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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 - 6 Jul 2026 12:31 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,666
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    reecestonor reecestonor@0815.ru 196.51.121.159
    s.ev.uh.es.u.f.o3.38 s.ev.uh.es.u.f.o3.38@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Eileen00E033404 jessicathomas62055wn0@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.124.208
    20:002:557:337:226:9:9:7911 20:002:557:337:226:9:9:7911 120.40.130.70
    jeannot.wiggers jeannot.wiggers@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    UtaRauch084674 utarauch-1957@ubalbinki.pl 172.245.103.135
    yvettebarrera20 yvettebarrera20@four.magicshop22.com 72.57.65.241
    Jillian62Q thomastaylor85743nom@travel-e-store.com 196.51.108.190
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    DebbraLowman7 avaal-nasser636564ece@seoautomationpro.com 38.154.80.153
    justinmail justinmail@argosmail.xyz 194.39.34.73
    Kishia mirriamchibuye153@gmail.com 45.215.237.184
    EvonneSeibert evonne-seibert@ubalbinki.pl 170.130.178.161
    SondraSikora118 sondrasikora6830@baupo.pl 192.227.240.85
    202:1810:941:100:4974:40:7:64 202:1810:941:100:4974:40:7:64 120.40.130.70
    chrisvanmeter chrisvanmeter@kodeholik.site 172.69.135.14
    tbb6 tbb6@blogranks.top 104.22.17.127
    gavinmccaskill gavinmccaskill@discardmail.com 172.71.154.179
    202:03:99:600:585:8904:375:79 202:03:99:600:585:8904:375:79 120.40.130.70
    2001:67:2628:647:32:704:0: 2001:67:2628:647:32:704:0: 120.40.130.70
    lillian-lillian52 lillian-lillian52@kajini.woz.golf 104.22.20.142
    202:1810:8581:3900:2:952:874:66 202:1810:8581:3900:2:952:874:66 120.40.130.70
    202:03:99:600:585:8904:375:79 202:03:99:600:585:8904:375:79 120.40.130.70
    binyamin2018 binyamin2018@yandex.ru 128.70.175.122
    ErlindaSantora sherrillfreel@htmail.store 23.236.172.12
    charolettemacomber charolettemacomber@23.8.dnsabr.com 146.70.176.253
    itjen itjen@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    aracelis.stainforth3707 aracelis.stainforth3707@wordspacemail.com 172.69.22.87
    202:03:99:600:585:8904:375:79 202:03:99:600:585:8904:375:79 120.40.130.70
    bindmedan bindmedan@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    bdidps bdidps@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    bbs bbs@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    domingoflaherty1611 domingoflaherty1611@sociefan.com 172.69.135.14
    47073041a3246176e49684db6906fd9a e6wv6l3cd@mozmail.com 2601:602:8180:70:604:41:9191:3
    202:1810:941:100:69:28:909:260 202:1810:941:100:69:28:909:260 120.40.130.70
    HeribertoY53 heriberto-grimstone@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.246
    DianaLogsdon11 dianalogsdon57@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.219
    setditjen.kpaii setditjen.kpaii@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    FatimaFrias fatimafrias21@act.milkgg.com 102.165.54.226
    darkwish darkwish@freemail.hu 120.40.130.70
    akvavis akvavis@ya.ru 91.79.22.240
    sallie-stanton sallie-stanton@0601.novagroup.biz 23.80.157.142
    pedrofihelly pedrofihelly@code-gmail.com 146.70.176.253
    t.82726.7.7 t.82726.7.7@gmail.com 92.119.36.51
    bpipi bpipi@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    2620:121:5042:52:493:: 2620:121:5042:52:493:: 120.40.130.70
    LaurenLockie42 richardgonzalez8127lnej@linkbuilding.club 172.245.135.20
    2607:91:102:1:7907:870:1346:39 2607:91:102:1:7907:870:1346:39 120.40.130.70
    MarcyVeilleux0 marcyveilleux50@slow.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    Francisco fxrivasba@gmail.com 83.165.112.50
    ezequiel-ezequiel ezequiel-ezequiel@zacupi.mail202.info 172.69.22.87
    MadieDouglass joshuajohnson11221oar@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 23.236.175.73
    2607:91:102:1:7907:870:1346:39 2607:91:102:1:7907:870:1346:39 120.40.130.70
    lik6 lik6@blogranks.top 162.158.167.121
    202:1808:7:24:319:8::210 202:1808:7:24:319:8::210 120.40.130.70
    brucechidley1395 brucechidley1395@joywavepoint.com 104.22.20.143
    DeannaTims deanna.tims@70f1.darknessfalls.space 24.119.181.83
    2607:91::01:3:958:7:26 2607:91::01:3:958:7:26 120.40.130.70
    svetlankamikena svetlankamikena@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    miles.claxton miles.claxton@9253.scalesurge.io 23.82.81.28
    hectorgriffith97 hectorgriffith97@9253.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.74
    rochellestella78 rochellestella78@few.ivolix.com 104.22.17.126
    stefanodriscoll506 stefanodriscoll506@spambog.com 172.71.154.179
    202:267:54:67:0:000:0: 202:267:54:67:0:000:0: 120.40.130.70
    sdaa sdaa@webtoteam.shop 172.69.22.86
    ethanlem ethanlem@yopmail.com 120.40.130.70
    maricruzpendleton95 maricruzpendleton95@korvit.zerivo.eu 172.69.22.86
    KatherinAndronic ettastanton@code-gmail.com 146.70.176.253
    Dotty22547355757 dotty.delgadillo74@087b.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.220
    QOFJina924864934 sarahlopez6121g5nb@seoautomationpro.online 107.175.36.168
    bonitashanahan7931 bonitashanahan7931@pawobby.cfd 172.69.22.87
    jessicathomas9466hcza jessicathomas9466hcza@a.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.207.116
    DustyGoforth1 dusty.goforth30@087b.scalesurge.io 23.19.82.74
    h.as.ab.ahmbijom.b.i h.as.ab.ahmbijom.b.i@gmail.com 172.69.135.14
    aureliolynch aureliolynch@e41a.scalesurge.io 162.158.167.121
    KandyWilmer6 sarahmartin90244u61@c.verifiedlinklist.com 72.244.46.86
    202:020:480:575:417:4:562:905 202:020:480:575:417:4:562:905 120.40.130.70