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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 Aug 2026 8:36 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,293
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Elliottner a.d.163.13.14@gmail.com 185.121.232.228
    mohammadfromm4829 mohammadfromm4829@freundin.ru 120.40.130.70
    ruff83 ruff83@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ECPClifton christopherhernandez7894ghmw@b.gsavps.xyz 156.241.204.222
    202:469:474:0:9594:9:76:1297 202:469:474:0:9594:9:76:1297 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:41:00:608:556::26 202:1810:41:00:608:556::26 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:469:474:0:9594:9:76:1297 202:469:474:0:9594:9:76:1297 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:4836:82:97:77 202:8108:8125:100:4836:82:97:77 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:91:2500:7:691:5114:7367 202:1810:91:2500:7:691:5114:7367 120.40.130.70
    antipov.i antipov.i@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    PattiX1478 barbarataylor3601u3ab@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.161.219
    LettieE08189 gerardfergusson@anonmails.de 212.115.49.247
    202:267:988:440:0:1000:0:6 202:267:988:440:0:1000:0:6 120.40.130.70
    steph.a.n.ieb.u.rto.l.om.ew steph.a.n.ieb.u.rto.l.om.ew@gmail.com 92.119.36.48
    qjehsorc qjehsorc@blackfirsta.com 64.31.3.126
    202:03:82:01:598:12:758:7 202:03:82:01:598:12:758:7 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AlbaClutterbuck alba-alba@javusi.redmail.click 31.134.14.131
    202:1810:8593:000:448:1:52:7 202:1810:8593:000:448:1:52:7 120.40.130.70
    Walterprolo kseniyamonama@mail.ru 94.103.90.150
    FranciscoJavier javierho2020@gmail.com 178.139.224.206
    DoraCoble0 doracoble21@put.pettin.com 191.101.92.175
    asik asik@uinsaizu.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    ThurmanT94 hkfqwmlaic@rambler.ru 109.106.137.5
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Santo02G9900634 santopalma39@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.53.105
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    swwwaiziwaimaoguanlike swwwaiziwaimaoguanlike@bjpg.gov.cn 120.40.130.70
    asik asik@uinsaizu.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    donaldjones9805581l donaldjones9805581l@swartluxury258.com 81.92.195.73
    2800:370:1:6220:6:76:707:0 2800:370:1:6220:6:76:707:0 120.40.130.70
    atylepitt7773 atylepitt@163.com 27.34.242.101
    Robertfully prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 108.170.12.10
    zaidanswift3857 zaidanswift@hotmail.com 27.34.242.101
    202:020:36:60:59:615:3:728 202:020:36:60:59:615:3:728 120.40.130.70
    aalexpetrov aalexpetrov@vip.163.com 172.171.83.26
    aisabelllittle4020 aisabelllittle@vip.163.com 27.34.242.101
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JosephEmess j.2.85.699.8@gmail.com 216.24.212.10
    l.in.ks.89ma.s.t l.in.ks.89ma.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    williamtaylor1471gqdh williamtaylor1471gqdh@gsasearchengineranker.info 78.157.213.110
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 10.42.206.17
    202:03:8728:01:7:51:48:59 202:03:8728:01:7:51:48:59 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:4:5:893:392:111:223 202:1808:4:5:893:392:111:223 120.40.130.70
    202:020:34:508:641:193:85:12 202:020:34:508:641:193:85:12 120.40.130.70
    202:020:5:4530:829:26:505:48 202:020:5:4530:829:26:505:48 120.40.130.70
    202:03:81:5101:20:20:0:3 202:03:81:5101:20:20:0:3 120.40.130.70
    CharoletteMacans seanjones22648@a.seoautomationpro.com 38.154.113.67
    lin.k.s89.m.a.st. lin.k.s89.m.a.st.@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    CaitlynEarly191 caitlynearly23@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.133
    201:340:88:51:165:941:160:5456 201:340:88:51:165:941:160:5456 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:82:900:418:8:304:696 202:1810:82:900:418:8:304:696 120.40.130.70
    tabarly tabarly@blip.ovh 120.40.130.70
    danieljones52097rn2 danieljones52097rn2@swartluxury258.com 170.247.223.117
    rheagross wa.n.g.m.e.ilin.e@gmail.com 174.171.100.226
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LanceDobie81979 whitneysaldivar838@minecraft-dungeons.ru 156.241.219.171
    EleanorePatino eleanorepatino4@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.83
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:422:900:16:308:37:336 202:1810:422:900:16:308:37:336 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8625:201:969:4716:64:34 202:03:8625:201:969:4716:64:34 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    barbaralopez84258pk6 barbaralopez84258pk6@b.resorts-in-asia.com 192.241.85.173
    MorganPate99 morganpate78@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    mar.t.a.s.p.e.llowd.a. mar.t.a.s.p.e.llowd.a.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    NicholasRvl nicholasdevore67@river.muzaco.com 196.198.13.67
    EstherAlvarez82 karinesamuels@anonmails.de 5.252.29.13
    sailwa19777 sailwa19777@proton.me 216.131.122.123
    pimenov-yc4pa pimenov-yc4pa@rambler.ru 209.127.10.191
    202:1811:11:300:35:0:3:07 202:1811:11:300:35:0:3:07 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8789:2600:849:83:72:843 202:03:8789:2600:849:83:72:843 120.40.130.70