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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 - 5 Sep 2026 5:03 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,210
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    NickTownes90360 christopherhernandez22591yy9@b.travel-e-store.com 198.20.178.117
    0f5dafdfd6159aeaadc3e5deab6fb3b6 cheddardreaded127@simplelogin.com 200:238:849:301:163:22:80:48
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    TaraErh2607 taratijerina42@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    aubrey-spivey aubrey-spivey@emailgsa6.xyz 172.69.23.50
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 104.22.20.62
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 104.22.20.63
    lupe937893 lupesimpson.8882@birulangit.dev 154.16.20.151
    clement.jalras.clement clement.jalras.clement@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    reginaldammons reginaldammons@0815.ru 104.22.17.78
    Shelly0185 shellyholloman56@loud.mxdood.com 196.198.13.152
    20:40:300:48:5:645:18:454 20:40:300:48:5:645:18:454 120.40.130.70
    sonia.mccue72 sonia.mccue72@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.127
    MariamProeschel agustinhelaine@veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    barbarajohnson8769qjqy barbarajohnson8769qjqy@c.mustdoindubai.com 172.69.135.14
    ArdisOlsen36768 lindawilson2285lhsp@a.travel-e-store.com 152.232.160.164
    appliancerepairwbg appliancerepairwilliamsburgv@gmail.com 39.52.90.225
    woodf.o.r.d.ja.m.e.so.n4 woodf.o.r.d.ja.m.e.so.n4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MagdalenaBainton magdalenabainton72@mode.ehomu.com 154.16.69.250
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LawrenceAsher2 lawrenceasher25@only.veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    carolpurdy6762 carolpurdy6762@anonmails.de 138.59.204.103
    BGireland bgireland@msn.com 135.136.39.38
    DerickEwan20192 leesagarrett@anonmails.de 196.16.2.22
    melodee.wisewould15 melodee.wisewould15@emailgsa8.xyz 172.69.23.132
    chiclesmilmo chiclesmilmo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    danger527 danger527@proton.me 2607:91:8:1:8859:8892:5:3
    sherie sherie@a.skincareproductoffers.com 181.214.80.149
    adebayomartins forcedriveengineeringservices@gmail.com 102.88.115.32
    Rusty42M197296 rustyrusty@jetucu.kanye.online 45.80.107.160
    autumntoledo autumntoledo@hidebox.org 172.71.158.114
    l.in.k.s.89.m.as.t. l.in.k.s.89.m.as.t.@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    AudreaBurger audrea.audrea39@radamu.topgun.fit 212.18.113.174
    WinniePuig90288 winniepuig32@nor.mxdood.com 144.48.52.31
    kfdkmetqibwfntynam kfdkmetqibwfntynam@yandeex.com 120.40.130.70
    josephineblair josephineblair@bheps.com 104.22.17.79
    dianadiana57 dianadiana57@xapeju.greenweed.sbs 172.71.159.82
    Jasonjex jasonwam@partnersucheseite.de 80.89.237.120
    aleksandrtakici aleksandrtakici@mail.ru 162.158.167.128
    kostyanlixoma kostyanlixoma@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    rosettafriere-hagen42 rosettafriere-hagen42@healthypplevery.org 162.158.167.127
    kizzs kizzs@prrrvt.fun 120.40.130.70
    w.o.o.dfordjam.e.son4 w.o.o.dfordjam.e.son4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 172.71.178.106
    Daddyjames52 ma.ith.ie.n.d.i95511@gmail.com 79.127.243.198
    ClementWoolcock arturoshannan@solstris.com 23.95.81.223
    LBYIsabelle rodthad@veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    Daddyjames201 t.abic.ht.h.a.o633.6.6@gmail.com 216.106.185.142
    OIOFlorine dessiecarla@solstris.com 102.165.53.166
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 104.22.20.56
    Daddyjames0 pe.ll.ig.r.in.o.p.hi.l.i.p.ose.7.60@gmail.com 38.89.70.99
    ganita ganita@xmc.pl 172.71.155.139
    donaldthomas653vlw3 donaldthomas653vlw3@b.pattaya-mega.com 120.40.130.70
    CathleenCummins koreybirgit@veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    glenn-clendinnen64 glenn-clendinnen64@contactus.51tiemo.com 162.158.167.128
    202:1810:952:5200:43:92:3:1329 202:1810:952:5200:43:92:3:1329 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:95:1300:3017:7761:3659:92 202:1810:95:1300:3017:7761:3659:92 120.40.130.70
    Vsilva ninimatossilva@gmail.com 202:8071:620:860:108:62:9109:11
    CarrolCarvosso donaldjohnson9972v1xy@c.verifiedlinklist.com 152.232.160.164
    heikechery heikechery@anonmails.de 161.115.231.185
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 104.22.20.57
    valenciaframe5077 valenciaframe5077@anonmails.de 196.16.3.106
    2600:1700:3440:3460:9:554::213 2600:1700:3440:3460:9:554::213 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:5160:100:84:293:3845:76 202:8071:5160:100:84:293:3845:76 120.40.130.70
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    matthiaslamilami-5788 matthiaslamilami-5788@entityauthority.xyz 181.215.16.44
    GusHindmarsh barbararodriguez6744q7av@c.mustdoindubai.com 198.20.170.207
    christophermartin3646yzvt christophermartin3646yzvt@c.welcometotijuana.com 104.22.20.57
    ReaganShanahan reaganreagan63@finuki.paper.beer 194.110.150.181
    BPRSofia595131 sofiashetler14@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.114.101
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    NatashaNeustadt yanhernandez80652@c.seoautomationpro.com 198.20.181.46
    AdrianneSeccombe barbarabrown47710xsv@a.gsavps.xyz 64.188.9.183
    CandidaHartung7 neildwain@veauly.com 191.101.92.218
    trishapacker98 trishapacker98@no.mxdood.com 172.69.135.13