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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 - 6 Aug 2026 12:09 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,496
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    nellymarvin84 nellymarvin84@fish.elyquin.com 94.249.154.64
    WyattSiddins6 tedtia@solstris.com 191.101.114.216
    HoraceAllred stevendavis3312909b@b.travel-e-store.com 156.241.201.75
    LawannaDelprat4 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 102.165.55.20
    FranklinTorrence franklintorrence52@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.152
    makskarlovskiy makskarlovskiy@mail.ru 95.24.13.21
    den00109 den00109@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LashundaFroude lashundafroude74@.mxdood.com 191.101.92.183
    KevinBronn kevinbronner@azino777-nexus.com 72.56.147.2
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ElinorAkhtar35 elinorakhtar86@fiber.pettin.com 223.29.254.133
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Ima238668747 anyagodley@adult-work.info 103.106.238.18
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    williammartin81n6vd williammartin81n6vd@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ErrolWingfield5 dessiecarla@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    kristinakehado kristinakehado@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    den00109 den00109@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AshlyKay647 johnmiller9943b74q@travel-e-store.com 66.63.160.200
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    AkilahFollmer02 akilahfollmer50@role.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.200
    GraceMagallon7 gracegrace59@jipote.mailr.click 77.83.25.57
    patriciamiller1143bbm1 patriciamiller1143bbm1@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    williammartin81n6vd williammartin81n6vd@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    IsraelRiddell8 kelliamber@solstris.com 177.234.143.137
    Jaredodoma vasilevolegso6850@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    ChastityHyder35 chastity-chastity39@tinene.kizmet.space 162.252.53.174
    williammartin81n6vd williammartin81n6vd@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    DenisePrescott6 deniseprescott7240@baupo.pl 196.196.169.150
    2001:100:11:1700:42:78:67:553 2001:100:11:1700:42:78:67:553 120.40.130.70
    HubertSaxton330 huberthubert39@gikaju.searchmail.club 37.72.141.146
    202:1810:57:00::9387:843:6239 202:1810:57:00::9387:843:6239 120.40.130.70
    matthewdavis42803ar0 matthewdavis42803ar0@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    patriciamiller1143bbm1 patriciamiller1143bbm1@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi182 newbloghi182@blogranks.top 45.133.170.104
    20:5600:140:4004:2:7098:7:3794 20:5600:140:4004:2:7098:7:3794 120.40.130.70
    FerdinandPort6 fredamora5389@pecinan.net 45.74.3.199
    massimiliano.mirabello massimiliano.mirabello@italtel.com 120.40.130.70
    Domenic40X domenic.boling@grumm.pl 198.154.80.154
    ZakZelaya6 zakzelaya6@wild.ehomu.com 196.198.13.252
    EmelyStarnes790 emelystarnes43@put.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    LorieGruenewald loriegruenewald54@slow.pettin.com 177.234.143.137
    ad163.13.1.4 ad163.13.1.4@gmail.com 185.121.232.228
    DiegoKobayashi7 diegokobayashi@ubalbinki.pl 5.157.5.90
    RedaBasser3 redabasser-7625@ubalbinki.pl 45.95.117.88
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    hollisgay andrew3288cuq@tev-lev.de 192.111.130.2
    li.nk.s.8.9m.ast li.nk.s.8.9m.ast@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    2001:105:807:800:880:59:27:52 2001:105:807:800:880:59:27:52 120.40.130.70
    RaySaldana510 raysaldana38@slide.veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    yusteamualno yusteamualno@mail.ru (empty)
    bo.t.a.z.it.a.pe34 bo.t.a.z.it.a.pe34@gmail.com 89.110.100.148
    astrik-7 astrik-7@mail.ru 31.173.81.102
    MichalSeiffert michal-seiffert-3867@grumm.pl 107.174.149.92
    202:03:82:9600:6063:52:38:310 202:03:82:9600:6063:52:38:310 120.40.130.70
    maksa1901 maksa1901@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:03:82:9600:6063:52:38:310 202:03:82:9600:6063:52:38:310 120.40.130.70
    egorgefuhi egorgefuhi@mail.ru 10.42.206.17
    200:10:848:11:0:58:93:01 200:10:848:11:0:58:93:01 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Leonel0227 patriciawilson730779it@backlinks.monster 217.60.120.85
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CarlotaSettle1 carlotacarlota@xuxose.sabo.bar 162.252.55.141
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AileenW60286073 aileenuren-2030@ubalbinki.pl 165.231.227.173