:6:2546 202:1810:420:00:5:331:6:2546 120.40.130.70
    joshuahoffmann.2065 joshuahoffmann.2065@openlandguide.xyz 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Curious879 Curious879@proton.me 51.37.77.94
    StevieSeitz1893 stevieseitz47@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.226
    202:1810:678:00:805:73:789:75 202:1810:678:00:805:73:789:75 120.40.130.70
    arlette-arlette17 arlette-arlette17@radamu.topgun.fit 172.71.158.68
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    noreen-kaberry41 noreen-kaberry41@emailgsa5.xyz 172.69.23.193
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kelseycrutcher kelseycrutcher@thodianamdu.com 104.22.20.143
    unararib1977 unararib1977@mailopenz.com 172.69.134.83
    ilyanovikov ilyanovikov@casinotds.xyz 120.40.130.70
    202:2788:117:1:10:646:4:81 202:2788:117:1:10:646:4:81 120.40.130.70
    hannahfranes2737 hannahfranes@vip.163.com 113.160.132.26
    201:400:85:600:2035:39:4278:976 201:400:85:600:2035:39:4278:976 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ernestinatiegs ernestinatiegs@smack.email 172.71.154.179
    charolettebeyer charolettebeyer@b.cr.cloudns.asia 216.26.232.206
    stevenTof stevenTof@mail.ru 185.207.138.78
    202:1810:0:00:93:772:9276:91 202:1810:0:00:93:772:9276:91 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kseniyakifume kseniyakifume@mail.ru 172.69.23.194
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    chrissy.hawes.business chrissy.hawes.business@outlook.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:86:901:4594:727:3:0 202:03:86:901:4594:727:3:0 120.40.130.70
    angelshlzeo8703 angelshlzeo@hotmail.com 31.133.32.102
    zanathadarko6345 zanathadarko@gmail.com 31.133.32.102
    ariel.moench ariel.moench@gatewayrealestate.click 172.71.158.68
    202:020:386:769:7586:3:50:414 202:020:386:769:7586:3:50:414 120.40.130.70
    Mrmikes279 elizabethmik.e.8398.2@gmail.com 139.64.165.223
    202:03:86:901:4594:727:3:0 202:03:86:901:4594:727:3:0 120.40.130.70
    dewittshuler-9623 dewittshuler-9623@hasavo.indialove.shop 172.71.154.178
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MiaHutchison63 miahutchison76@toy.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    202:03:895:3201:5889:3:25:73 202:03:895:3201:5889:3:25:73 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LesleyDevereaux lesleydevereaux83@these.veauly.com 154.16.69.146
    jerrod.kirtley4 jerrod.kirtley4@2564.rshrthertherth.net 172.71.158.68
    casgogo110 casgogo110@blogwebsite.top 5.181.131.162
    202:1810:8495:00:2158:00:52:703 202:1810:8495:00:2158:00:52:703 120.40.130.70
    Bryanhes nikolaii-shevcov@mail.ru 178.20.45.128
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Bryanhes nikolaii-shevcov@mail.ru 31.133.32.102
    202:1810:9440:00:68:7170:80:338 202:1810:9440:00:68:7170:80:338 120.40.130.70
    ToneySimos478 tedtia@solstris.com 181.215.16.247
    SheldonBolivar sheldonbolivar89@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.53.200
    loviesankt9167 loviesankt9167@pecinan.net 104.22.17.127
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    ekaterinadoluna ekaterinadoluna@mail.ru 172.69.23.194
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    DexterBeggs3 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    Robertinved roberts354@elektrine.net 103.20.83.78
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    annatts5540 annatts@yeah.com 103.20.83.78
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    desertsnake47 desertsnake47@proton.me 72.251.11.46
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    202:1810:9440:00:68:7170:80:338 202:1810:9440:00:68:7170:80:338 120.40.130.70
    BobbyeJefferies danielaal-salem227@b.seoautomationpro.com 92.118.41.177
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