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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 - 5 Sep 2026 5:25 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,131
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    shop shop@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    donaldgonzalez4591m92s donaldgonzalez4591m92s@b.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.10.37
    jessicawilliams6509b48q jessicawilliams6509b48q@b.blog-stuff.com 196.51.46.242
    donna nolydonnaalderete@gmail.com 70.59.66.248
    daniellafincham daniellafincham@23.8.dnsabr.com 104.22.17.79
    tu tu@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    lindawilliams222ohat lindawilliams222ohat@c.pattaya-mega.com 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mdf1 mdf1@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    jenniferdavis1778rfir jenniferdavis1778rfir@c.blog-stuff.com 120.40.130.70
    ShielaIod stevendavis3312909b@b.travel-e-store.com 196.51.9.15
    QMYCasimira casimiracasimira95@xusire.pokemonica.online 185.212.115.136
    meaviedia meaviedia@daqb.info 120.40.130.70
    mdf1 mdf1@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    alannahnewcomb alannahnewcomb@rexornge.net 104.22.20.56
    Megan lowmegan22@gmail.com 122.63.132.224
    prizrak prizrak@fox-net.ru 51.254.25.239
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.71.102.132
    sarahhernandez51021q0s sarahhernandez51021q0s@c.travel-e-store.com 172.69.135.13
    olensalo4287 olensalo4287@1secmail.org 89.117.104.18
    accountancy accountancy@adesso.de 120.40.130.70
    jarrod-borovansky jarrod-borovansky@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.43
    DerickMolineux frankiemetcalfe3768@anonmails.de 138.59.204.128
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    amparofogg49 amparofogg49@thick.mxdood.com 172.71.154.168
    anthonymoore10108vct anthonymoore10108vct@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.23.183
    MaritaO569699530 maritawebber21@.mxdood.com 223.29.254.45
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AnnettVial annett.vial@b47a.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.127.28
    vernitasasaki6498 vernitasasaki6498@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.23.183
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    decanato.comercioyadministracion decanato.comercioyadministracion@umax.edu.py 120.40.130.70
    FloridaBerg095 christophermartin8585t2c6@d.blog-stuff.com 66.63.185.208
    davidsmith9771rtrf davidsmith9771rtrf@d.blog-stuff.com 23.236.144.203
    tun.ak.u.q.u.73 tun.ak.u.q.u.73@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 104.22.20.57
    mizNep ficlsinswake@gismail.online 45.147.192.184
    matthewmoore3725phyv matthewmoore3725phyv@e.gsaserbuilder.xyz 172.70.80.222
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    novikovivan1978104 novikovivan1978104@bk.ru 162.158.167.43
    KeriBadgett7168 joshualopez8716y94z@c.pattaya-mega.com 192.186.170.26
    Rigoberto8789 rigobertodebeuzeville54@yell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    kwhinnery kwhinnery@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yulyagexode yulyagexode@mail.ru 172.71.154.169
    kiracoble129 kiracoble129@anonmails.de 162.158.167.44
    disclosure disclosure@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    ClaudeKendall7 claude-kendall80@1a17.zouytr.xyz 217.60.126.53
    uwroodwn uwroodwn@firsthidden.com 104.22.20.57
    jessicasmith25744vw7 jessicasmith25744vw7@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.159.82
    statsig-sdk-releases statsig-sdk-releases@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    statsig-sdk-releases-inbox statsig-sdk-releases-inbox@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2604:309:27:300:990:935:62:446 2604:309:27:300:990:935:62:446 120.40.130.70
    margheritacollick margheritacollick@nanatha.academy 172.69.23.183
    kasi kasi@cwais.ru 120.40.130.70
    GabrieleBravo63 myrtleleila@solstris.com 191.101.114.220
    contact contact@cwais.ru 120.40.130.70
    DorthyMaxwell09 dorthy.dorthy6@dateso.greenweed.sbs 176.126.111.211
    1gerrryhujj 1gerrryhujj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    MontyTimmerman0 monty.timmerman38@bc06.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.160.188
    barbaraanderson381gghd barbaraanderson381gghd@c.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    agueda-agueda44 agueda-agueda44@koriva.kanye.online 172.69.135.14
    MargaritoF tabithachambers7646@anonmails.de 45.140.53.148
    info info@aston.ru 120.40.130.70
    LuAnn ltammelin@charter.net 24.231.128.184
    sarahbrown4603zx2 sarahbrown4603zx2@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.25.125
    DulcieWilbur76 dulciewilbur93@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ZYODeangelo deangelopark79@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.29
    PiperBower2 charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.8.1
    shannonsisco shannonsisco@mmds.shop 104.22.17.78