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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 - 10 Aug 2026 10:19 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,922
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    20:40:100:5:49:3:6:3597 20:40:100:5:49:3:6:3597 120.40.130.70
    gouravsharma gouravsharma@y7mail.com 60.241.198.98
    NoeSholl66936 noe.noe@sihota.maptech.online 91.246.51.38
    imladris imladris@irk.ru 120.40.130.70
    whatseo whatseo@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    msxgmhub msxgmhub@elegantclockwork.com 186.179.63.121
    OnaLumpkin onaona77@juvisu.supermail.space 194.110.150.165
    FrederickBenefie frederickbenefield@contactus.51tiemo.com 195.63.25.183
    vetapalmore vetapalmore@coffeepancakewafflebacon.com 120.40.130.70
    DenaKnopwood wwayazi06r93@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.161
    2gerehuujik 2gerehuujik@anonmails.de 45.134.253.147
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    3130440855 3130440855@qq.com 223.215.134.171
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lin.k.s.8.9.m.a.st lin.k.s.8.9.m.a.st@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    links.8.9.ma.st. links.8.9.ma.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lk.hbmgdw5326 lk.hbmgdw5326@jaebd.com 178.20.42.231
    maymay maymay@gijevu.new-mail.info 31.134.8.161
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ENLFredericka frederickaroot@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.81
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    comunicacioninstitucional comunicacioninstitucional@ibero.mx 120.40.130.70
    jbtbzsje jbtbzsje@ishowfirstmail.com 104.22.100.122
    Alvin alvin.cudal@deped.gov.ph 150.228.157.40
    DeanneChampionde deannechampiondecrespigny48@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    angelgarciaquintana1515 angelgarciaquintana1515@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ZitaLeyva044 zitaleyva90@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.219
    sabrinafernandes162230 sabrinafernandes162230@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lucass1991 lucass1991@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    8ccf25b8ea 8ccf25b8ea@emaily.pro 120.40.130.70
    sgqnrblbmtcwlkofid sgqnrblbmtcwlkofid@ytnhy.com 120.40.130.70
    yehara3857 yehara3857@hartaria.com 120.40.130.70
    Neuville.guillaume2906 Neuville.guillaume2906@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Uberdezebi Uberdezebi@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    Pjandjade Pjandjade@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    ZitaSaylors106 zitasaylors98@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    roel92 roel92@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    clarissaklinger.1170 clarissaklinger.1170@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
    surfer7729 surfer7729@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    kalksrxw kalksrxw@analismail.com 104.23.217.56
    mik.emas.t.er.s2.026 mik.emas.t.er.s2.026@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Sadie31O092 sadiedennison29@seat.muzaco.com 102.165.55.164
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    igor.ribeiro igor.ribeiro@ifood.com.br 120.40.130.70
    liberio.cunha liberio.cunha@ifood.com.br 120.40.130.70
    andre.bereza andre.bereza@ifood.com.br 120.40.130.70
    DelmarDescoteaux delmardescoteaux58@these.veauly.com 196.198.13.67
    Jamal32M8217 jamalkirschbaum100@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.45
    LatriceGilpin54 junkodwayne@solstris.com 181.215.16.238
    sdaa sdaa@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    MerrillPowlett3 merrillpowlett19@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    sdaa sdaa@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 185.130.187.9
    PaulEllzey16 wmymindinspacephr93@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.236
    BernieBellamy5 berniebellamy36@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    JuliaCantu3721 patriciablundell9996@anonmails.de 104.28.163.38
    acharlesyandeto8009 acharlesyandeto@163.com 212.47.232.28
    katlynpaling67 katlynpaling67@armed.veauly.com 206.232.5.120
    Fredou123 Fredou123@1xp.fr 120.40.130.70
    Albertsef bkgkwxhx@duhastmail.com 178.18.207.85