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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 - 3 Sep 2026 12:31 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,818
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    SheenaMacFarland janessareynaldo@veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    CorineRembert corinerembert35@stage.milkgg.com 196.198.13.165
    Kurtis6403 shannannelson@veauly.com 144.48.52.102
    slahaldynalshykhmhmd809 slahaldynalshykhmhmd809@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    jannieandrus.9886 jannieandrus.9886@pentec.xyz 98.158.235.227
    BernadineDarby bernadinedarby94@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    inteldeveloperzonesupport inteldeveloperzonesupport@intel.com 120.40.130.70
    Victormanuel victor@t-riego.es 20:581:3608:00:117:40:456:366
    NEPCollin4 johndavis5533gl0y@c.gsavps.xyz 66.63.178.187
    flococo flococo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    target target@example.com 120.40.130.70
    earllorimer100 earllorimer100@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.44
    monika1012 monika1012@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    filmet filmet@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    andrewjackson6532q77c andrewjackson6532q77c@c.verifiedlinklist.com 156.230.193.87
    Adele88P42 richardbrown3228xs7z@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 23.236.203.88
    filmet filmet@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    defisoma defisoma@email.cz 146.19.125.70
    target target@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LinneaSegura7 leanneezra@veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    obefrnzke obefrnzke@govtopshop.online 120.40.130.70
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.71.241.69
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CaseyHibbard86 hassanharriet@veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    candicetovell candicetovell@tempr.email 104.22.20.143
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pearlgonsalves pearlgonsalves@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.44
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    PenneyCraney99 penneycraney@cskarmelita.com 82.193.99.59
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    name name@example.com 120.40.130.70
    leonie.castro leonie.castro@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.43
    mail mail@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dreaming.ai.docker dreaming.ai.docker@example.com 120.40.130.70
    loydgrinder loydgrinder@discardmail.com 172.71.154.178
    daikijones28012vurb daikijones28012vurb@a.seoautomationpro.com 172.69.135.14
    202:8108:8125:100:3084:101:4867:881 202:8108:8125:100:3084:101:4867:881 120.40.130.70
    Modesta6268 modesta.modesta@pawine.kizmet.space 140.235.168.42
    mill-test-user mill-test-user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    z z@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FlorBenny4194123 yangsanchez30393@a.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.9.121
    novikovivan1978104 novikovivan1978104@bk.ru 172.71.158.117
    arin arin@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    corporate.pressinquiry corporate.pressinquiry@amd.com 120.40.130.70
    LatanyaWolfgram irvingtardent@hidebox.org 103.106.238.18
    ermssssss ermssssss@yandex.ru 128.71.249.220
    david.xia david.xia@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    comercial comercial@neweseguros.com 120.40.130.70
    jicousderu jicousderu@mail.ru 172.71.158.116
    jeanajeana21 jeanajeana21@yavura.dmail.fit 104.22.20.142
    Ollie1328356009 ellenmikel@veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    arin arin@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    sdks sdks@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    wes1west wes1west@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    kefe62 kefe62@postafiok.hu 120.40.130.70
    jillianaspinall4201 jillianaspinall4201@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 162.158.167.43
    sayokot727 sayokot727@neowd.com 50.115.180.218
    xrumer23Blolo xrumer23Blolo@gmail.com 165.140.118.5
    Modesta6833 elviratimothy@veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    AdelaKessler3 danamartinez71943de3s@a.seoautomationpro.com 64.188.11.189
    2607:298:5:117::537:17 2607:298:5:117::537:17 120.40.130.70
    michaelcohen michaelcohen@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    michaelcohen michaelcohen@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    charabickersteth charabickersteth@asia.dnsabr.com 172.71.158.117
    alilehunte alilehunte@discardmail.com 192.210.176.161
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 172.71.158.117
    arin arin@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    ZDYAlta835 jacquelynangeles@veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    xrumer23wibre xrumer23wibre@gmail.com 192.42.116.53
    GloriaP2949771 norbertotamara@veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    LarryJoria jicousderu@mail.ru 37.221.202.27