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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 - 28 Aug 2026 4:32 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,047
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    tajtaj tajtaj@pawine.kizmet.space 162.158.167.44
    maohaibi maohaibi@analismail.com 120.40.130.70
    sdfsdf4r4545t5tuncmail sdfsdf4r4545t5tuncmail@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    AshlySchumacher schumacher.ashly@outlook.com 102.129.223.92
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 162.158.167.43
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    meghan-meghan29 meghan-meghan29@fanavi.pretoria.pro 120.40.130.70
    2803:50:4250:122:3598:1308:78:881 2803:50:4250:122:3598:1308:78:881 120.40.130.70
    MireyaOba7398 adelaidabar1453@danangsale.net 146.70.86.220
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 172.71.183.153
    jessicaanderson21444ed2 jessicaanderson21444ed2@a.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.229.242
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 104.23.221.194
    sayiffik sayiffik@blackfirsta.com 120.40.130.70
    DwainRentoul9 jessmyles@solstris.com 154.16.69.146
    SeanUpe2981 seanfleischer45@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    4retretggth 4retretggth@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    Giuseppe0534 helenedebavay@anonmails.de 217.181.84.223
    treyreitz treyreitz@gsa.fghe.store 172.69.23.183
    JereMooney30 jeremooney42@nor.mxdood.com 23.95.204.251
    PatriciaRust096 patriciarust100@issue.mxdood.com 152.232.217.222
    michaelmiller8679x48c michaelmiller8679x48c@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.154.179
    donaldhernandez1929wsnj donaldhernandez1929wsnj@b.gsavps.xyz 120.40.130.70
    w.ood.for.dja.mes.on4 w.ood.for.dja.mes.on4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KourtneyMedland kourtneymedland76@trick.veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    muoi-muoi muoi-muoi@resewu.smartlink.lat 172.69.135.13
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 104.22.18.53
    KrisBalson5 krisbalson69@wild.ehomu.com 181.215.16.161
    PedroJ54487 pedroturman70@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.200
    bethanysamson1280 bethanysamson1280@freundin.ru 172.69.135.14
    dlijjshs dlijjshs@firsthidden.com 172.71.222.252
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    1br4gim0v 1br4gim0v@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    brandie.brandie brandie.brandie@leruco.krvamail.my 162.158.167.44
    1beffeessd 1beffeessd@anonmails.de 172.69.23.184
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    1br4gim0v 1br4gim0v@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    myrontorgerson2143 myrontorgerson2143@anonmails.de 195.63.28.172
    concettaanderton9308 concettaanderton9308@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.159.82
    test2 test2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aeyiblfzxMn aeyiblfzxMn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    2f3311b175a3670fdbbdb89a093aafab dfhgffsfsdf@yopmail.com 201:10:853:2900:94:8:5712:514
    HenrySmori signature@iartun.com 89.124.111.226
    JedLizotte2 jed.jed8@fehedo.paper.beer 45.145.131.20
    FreemanPettey79 freeman-freeman47@dilepo.kosmos.mom 216.40.75.27
    tanyao8740 tanya-simmons@birulangit.dev 45.95.39.150
    daryltidwell72 daryltidwell72@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.43
    Stevend Ridwanalesh50@gmail.com 98.159.234.188
    christyverran christyverran@pw.epac.to 104.22.18.53
    ulxrfmdzaMn ulxrfmdzaMn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Bonnie1255 olivermeyer86095y3mx@seoautomationpro.com 192.186.181.100
    nogaowbrjMn nogaowbrjMn@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    consuelobrummitt consuelobrummitt@gsa.fghe.store 172.69.23.183
    PatrickBaltes01 patrickbaltes92@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.53.105
    pearlprairie pearlprairie@pb77.net 51.210.32.231
    02609e456eb8662eb0c8fa355c4970b6 janisozaur+simtropolis@gmail.com 31.183.228.92
    vickiestella vickiestella@anonmails.de 104.22.18.53
    amiecornwe amie-cornwell7607@articl.biz 31.25.238.47
    CharlesElkin608 charles-garofani20@healthypplevery.org 69.58.77.243
    EstelleCurtis67 estellecurtis71@deny.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    linwood.stitt.4045 linwood.stitt.4045@hello-word-2026.store 172.69.135.13
    nmosl nmosl@proton.me 120.40.130.70