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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 Dec 2025 7:56 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,405
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2601:191:200:1530:5130:6:278:36 2601:191:200:1530:5130:6:278:36 120.40.130.70
    appliancerepairmenifee8 appliancerepairmenifee8@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lauenerbrothersjewellers lauenerbrothersjewellers@gmail.com 191.102.157.142
    ag.get.85ho.va.r.d ag.get.85ho.va.r.d@gmail.com 84.239.41.37
    2601:191:200:1530:5130:6:278:36 2601:191:200:1530:5130:6:278:36 120.40.130.70
    RichardGroub laisumake186@mail.ru 84.54.44.19
    MerleKey16534200 merle-key26@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.39.158
    RobertBix d-edemov-76968380@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    202:3100:59:800:621:359:959:4087 202:3100:59:800:621:359:959:4087 120.40.130.70
    NathanINows fgs9g87sdg79sd@hotmail.com 213.232.122.207
    tressaledesma4578 tressaledesma4578@anonmails.de 104.22.20.194
    SandraColquhoun sandracolquhoun8@oti.crossandgarlic.com 107.175.36.149
    elon.musk elon.musk@tesla.pl 120.40.130.70
    roslynthalberg2261 roslynthalberg2261@discard.email 104.22.17.127
    elon.musk elon.musk@tesla.pl 120.40.130.70
    TrudiRivett0 wtonzellejyr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.100.175
    JaimieMauro2 wbrojadoradmr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.98.49
    OwenCulley00492 owenculley@vory.foodforhat.com 107.175.151.97
    GarfieldKillinge hamishhelton@anonmails.de 45.38.111.57
    emilabechta emilabechta@o2.pl 120.40.130.70
    e.n.t.e.ro.ff.ic.e220.72022.3 e.n.t.e.ro.ff.ic.e220.72022.3@gmail.com 141.98.100.212
    202:462:844:0:112:9184:59:6 202:462:844:0:112:9184:59:6 120.40.130.70
    201:881:5004:600:6836:531:43:5217 201:881:5004:600:6836:531:43:5217 120.40.130.70
    Eulalia23D xaarsbest@web.de 46.151.24.148
    VNMClayton wbonamici8jr70@nestmailbox.com 152.232.48.122
    Sherlene4974 josezapata401@web.de 46.151.24.148
    teddie teddie@b.seoneo.online 172.93.232.178
    jennifertaylor5498qifk jennifertaylor5498qifk@budgetthailandtravel.com 104.22.17.127
    LouieGrina ad.am.s.h.e.f.f.ieldsm.a.n.@gmail.com 185.223.152.7
    202:1810:9441:700:48:89:1033:21 202:1810:9441:700:48:89:1033:21 120.40.130.70
    2003:0:8719:921:504:470:8905:871 2003:0:8719:921:504:470:8905:871 120.40.130.70
    NidaLittlejohn3 nidalittlejohn@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.52.193
    CandelariaEngle candelariaengle93@fog.blyxen.org 185.189.65.133
    2001:100:1024:200:188:30:43:4317 2001:100:1024:200:188:30:43:4317 120.40.130.70
    Kendall37D kendall-hanley@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 192.126.152.218
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 104.22.20.195
    ogriboff ogriboff@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    PedroP731213 pedro.dorron49@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.55.174
    hanz.5.3.90.5. hanz.5.3.90.5.@gmail.com 92.119.36.46
    202:420:22:483:81:758::1 202:420:22:483:81:758::1 120.40.130.70
    DanialFantl0 danial-fantl40@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 196.51.47.36
    zam.ok.petro.vsk.y.2.0.23 zam.ok.petro.vsk.y.2.0.23@gmail.com 172.69.23.147
    %forum_nick% tranth.im.yl.e.q.u.ye.n.34@gmail.com 171.234.8.168
    AkilahKingsmill akilah-kingsmill20@gularte73.browndecorationlights 196.51.55.112
    mike mike@monkeydigital.co 120.40.130.70
    BeckyCowen becky-cowen92@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 192.126.152.163
    stefanie.hardell-illgen stefanie.hardell-illgen@hensoldt.net 120.40.130.70
    remona-dryer-8981 remona-dryer-8981@otakuhub.xyz 172.69.134.210
    200:11:401:876:611:11:34:67 200:11:401:876:611:11:34:67 120.40.130.70
    to.m4.9ni.lla.n. to.m4.9ni.lla.n.@gmail.com 84.239.41.30
    juliannkiel juliannkiel@bd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.166.210
    finlaydanglow finlaydanglow@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.210
    joellen-oppenheim.2901 joellen-oppenheim.2901@healthdietshop.com 104.22.20.194
    on16 on16@iex3010.phm24.lavabitmail.digital 120.40.130.70
    ArnetteStrout arnette.arnette@yumayo.mailbox.mom 157.22.125.223
    EDDFlorrie florrie.whisler5755@openlandguide.xyz 196.240.143.158
    gladisboniwell gladisboniwell@anonmails.de 172.71.159.138
    christinwindham-792 christinwindham-792@topcompanygroup.com 172.71.159.137
    CharmainHopman5 charmainhopman@gti.scoldly.com 196.51.115.125
    EvaPenny79 evaeva@lanipo.mexicans.pro 130.49.112.158
    RollandEichel7 alirezaroozegar@sabalanmusic.ir 141.11.0.84
    chaubacon5342 chaubacon5342@discard.email 43.135.36.240
    ClemmieBenner clemmie.benner3403@admiralx-mkl.top 149.126.217.126
    selenecruz selenecruz@anonmails.de 166.1.224.245
    elizabethgonzalez9240uhvw elizabethgonzalez9240uhvw@resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.233.200
    Phillis92V charlesbrown1303t098@travel-e-store.com 185.214.97.91
    melodeegillum-4079 melodeegillum-4079@fishingpalmbeach.com 172.69.23.147