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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 - 9 May 2026 3:33 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,088
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ValerieLopez1 matthewmoore6687rri0@gsasearchengineranker.info 196.51.236.179
    LilianFiorini0 lilianfiorini47@just.cdfaq.com 196.196.254.113
    JonelleFiorillo jonelle-jonelle50@gepixa.blogbliss.site 31.134.0.58
    DorineTorrence dorinetorrence11@yell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.58
    mail mail@nettmail.click 15.237.118.196
    2001:102:110:800:0:62:7:117 2001:102:110:800:0:62:7:117 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:99:6700:02:377:2:865 202:1810:99:6700:02:377:2:865 120.40.130.70
    ErwinPhilip43 matthewgonzalez7677v1dr@travel-e-store.com 98.181.137.83
    AbePaxson1 stevenhernandez9075urca@backlinks.monster 196.51.81.172
    AshleyPoupinel jamesjackson58w3s7@gsasearchengineranker.support 196.51.81.149
    ShannanHann8017 shannanhann@vory.foodforhat.com 64.188.0.166
    lacziqi lacziqi@fashion-turkiye.com 181.177.85.84
    202:1810:942:8100:996:183:733:40 202:1810:942:8100:996:183:733:40 120.40.130.70
    PatMcBurney1 patmcburney37@toy.pettin.com 102.165.55.20
    allrank8 allrank8@blogwebsite.top 5.181.131.51
    Roland8890 wcomel6xr86@nestmailbox.com 152.232.53.53
    202:8108:8125:100:43:0:52:435 202:8108:8125:100:43:0:52:435 120.40.130.70
    woodrowhankinson195 woodrowhankinson195@8.dnsabr.com 104.207.38.156
    egor.kuznetsov2 egor.kuznetsov2@casinotds.xyz 82.211.3.198
    lin.k.s.89.ma.st. lin.k.s.89.ma.st.@gmail.com 185.155.96.32
    BretMuller7 janbeatriz@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    ff ff@ahy.ai. 8.210.139.47
    l.i.n.ks89.m.a.st l.i.n.ks89.m.a.st@gmail.com 185.155.96.32
    PeterJ755719 jenniferdavis7536bt9c@swartluxury258.com 156.241.204.43
    YaniraBoxer yaniraboxer2@slow.pettin.com 181.215.16.213
    202:1810:9680:5400:8845:46:668:8 202:1810:9680:5400:8845:46:668:8 120.40.130.70
    LuisGottschalk jessmyles@solstris.com 196.196.254.131
    vixppldno vixppldno@canadianphx.online 82.206.73.240
    DaniloMonaghan3 elizabethmartin4014tmuv@gsasearchengineranker.shop 107.175.147.163
    202:1810:953:400:84:740:40:857 202:1810:953:400:84:740:40:857 120.40.130.70
    mariamariaeduardabarbosa mariamariaeduardabarbosa@ssinvestimentos.com 162.158.167.134
    sales sales@mills.tidbuy.com (empty)
    diegolocklear.4747 diegolocklear.4747@hypespinz.buzz 162.158.167.133
    royalreal11 royalreal11@webtoteam.shop 120.40.130.70
    veronica.kirsova91 veronica.kirsova91@ff79.jackout.xyz 172.71.154.179
    SuzannaUns davidlopez51184@seoautomationpro.com 196.51.233.108
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:03:2:6:366 202:8108:8125:100:03:2:6:366 120.40.130.70
    PhoebeBoudreaux phoebeboudreaux74@nut.mxdood.com 103.221.232.171
    2001:100:480:00:542:113:32:853 2001:100:480:00:542:113:32:853 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    sdcard23 sdcard23@mail.blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:0:00:94:9:1:3756 202:1810:0:00:94:9:1:3756 120.40.130.70
    GarryHorvath314 garry.garry62@tusagi.carport.mom 212.119.40.39
    2001:100:480:00:542:113:32:853 2001:100:480:00:542:113:32:853 120.40.130.70
    werso0120iu werso0120iu@rambler.ru 172.69.134.83
    c.l.in.i.cf.o.rh.i.m35.0 c.l.in.i.cf.o.rh.i.m35.0@gmail.com 172.71.158.68
    gunah gunah@ak.gy 120.40.130.70
    termn8er termn8er@ship79.com 120.40.130.70
    lin.ks.8.9.m.as.t lin.ks.8.9.m.as.t@gmail.com 185.155.96.32
    20:003:76:291:8616:9:51:05 20:003:76:291:8616:9:51:05 120.40.130.70
    IEMMallory georgettamathieu@hotbird.giize.com 194.26.177.177
    xrumer23plema xrumer23plema@gmail.com 38.240.36.228
    mukbibe mukbibe@fashion-turkiye.com 120.40.130.70
    p.e.t.r.t.a.t.ars.ky.h.o.m.ew.ork1.9.87.2.20.5 p.e.t.r.t.a.t.ars.ky.h.o.m.ew.ork1.9.87.2.20.5@gma 185.194.178.99
    idughvbp idughvbp@bethcampbell.biz 181.177.103.8
    comercial comercial@toppen.com.br 120.40.130.70
    ouvidoriacadastropositivo ouvidoriacadastropositivo@spcbrasil.org.br 120.40.130.70
    sheryl.sheryl5 sheryl.sheryl5@hucede.mail202.info 172.71.158.68
    202:267:980:440:0:2000:0:7 202:267:980:440:0:2000:0:7 120.40.130.70
    yalitza.garcia-krawczyk yalitza.garcia-krawczyk@macrae.com 120.40.130.70
    jose.castro jose.castro@kof.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    DorotheaHaenke6 andrey9161@casinotds.xyz 82.211.9.226
    l.i.n.k.s.8.9ma.st l.i.n.k.s.8.9ma.st@gmail.com 185.155.96.32
    ncia ncia@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    hudsonlewandowski hudsonlewandowski@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.142
    FreddieNickson freddie-freddie34@bakamo.swanson.today 140.235.3.89
    LaraeMix8579152 laraehakala@mailwhatmail.com 212.34.139.107