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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 - 14 May 2026 7:49 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,341
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    MilesNeuhaus703 milesneuhaus92@toy.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    b.exax.izo.h.i24.7 b.exax.izo.h.i24.7@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DelorasBeardsmor delorasbeardsmore1@toy.pettin.com 102.165.53.200
    202:1811:0:00:3434:57:69:5 202:1811:0:00:3434:57:69:5 120.40.130.70
    lancastermunk54tjrdoz lancastermunk54tjrdoz@metromailz.com 172.71.154.81
    kearnsbray72exgbzl kearnsbray72exgbzl@metromailz.com 104.22.17.202
    202:1810:3824:00:30:406:33:642 202:1810:3824:00:30:406:33:642 120.40.130.70
    TeraHarold teraharold3140@vovan777prime.top 72.56.159.57
    2dereefffgtyh 2dereefffgtyh@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    SUNCory105 corybrookes48@yell.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    Anne49736673225 michellenelson@solstris.com 102.165.55.131
    lesliebrown1999 lesliebrown1999@salpingomyu.ru 162.158.167.210
    xzvohxbl xzvohxbl@legenmail.com 104.22.17.203
    JefferyBeavis25 jefferybeavis5@broad.ehomu.com 191.101.92.183
    202:1810:912:9300:854:99:641:0 202:1810:912:9300:854:99:641:0 120.40.130.70
    CharityDowden59 charitydowden42@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.152
    KamiEchols2 tedtia@solstris.com 103.221.232.223
    remona.northmore64 remona.northmore64@allsparkrising.com 172.69.134.42
    davidthomas9776oire davidthomas9776oire@swartluxury258.com 67.215.231.189
    202:1810:9531:600:8096:1:701:961 202:1810:9531:600:8096:1:701:961 120.40.130.70
    Rueben6587 ruebenrehfisch59@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    202:1810:409:000:82:79:313:55 202:1810:409:000:82:79:313:55 120.40.130.70
    mitzi.hawkins-7202 mitzi.hawkins-7202@cheapwinner.com 120.40.130.70
    junko-brient junko-brient@allsparkrising.com 162.158.166.211
    herbert.mouton3393 herbert.mouton3393@funnyaussiesigns.com 193.149.225.139
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    OrenSwain078 oren-oren76@susome.smartlink.lat 199.96.165.32
    202:3100:518:00:06:27:2182: 202:3100:518:00:06:27:2182: 120.40.130.70
    mnmv mnmv@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    061031 061031@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    030475 030475@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    EarleneCam earlene-camfield@linkalexis4d.com 102.165.54.36
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jens.radmacher jens.radmacher@t-online.de 120.40.130.70
    karunasena karunasena@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:5160:100:638:2:5:38 202:8071:5160:100:638:2:5:38 120.40.130.70
    181836 181836@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    kptmp kptmp@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    vcjaya vcjaya@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    ttmn ttmn@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    nishan nishan@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    Ernestina1752 christopherjohnson24983zdo@a.travel-e-store.com 92.118.41.57
    JerekioxInvix5 kikilyles378@gmail.com 94.154.127.223
    shiromi shiromi@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    233003 233003@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    thilakarathna thilakarathna@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    lanka lanka@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    070975 070975@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    202:020:54:627:995:40:6:782 202:020:54:627:995:40:6:782 120.40.130.70
    dlbs dlbs@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    wijerathne wijerathne@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    lalith lalith@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    212413 212413@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    jayarathne jayarathne@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    151953 151953@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    2003::273:7:780:05:52: 2003::273:7:780:05:52: 120.40.130.70
    orlandobecker42 orlandobecker42@tusu.blyxen.org 181.214.89.22
    nicolejackson2007 nicolejackson2007@salpingomyu.ru 120.40.130.70
    mnmvass mnmvass@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    rajakaruna rajakaruna@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    OdessaHartin36 jacintotimmons3412@spambog.ru 196.51.7.43
    050656 050656@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    sumanarathne sumanarathne@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    omarcruz85968 omarcruz85968@a.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.158.12
    smps smps@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    samarasinghe samarasinghe@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    drmn drmn@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    dissanayake dissanayake@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    RochelleCarnes2 rochellecarnes81@these.veauly.com 196.198.13.67
    shan shan@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    uskperera uskperera@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    jgamage jgamage@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    premasiri premasiri@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    233168 233168@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    bandara bandara@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    kumarasiri kumarasiri@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    ilangage ilangage@dlb.lk 120.40.130.70
    Botisme Botisme@proton.me 120.40.130.70