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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 - 11 Jun 2026 7:43 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,318
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    re.ed.2.51.67 re.ed.2.51.67@gmail.com 24.156.78.28
    jessicagonzalez1883fc9n jessicagonzalez1883fc9n@a.gsavps.xyz 23.95.9.78
    PatrickDonovan patrick.donovan@jmailservice.com 143.137.167.115
    202:1810:9407:900:85:21:65:695 202:1810:9407:900:85:21:65:695 120.40.130.70
    JerriShackleton jerrishackleton-7210@cheapwinner.com 213.7.196.26
    GlenKeefe938255 glenkeefe63@toy.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    WillianSymes kelliamber@solstris.com 191.101.92.9
    miheidrozdov1992 miheidrozdov1992@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    li.ue.wan.g942 li.ue.wan.g942@gmail.com 172.71.154.179
    202:020:546:463:40:9304:755:31 202:020:546:463:40:9304:755:31 120.40.130.70
    CorinaBreen127 corinabreen60@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    Katherin03D katherinheng90@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.164
    SherriePfaff96 sherriepfaff25@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    MervinNeace1843 mervinneace73@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.131
    PedroHendon203 pedrohendon18@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.45
    sanford.dunshea35 sanford.dunshea35@67ba.catche1.com 172.71.159.82
    rerost rerost@ya.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 120.40.130.70
    sarahjones38489mre sarahjones38489mre@c.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.119.50
    3l5h2ceyp6v3z4 3l5h2ceyp6v3z4@web-library.net 120.40.130.70
    sarahrodriguez5427mjir sarahrodriguez5427mjir@f.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    julian julian@jsh.marketing 120.40.130.70
    kimber-coungeau.1468rogerbedford1901 kimber-coungeau.1468rogerbedford1901@vargosmail.co 78.111.155.244
    christieakhurst christieakhurst@anonmails.de 162.158.167.43
    ColetteRobichaud thaddeuslaws@ggvendas.store 154.208.61.195
    heatherkuefer heatherkuefer@b.cr.cloudns.asia 142.54.239.1
    VivienClemmer23 vivienclemmer22@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    202:1810:12:3100:45:08:3657:00 202:1810:12:3100:45:08:3657:00 120.40.130.70
    markiewicz.dawid markiewicz.dawid@interia.pl 120.40.130.70
    GraceSpyer01 gracespyer33@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    varoro1992 varoro1992@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 120.40.130.70
    Jose angel.royalgolf@gmail.com 31.221.224.41
    geza99 geza99@poczta.onet.pl 120.40.130.70
    parceiros parceiros@magalu.cloud 120.40.130.70
    sarahrodriguez5427mjir sarahrodriguez5427mjir@f.seoautomationpro.com 104.22.20.142
    orvillefelan6463 orvillefelan6463@pw.epac.to 172.71.154.178
    FelixCervantes felixcervantes100@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    monicaoliphant5595 monicaoliphant5595@bheps.com 104.22.17.127
    annemarie.kleinschmidt annemarie.kleinschmidt@sus-mhl.de 120.40.130.70
    Humox2026 Humox2026@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    LavondaGandy856 lavonda-lavonda38@lewoyi.bonusmail.art 31.134.3.245
    jabberwock jabberwock@vp.pl 120.40.130.70
    a.czyzynski a.czyzynski@interia.pl 120.40.130.70
    ReynaBentham933 reynabentham-7826@grumm.pl 192.210.194.159
    vetapalmore vetapalmore@coffeepancakewafflebacon.com 120.40.130.70
    deanschell87 deanschell87@9253.scalesurge.io 172.69.135.182
    1gereeedyh 1gereeedyh@anonmails.de 65.111.26.97
    jats joeltaylor85@hotmail.com 49.186.228.82
    krystalgilreath krystalgilreath@hotbird.giize.com 172.71.154.179
    heidisternberg3851 heidisternberg3851@mailmenot.io 172.69.22.194
    patient jacquepatient@outlook.com 2600:1700:819:6800:88:58:410:5952
    202:810:128:5300::8696:42:63 202:810:128:5300::8696:42:63 120.40.130.70
    ElvinMacFarland elvinmacfarland72@last.muzaco.com 181.215.16.247
    KendrickRbf hq1m1szc5nh@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250
    gordon.gordon gordon.gordon@zawegu.mailr.click 172.69.22.194
    listening listening@epixa.ai 120.40.130.70
    jennyeden jennyeden@anonmails.de 104.22.20.88
    202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 120.40.130.70
    aanntivanovoz9758 aanntivanovoz@163.com 13.114.160.78
    kontakt kontakt@jsh.marketing 120.40.130.70
    1gereeedyh 1gereeedyh@anonmails.de 65.111.2.137
    masonahvso8399 masonahvso@vip.163.com 13.114.160.78
    Davidnuary seomasters9ampro@gsa-online.de 13.114.160.78
    mohamed-conte mohamed-conte@9253.scalesurge.io 172.71.159.63
    2001:102:20:7000:0:67:4:6 2001:102:20:7000:0:67:4:6 120.40.130.70
    JerilynHoward99 jerilyn.howard@9253.scalesurge.io 131.196.55.165
    LeoraAnnois charlesjones4437phk3@a.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.127.220
    202:8108:980:700:502:931:562:1253 202:8108:980:700:502:931:562:1253 120.40.130.70
    jamaal.segundo58 jamaal.segundo58@heismail.xyz 172.69.135.182
    SangSummerfield sangsummerfield98@trick.veauly.com 102.165.55.131
    Erika15909538 dessiecarla@solstris.com 196.198.13.252
    %login% margaretadebernales1@discard.email 192.126.252.191