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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 Jul 2026 11:06 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,522
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    clodo clodo@secure.emailsrvr.com 120.40.130.70
    com com@secure.emailsrvr.com 120.40.130.70
    net net@secure.emailsrvr.com 120.40.130.70
    poste2 poste2@secure.emailsrvr.com 120.40.130.70
    annaliciaobenoskey1786 annaliciaobenoskey1786@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    riabilitazione.claudiamelillo riabilitazione.claudiamelillo@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    fireflymagazines.com fireflymagazines.com@secure.emailsrvr.com 120.40.130.70
    org org@secure.emailsrvr.com 120.40.130.70
    YaniraRaven michellenelson@solstris.com 144.48.52.169
    DTKViola5575116 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.54.226
    q980is2ypyn q980is2ypyn@kanyeomg.com 104.22.17.126
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 172.69.22.87
    LenardWisniewski zelmaburke3061@anonmails.de 109.248.14.93
    2gerefyhhuj 2gerefyhhuj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    202:020:5:23:38:744:411:706 202:020:5:23:38:744:411:706 120.40.130.70
    tanaw tanaw@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    audiolimits audiolimits@fastmail.fm 24.121.158.86
    ken-forbes83 ken-forbes83@aa.earnlivez.net 172.71.154.178
    radian898437 radian898437@notlettersmail.com 172.69.22.87
    NanceeAiz1876429 nanceeoppenheim75@trick.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    bonniemata72 bonniemata72@korvit.zerivo.eu 120.40.130.70
    zitaogle86 zitaogle86@flaron.orvionix.eu 120.40.130.70
    mariloukarn6065 mariloukarn6065@vexaluno.xyz 146.70.176.253
    steffen-steffen61 steffen-steffen61@lajeca.kosmos.mom 172.69.22.87
    omarusso omarusso@spambog.ru 172.69.22.86
    2001:80:787:3800:65:455:2:4 2001:80:787:3800:65:455:2:4 120.40.130.70
    ar.c.anea.eth.e.rf.lu.x ar.c.anea.eth.e.rf.lu.x@gmail.com (empty)
    5f8f9f43b7f864e354fc8c4af06c1c34 lafunetequechorriacaca@gmail.com 62.57.9.27
    clementriegel20 clementriegel20@nervain.nexanta.eu 172.71.154.179
    202:1810:9541:100:58:151:292:89 202:1810:9541:100:58:151:292:89 120.40.130.70
    sabine.havens3674 sabine.havens3674@sansan160.pechro.xyz 172.71.158.116
    JodieClem1213 jodieclem6311@kotplawyer.top 192.227.238.177
    patriciaanderson4753sarg patriciaanderson4753sarg@b.verifiedlinklist.com. 80.65.222.66
    svetlankamikena svetlankamikena@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    joshuawilliams88356pi9 joshuawilliams88356pi9@b.pattaya-mega.com 194.67.220.49
    mary mary@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    jerome jerome@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    mondayadmin mondayadmin@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    andrew.amm andrew.amm@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    2003:0:5729:400:1:72:121:88 2003:0:5729:400:1:72:121:88 120.40.130.70
    eric eric@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    todd todd@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    1stchoicestoragemanager 1stchoicestoragemanager@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    alessandroerrichiello95 alessandroerrichiello95@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    elysearchie elysearchie@tempr.email 162.158.167.122
    201:500:1015:00:998:336:205:4198 201:500:1015:00:998:336:205:4198 120.40.130.70
    contacto contacto@tlea.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    203:4000::58:49::8:771 203:4000::58:49::8:771 120.40.130.70
    2001:106:2489:5000:49:3554:554:47 2001:106:2489:5000:49:3554:554:47 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Connor2570 oa34@webtoteam.shop 194.53.140.70
    202:020:55:84:101:193:9049:440 202:020:55:84:101:193:9049:440 120.40.130.70
    rafael.gonzalez rafael.gonzalez@tlea.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:4:780:40::91:675 202:1808:4:780:40::91:675 120.40.130.70
    ramirez aiyenuroomo@gmail.com 45.140.184.104
    203:4000::58:49::8:771 203:4000::58:49::8:771 120.40.130.70
    kseniyakifume kseniyakifume@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    rudolph.rudolph rudolph.rudolph@giguzo.blogs.pics 172.71.158.116
    lacy.romano lacy.romano@corrective.51tiemo.com 172.69.22.87
    thomasdejongen thomasdejongen@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    mirtasilva mirtasilva@kt-gmail.com 162.158.167.121
    202:420:21:848:49:233:28:146 202:420:21:848:49:233:28:146 120.40.130.70
    angelitabartlett angelitabartlett@asia.dnsabr.com 216.144.249.169
    barbarahernandez258x3i barbarahernandez258x3i@b.travel-e-store.com 194.28.211.110
    beatriz.trask-9988 beatriz.trask-9988@gsa.fghe.store 87.14.173.50
    innaalbertian1996 innaalbertian1996@lenta.ru 172.71.154.179
    203:4000::58:49::8:771 203:4000::58:49::8:771 120.40.130.70
    2001:104:1304:500:173:6527:743:870 2001:104:1304:500:173:6527:743:870 120.40.130.70
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    2001:104:1304:500:173:6527:743:870 2001:104:1304:500:173:6527:743:870 120.40.130.70
    Margie margie@qwantani.com 41.71.117.191
    202:020:3:559:498:3527:369:68 202:020:3:559:498:3527:369:68 120.40.130.70
    ViolaKeir833 violakeir-5514@baupo.pl 196.240.38.32