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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 - 2 Sep 2026 10:03 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,435
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    cpekiehz cpekiehz@firsthidden.com 172.71.194.6
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1702:60:640:9109:429:67:7933 2600:1702:60:640:9109:429:67:7933 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.i.nks89.ma.s.t. l.i.nks89.ma.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.125
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    silasprather27 silasprather27@78f2.emailma.store 172.69.23.184
    li.nks89ma.st. li.nks89ma.st.@gmail.com 104.28.246.125
    rsgnzpnxxOa rsgnzpnxxOa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    EmmettCarrell73 emmett-emmett@mowaxu.fuc.best 64.49.39.46
    heunenru heunenru@mail.ru 172.70.160.246
    jenniferthomson10457hms7 jenniferthomson10457hms7@c.seoautomationpro.com 172.71.159.82
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    luisgarciatarquino7845 luisgarciatarquino7845@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mickeyheffner9082 mickeyheffner9082@pw.epac.to 172.69.23.183
    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 104.23.170.29
    ytytemgsmOa ytytemgsmOa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jennidouglass jennidouglass@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 162.158.167.44
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Anderson4462 anderson-hackbarth93@15af.topgradeoffers.com 179.61.245.205
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Ronaldson xrumer23Cypon@gmail.com 194.34.248.97
    asaebisu asaebisu.jiro@mail.canon 150.61.31.94
    Ronaldson xrumer23Cypon@gmail.com 87.199.199.14
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    stevensmith100el1u stevensmith100el1u@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.12.193
    MartinZoll markrodriguez66819ogr@b.travel-e-store.com 152.232.217.214
    jenniferjohnson4463hpx4 jenniferjohnson4463hpx4@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.91.184
    jennifermoore732yiwt jennifermoore732yiwt@a.blog-stuff.com 64.188.11.144
    admin admin@example.com 120.40.130.70
    arinamakeeva17869 arinamakeeva17869@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    m.g.l.enenko.t.p.ankswim.p.ul m.g.l.enenko.t.p.ankswim.p.ul@gmail.com 172.71.159.82
    Alex9032 Alex9032@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    christophergarcia82633rw4 christophergarcia82633rw4@b.budgetthailandtravel.c 196.51.70.193
    tomalfie0 tomalfie0@tutamail.com 120.40.130.70
    claireaimevraimentroblox claireaimevraimentroblox@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lenawo5808 lenawo5808@aqqor.com 120.40.130.70
    b.obby.c.h.a.r.s.88 b.obby.c.h.a.r.s.88@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Minimum76 Minimum76@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    admin admin@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hershel.pool hershel.pool@marvelo.xyz 98.158.235.192
    Charleslejeunebressoux Charleslejeunebressoux@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ontheroad28 ontheroad28@proton.me 120.40.130.70
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    Mikki mwilsonahw@gmail.com 2607:91:4100:8:18:351:1084:2
    ut6tu1965brsav ut6tu1965brsav@emalupe.com (empty)
    signature signature@iartun.com 172.69.23.184
    nlxyrvixkOa nlxyrvixkOa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
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    coralreef2410 coralreef2410@emailhub.kr 2600:1700:40:8680:6188:09:343:812
    ghost ghost@9p.is 162.217.179.255
    alaaHarb 11410120160151@stud.cu.edu.eg 20:89:819:724:2101:880:4:60
    mfundo23 mfundojama02@gmail.com 102.217.242.147
    woo.df.o.rd.ja.mes.o.n4. woo.df.o.rd.ja.mes.o.n4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    robertschneider6361939g0 robertschneider6361939g0@d.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    wqhfrederi fredericka.landsborough7396@jco-donuts.com 102.165.52.146
    raymundohi raymundo.hildebrant@jco-donuts.com 185.158.106.104
    KJFOliva9703563 johnwilson2839vfjc@b.pattaya-mega.com 81.92.194.245
    heunenru heunenru@mail.ru 141.101.98.72
    lucinda.payne lucinda.payne@lift.meetwisetransfer.click 104.22.20.143
    nsfoodfesta nsfoodfesta@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
    happyok happyok@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70