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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 Aug 2026 3:49 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,087
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    WilliamPet admin@promodoc.ru 144.124.224.111
    NLWDewey21655 deweylayne55@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    jasminpark elena@nofreeze.pro 107.181.142.109
    SiobhanClunie32 siobhanclunie39@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    2001:100:3400:900:7:46:561:750 2001:100:3400:900:7:46:561:750 120.40.130.70
    Britt93B6554736 brittrieger84@deny.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    bra.n.d.e.r.kri.dk.rach.556.4 bra.n.d.e.r.kri.dk.rach.556.4@gmail.com 78.111.152.147
    2001:410:601:1100::5237 2001:410:601:1100::5237 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:8:62:4238:698 202:8108:8125:100:8:62:4238:698 120.40.130.70
    Marclelong77 Marclelong77@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    TiaraD7731973 tiaraackerman20@.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    Toni01811521 tonistrother100@pound.milkgg.com 144.48.52.206
    202:03:860:301:88:30:351:594 202:03:860:301:88:30:351:594 120.40.130.70
    AlbertSteadham albertsteadham62@slow.pettin.com 102.165.53.166
    AndersonOls anderson.anderson80@ximese.orville.pro 45.147.232.136
    DaniDiehl45 danidiehl48@act.milkgg.com 191.101.114.21
    ThanhWheen thanhwheen67@fiber.pettin.com 223.29.254.45
    ge.or.gec.rawf.ord2.51.005 ge.or.gec.rawf.ord2.51.005@gmail.com 77.238.230.117
    MeridithG94 meridithbaughman38@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.165
    vfudpqip vfudpqip@bekommenmail.com 37.139.53.80
    SalvatoreMcGrego salvatoremcgregor7@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.20
    pauljackson25254f1s pauljackson25254f1s@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.247.145
    VirgilioMcFarlan virgiliomcfarlane91@fast.veauly.com 181.215.16.213
    cristineosman cristineosman@1mail.x24hr.com 156.241.217.40
    nxzfjynypEa nxzfjynypEa@catch-design.ru 87.199.202.141
    karenmartin1487a4ak karenmartin1487a4ak@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 120.40.130.70
    nzmffgog nzmffgog@blackfirsta.com 64.31.3.126
    jkxipzgr jkxipzgr@firsthidden.com 64.31.3.126
    GiuseppeCarmack giuseppecarmack21@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.53.166
    Kandice9642 junkodwayne@solstris.com 144.48.52.235
    RomaineFalls62 romainefalls83@e41a.scalesurge.io 109.166.53.199
    202:267:00:4146:0:9000:0:2 202:267:00:4146:0:9000:0:2 120.40.130.70
    fyksia92 fyksia92@mail.ru 31.173.87.186
    AlexandriaMadiga alexandriaalexandria@xutati.nmail.work 194.180.232.229
    uvu.vu.nay.oz.00 uvu.vu.nay.oz.00@gmail.com 89.124.93.110
    louashe louashe@8.dnsabr.com 196.244.48.241
    karenmartin1487a4ak karenmartin1487a4ak@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi117 newbloghi117@blogranks.top 2.57.23.72
    202:8108:8125:100:08:287:312:1 202:8108:8125:100:08:287:312:1 120.40.130.70
    klynko.diana klynko.diana@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2603:6010:0:340:490:45:62:637 2603:6010:0:340:490:45:62:637 120.40.130.70
    modyyyyyyyn jrevoryjane@gmail.com 95.141.32.101
    CurtPinedo curtpinedo3@toy.pettin.com 102.165.53.200
    LachlanSaxon2 lachlansaxon65@these.veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    kevin kevin@prairierockpark.com 120.40.130.70
    urpbyhldv urpbyhldv@govtoptds.online 178.83.10.254
    qrclowpv qrclowpv@fuhrenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    fae-shorter57 fae-shorter57@healthypplevery.org 170.199.229.174
    audrymarti j6psk14wua8@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250
    2001:410:601:1100::2080 2001:410:601:1100::2080 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    poexelke poexelke@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    thomasmiller9975a3tz thomasmiller9975a3tz@f.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    ir-contact-netops-corp ir-contact-netops-corp@google.com 120.40.130.70
    joshuajackson8223azyz joshuajackson8223azyz@b.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    consultor1 consultor1@gosoft.com.mx 189.175.176.111
    consultor1 consultor1@gosoft.com.mx 189.152.84.62
    202:020:545:1826:45:83:4155:04 202:020:545:1826:45:83:4155:04 120.40.130.70
    gerardcaraballo gerardcaraballo@fbviamail.com 5.157.17.48
    AldaMorey32971 aldamorey23@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.45
    202:03:877:101:85:55:02:4 202:03:877:101:85:55:02:4 120.40.130.70
    joshuajackson8223azyz joshuajackson8223azyz@b.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    sheilalea6705 sheilalea6705@hidebox.org 198.46.172.15
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    koroleva-5jkej koroleva-5jkej@rambler.ru 23.229.49.179
    JacquieThrelkeld jacquiethrelkeld95@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.169
    AdellMcAlister4 adellmcalister42@act.milkgg.com 177.234.143.121
    LilaLassiter7 davetaverner7159@zuigaodeshanfeng.icu 156.241.219.95
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70