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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 - 15 Mar 2026 4:27 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,277
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2001:100:705:400:43:7608:52:24 2001:100:705:400:43:7608:52:24 120.40.130.70
    ttt ttt@example.com 120.40.130.70
    patricki2rf patricki2rf@cooncreekfamilyfarm.com 120.40.130.70
    salz salz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    me me@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testj testj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    caroot caroot@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pingt pingt@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marcinw marcinw@example.com 120.40.130.70
    harold harold@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jamescruz18022 jamescruz18022@d.seoautomationpro.com 209.127.57.247
    shonda-gopinko shonda-gopinko@crypto-boss770.top 72.56.188.3
    coevote111 coevote111@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kisharochell kisharochell@solstris.com 172.69.23.193
    clarita.edments.85 clarita.edments.85@ramenbetgames13.top 172.69.134.83
    revoke revoke@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CamilleCoury5 camillecoury5@role.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.76
    ip-172-24-0-150-root ip-172-24-0-150-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AdrianaGal ownacekey@ak.gy 107.172.42.116
    LoganHodgkinson patriciathomas34453fmk@budgetthailandtravel.com 103.87.142.82
    testtriad1909 testtriad1909@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testsig+secondary testsig+secondary@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aletheawinifred2965 aletheawinifred2965@hotbird.giize.com 104.22.20.234
    tammy.role tammy.role@example.com 120.40.130.70
    suu suu@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aminetht aminetht@example.com 120.40.130.70
    scyutjaHax2 scyutjaHax2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bogus bogus@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ip-172-24-2-239-root ip-172-24-2-239-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Lia liadolev01@gmail.com 141.226.89.40
    quyenlogan7537 quyenlogan7537@mailmenot.io 172.71.158.69
    katlyn-ali katlyn-ali@hello-word-2026.store 172.71.154.178
    shoshanahepler8882 shoshanahepler8882@1secmail.com 172.69.134.82
    felicia.cockrell felicia.cockrell@xplayfortuna-rewardhub.com. 72.56.191.11
    crystal15 crystal15@ifsso.net 45.132.76.140
    MinniePerd karmachamberlin@odvh.xyz 191.101.118.231
    202:1810:515:100:782::1:46 202:1810:515:100:782::1:46 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    TiaBatista tia-caldaral-batista@healthypplevery.org 130.254.112.15
    analisatoler analisatoler@crypto-boss21.site 172.71.158.69
    dalene-symonds dalene-symonds@inquiries.hotelhafenhamburg.click 162.158.167.133
    sima-summers sima-summers@emailgsa5.xyz 104.22.17.127
    LilaI283165039 jodyhermine@solstris.com 103.221.232.62
    naomipfeiffer naomipfeiffer@t.woeishyang.com 85.208.115.234
    2001:100:903:8600:97:54:040:76 2001:100:903:8600:97:54:040:76 120.40.130.70
    202:1811:21:4500:0:744:3130:249 202:1811:21:4500:0:744:3130:249 120.40.130.70
    LeaShirk54 leashirk55@rakiy.m8sbeingm8s.com 192.126.234.117
    202:1811:21:4500:0:744:3130:249 202:1811:21:4500:0:744:3130:249 120.40.130.70
    lisettelisette lisettelisette@calovo.mailr.click 162.158.167.133
    vknight vknight@ifsso.net 45.132.77.90
    corachong9545 corachong9545@mailhvd.lat 172.69.134.83
    2001:100:609:00:15:1160:768:944 2001:100:609:00:15:1160:768:944 120.40.130.70
    pehorspv pehorspv@ronaldofmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Edwardtak goldboy1931@gmail.com 146.103.110.47
    tomginder tomginder@fbviamail.com 104.22.20.234
    auismaarleyo4300 auismaarleyo@163.com 154.16.115.97
    gorodskaya_dxKn mail12@finzdorov7777.ru 188.116.25.189
    zabranyandexto8513 zabranyandexto@126.com 154.16.115.97
    gorodskaya_dxKn mail12@finzdorov7777.ru 154.16.115.97
    LuzMcGeorge1 luz.luz@vaceri.newgang.info 45.3.39.142
    cruzfontenot cruzfontenot@digitalcourier.xyz 104.22.17.126
    ElvisMott603 elvismott41@last.muzaco.com 223.29.254.45
    Dexter6770 anthonyschulz300420kr4@a.seoautomationpro.com 152.232.160.185
    curtisbanda curtisbanda@now.mefound.com 104.22.17.126
    lbikmlwt lbikmlwt@polosmail.com (empty)
    JesusMartyn5381 jesusmartyn82@scene.muzaco.com 196.198.13.205
    jennaschofield5876 jennaschofield5876@anonmails.de 31.12.93.70
    MKCAaron25951746 aaronlea14@just.cdfaq.com 23.81.230.194
    pehorspv pehorspv@ronaldofmail.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cherienava1604 cherienava1604@pw.epac.to 172.69.134.82
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70