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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 - 4 Sep 2026 8:14 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,442
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    michellombardo michellombardo@dvd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.143
    ymrgdsvnxv ymrgdsvnxv@rambler.ru 98.159.36.22
    neva-rumble9400 neva-rumble9400@de.contributor.website 172.71.154.169
    davidanderson2637iedl davidanderson2637iedl@b.gsavps.xyz 209.127.75.170
    Margo58M1396441 jessicadebbie@veauly.com 191.101.92.224
    202:457:55:0:55:683:351:30 202:457:55:0:55:683:351:30 120.40.130.70
    202:457:55:0:55:683:351:30 202:457:55:0:55:683:351:30 120.40.130.70
    2001:08:1333:527:9992:33:19:647 2001:08:1333:527:9992:33:19:647 120.40.130.70
    ElanaRiddell donaldwilson3569ctva@b.mustdoindubai.com 78.157.213.188
    arcade.juvenile330 arcade.juvenile330@passmail.com 186.157.58.45
    Timur timur04031984a@gmail.com 213.230.126.236
    202:458:63:0:68:293:609:79 202:458:63:0:68:293:609:79 120.40.130.70
    k.a.n81 k.a.n81@mail.ru 85.113.43.139
    2601:5:4002:180:1198:3695:677:9 2601:5:4002:180:1198:3695:677:9 120.40.130.70
    leopoldobrookins34 leopoldobrookins34@armed.veauly.com 172.71.159.81
    tnvcxnld tnvcxnld@ishowfirstmail.com 120.40.130.70
    vinayak.dahane vinayak.dahane@rediffmail.com 146.19.125.70
    WIJDelilah delilahlangwell5@these.veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    Blikinkfak kuzyass@yandex.ru 158.173.79.230
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RudolphLiriano5 robertjohnson463703hj@a.welcometotijuana.com 152.232.160.131
    arcade.forum.numeral632 arcade.forum.numeral632@passinbox.com 186.157.69.158
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RamonBair439721 janbeatriz@solstris.com 144.48.52.254
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MartinaJankowski martinajankowski73@put.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hollywoodhighlandhotelhostel hollywoodhighlandhotelhostel@gmail.com 2401:4900:133:26:840:99:76:63
    concettaanderton9308 concettaanderton9308@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.155.103
    xrumer23baito xrumer23baito@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    arcade.implicit474 arcade.implicit474@passinbox.com 186.157.69.158
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ArletteSherriff hildegardlarhonda@veauly.com 23.95.81.223
    DominicCary934 olivermattie@veauly.com 144.48.52.102
    e-mail-555 e-mail-555@mail.ru 92.36.74.2
    scottyqbz5 scotty-blakey-3393@birulangit.dev 196.245.249.203
    JeanettePilkingt terrancechristen@veauly.com 154.16.69.58
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 104.22.20.233
    n00074000 n00074000@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    serviceclient serviceclient@mtn.cm 120.40.130.70
    Blikinkfak mazovaolenka@gmail.com 158.173.166.116
    hasiththikshana hasiththiksanahasiththiksana@gmail.com 2407:00:4008:1379:68:2062:941:8
    MagnoliaLovelady myrtleleila@solstris.com 154.16.69.173
    MerissaAshcroft dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 102.165.53.105
    TandySwenson21 tandyswenson50@deny.milkgg.com 23.81.230.194
    aaronwork aaronwork@ya.ru 120.40.130.70
    ChasGlassey858 danilophillipp@veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    HildegardeJoseph finlaylynette@solstris.com 191.101.114.21
    MariaMcMaster5 michellenelson@solstris.com 181.215.16.161
    jeannettenordstrom48 jeannettenordstrom48@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.233
    NicholeSeabrook nicholeseabrook3@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.146
    RafaelaRoger collettetammi@veauly.com 144.48.52.117
    xrumer23baito xrumer23baito@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    sadovnichiy sadovnichiy@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    Deliverastive nkanoukounoudeliverastivel@gmail.com 102.129.81.239
    KathleenFriend tedtia@solstris.com 191.101.92.183
    kristalcloud kristalcloud@now.mefound.com 104.22.20.232
    hcuclisvcwjdvxkplf hcuclisvcwjdvxkplf@gmxx.de 120.40.130.70
    robtfrost1295 robtfrost1295@ggvendas.store 172.69.134.70
    ahmedsobhy eng.ahmed.moh.sobhy@gmail.com 41.233.52.115
    marsha-coppola marsha-coppola@corrective.51tiemo.com 192.241.80.8
    harryrule6694 harryrule6694@anonmails.de 104.22.17.78
    mckelarsipesr1123955 mckelarsipesr1123955@instomat.ru 120.40.130.70
    sadovnichiy sadovnichiy@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    aaronwork aaronwork@ya.ru 120.40.130.70
    201:0:1:630:00:8:729:86 201:0:1:630:00:8:729:86 120.40.130.70
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    n00074000 n00074000@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    LenoraFortin25 lenorafortin4@deny.milkgg.com 154.16.69.146
    WinonaColebe danielanderson4492347n@a.verifiedlinklist.com 45.224.255.17
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 141.101.98.103
    ArletteEtienne arletteetienne84@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.114.101
    KelvinCreswell3 lawerencenellie@veauly.com 154.16.69.250