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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 - 8 Feb 2026 5:28 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,253
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dinamagoffin dinamagoffin@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.134.210
    202:1810:53:5700::08:3:895 202:1810:53:5700::08:3:895 120.40.130.70
    202:020:548:3655::93:110:010 202:020:548:3655::93:110:010 120.40.130.70
    DorothyDeweese3 silbetyriz1976@binaryoption.ae 185.168.29.117
    isiahzwar16 isiahzwar16@hetianjade.browndecorationlights.com 192.186.191.125
    202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 120.40.130.70
    liliababbidge liliababbidge@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.178
    202:3100:66:2800:643:27:134:5251 202:3100:66:2800:643:27:134:5251 120.40.130.70
    ZUDJustine kenjiconnor9798659o9@seoautomationpro.com 104.129.39.149
    matthewwilliams8824lxw0 matthewwilliams8824lxw0@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.158.69
    202:1810:53:5700::08:3:895 202:1810:53:5700::08:3:895 120.40.130.70
    GarlandD80 marcoschulz73801a0o1@seoautomationpro.com 155.94.190.196
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:66:2800:643:27:134:5251 202:3100:66:2800:643:27:134:5251 120.40.130.70
    edoxax edoxax@lifestyle-de.com 138.219.120.112
    qok.id.a.z.e.m.abi.86 qok.id.a.z.e.m.abi.86@gmail.com 172.69.134.211
    natulya.fedosova.96 natulya.fedosova.96@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    CedricVillalpand cedricvillalpando48@among.ehomu.com 196.242.178.201
    p.etr.t.a.t.a.r.skyhom.e.wo.r.k19.8.722.05 p.etr.t.a.t.a.r.skyhom.e.wo.r.k19.8.722.05@gmail.c 45.91.22.25
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Charlesbip marcusqie.u@gmail.com 45.86.202.157
    aundreaplott aundreaplott@biznesonlajn360.store 172.71.154.178
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:0:200:716:8090:86: 206:5900:0:200:716:8090:86: 120.40.130.70
    christopherrodriguez5931bdrt christopherrodriguez5931bdrt@budgetthailandtravel. 162.158.167.97
    DaleVarley9522 dani@b.stopstress.shop 181.214.80.149
    meghangirardin9 meghangirardin9@care.careline.click 172.69.23.194
    ScarlettEllingto scarlettellington30@just.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.8
    kaitlynkrebs kaitlynkrebs@admiralx-iop.top 72.56.158.87
    carolynsymons carolynsymons@hello-word-2026.store 104.22.17.126
    PrestonSpearman prestonspearman96@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.250.199
    Zentropivity zentropivity@protonmail.com 172.18.0.2
    JoseMaria josem.sanz.sanz@gmail.com 85.62.151.69
    barbarabrown7897z9bb barbarabrown7897z9bb@a.pattaya-mega.com 104.223.4.166
    202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 120.40.130.70
    PartheniaNewdega johnmiller9943b74q@travel-e-store.com 192.126.180.191
    KoryTorreggiani evania@nebulastream.site 196.51.24.123
    MayFrame4829795 jessmyles@solstris.com 196.240.143.158
    202:020:543:31:5811:9171:96:2 202:020:543:31:5811:9171:96:2 120.40.130.70
    clary clary@c.cosmiccircuit.store 66.63.183.24
    VioletQjc92299 violetnellis@gularte73.browndecorationlights.com 23.236.246.241
    ulyssesbixby7828 ulyssesbixby7828@anonmails.de 104.22.17.127
    lavonnehuman lavonnehuman@1secmail.org 172.71.154.178
    MirtaBrogan8109 marydavis7481w209@verifiedlinklist.com 108.62.102.44
    lavonnewatts lavonnewatts@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.134.210
    HTMJan80685855 waortitisf1r77@nestmailbox.com 107.175.205.216
    iwiboqepuy iwiboqepuy@lifestyle-de.com 186.179.62.178
    JonathonHoyt jonathon-jonathon@rumone.durovmail.cv 209.50.163.227
    barbaramartin5336heoe barbaramartin5336heoe@welcometotijuana.com 172.69.134.210
    normandcharlton6513 normandcharlton6513@discard.email 45.130.151.201
    tabithavannoy5853 tabithavannoy5853@1mail.x24hr.com 104.22.17.127
    alximikkobra9 alximikkobra9@emailn.de 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 162.158.167.97
    AdolphJosephson diegobianchi597785gli@seoautomationpro.com 107.175.150.25
    2122037796 2122037796@tmomail.net 45.86.18.147
    jerespicer8496 jerespicer8496@zooms.pro 49.13.174.1
    angelinehandley angelinehandley@bittermail.site 80.71.159.64
    202:03:84:400:8881:642:6:1 202:03:84:400:8881:642:6:1 120.40.130.70
    sumleo yi009@e.ntu.edu.sg 172.18.0.2
    202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 120.40.130.70
    BettyBlazer38 bettyblazer75@among.ehomu.com 196.242.114.31
    GlennaBowe4 miltonchase@1mail.x24hr.com 212.102.35.207
    202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 202:8108:8125:100:898:7524:27:537 120.40.130.70
    EricaAbercrombie erica-abercrombie-8542@unlimclub-jackpot.top 72.56.154.140
    AdrianneBaumgart lucianakantor1024@spambog.ru 212.102.35.207
    2601:240:181:80:4194:153:7:756 2601:240:181:80:4194:153:7:756 120.40.130.70
    youwillneverfindmesorry youwillneverfindmesorry@protonmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ClaudiaKnp barbararodriguez2484gci8@travel-e-store.com 152.89.128.95
    garryscullin garryscullin@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.20.179
    BlythePettis686 blythepettis@unlimclub-jackpot.top 72.56.153.137