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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 - 26 May 2026 4:39 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,890
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    20:5686:40:64:661:54:89:901 20:5686:40:64:661:54:89:901 120.40.130.70
    bernadettearsenault6868 bernadettearsenault6868@googl.win 172.69.134.84
    samaracortesjimenez627 samaracortesjimenez627@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    20:5685:3801:6:225:9:7:1536 20:5685:3801:6:225:9:7:1536 120.40.130.70
    lowellroden lowellroden@23.8.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.133
    qyiewdtw qyiewdtw@bethcampbell.biz 168.228.47.216
    katarzynamadejb katarzynamadejb@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    sharon.kavanagh sharon.kavanagh@bdfe.thomasin.online 172.71.158.166
    admin admin@dimrot.ru 120.40.130.70
    20:287:725:80:47:5::3934 20:287:725:80:47:5::3934 120.40.130.70
    richardmoore944523oy richardmoore944523oy@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 196.51.97.191
    StepanieMalm9 stepaniemalm87@put.pettin.com 102.165.54.226
    parwadi.hrishiraj.13in5008 parwadi.hrishiraj.13in5008@gmail.com 2607:91:28:46:461:286:81:77
    kathleenwhitely kathleenwhitely@freundin.ru 172.69.23.193
    20:387:1:782:1:516:0:2 20:387:1:782:1:516:0:2 120.40.130.70
    kourtney.diehl-2976 kourtney.diehl-2976@beastmail.biz 104.22.20.143
    michaelthompson michaelthompson@eurovip.club 200.0.60.217
    nidadecastella7950 nidadecastella7950@anonmails.de 172.69.23.193
    LuigiSissons66 luigisissons83@self.ehomu.com 154.16.69.146
    lynetteokeefe lynetteokeefe@1secmail.com 172.69.23.194
    EdithDaly2 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 223.29.254.158
    DouglasSummers Douglas.Summers@discountbetty.com 174.138.54.236
    PaulineGoggins8 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 23.95.81.223
    florenciaplott florenciaplott@asia.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.168
    NicholasAllie79 nicholasallie39@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
    MiaBuilder383 duahbhgp@sabesmail.com 154.195.143.188
    stevenlopez8256jddv stevenlopez8256jddv@a.verifiedlinklist.com 45.145.118.165
    @community.peternorth.shop 120.40.130.70
    LoriHein48981 tedtia@solstris.com 45.125.245.187
    elizbethspradling6372 elizbethspradling6372@cheapwinner.com 68.1.210.189
    BeatrisLoveless beatrisloveless21@nor.mxdood.com 191.101.92.164
    WilliemaeLeahy williemaeleahy84@nut.mxdood.com 103.221.232.62
    MaybellM30 maybelltrethowan78@.mxdood.com 144.48.52.235
    2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 120.40.130.70
    JerekioxInvix2 martinez.pat@yahoo.com 140.235.0.182
    uyydclxd uyydclxd@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    reginaldco ff.rwqpwn1856@jaebd.com 46.151.24.148
    alenakessell41 alenakessell41@slow.pettin.com 162.158.167.134
    ba.i.lbon.d.s12.0 ba.i.lbon.d.s12.0@gmail.com 172.71.154.168
    2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 2001:100:88:2200:920:89:667:6482 120.40.130.70
    Parthenia8988 partheniakirkby6@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    thomas thomas@appelt.one 120.40.130.70
    BEYClint836702 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 191.101.114.223
    SabinaPickel19 arturoshannan@solstris.com 191.101.92.224
    benjaminva ms.qileqn4807@jaebd.com 46.151.24.148
    IrwinH0052569 hwalucio@solstris.com 191.101.114.68
    209:1:2380:1138::28:168 209:1:2380:1138::28:168 120.40.130.70
    202:461:068:0:161:39:560:9521 202:461:068:0:161:39:560:9521 120.40.130.70
    michaeljohnson5331ivbc michaeljohnson5331ivbc@c.welcometotijuana.com 45.151.145.59
    DanialMarryat8 danialmarryat75@.mxdood.com 196.196.253.94
    florineduby38 florineduby38@siro.glinxy.com 104.22.20.143
    ameebisdee5250 ameebisdee5250@anonmails.de 172.69.134.84
    janina-kilfoyle janina-kilfoyle@67ba.catche1.com 104.22.20.142
    summer-li summer-li@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    6200613 6200613@tut.by 120.40.130.70
    Ufwchris hughestylerchristian69@gmail.com 2607:92:181:619:4:394:718:614
    i.v.or.a.bo.da52.4 i.v.or.a.bo.da52.4@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    BrendanHorvath elizabethdavis1026oltt@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.161.142
    nildacrowley nildacrowley@emailgsa14.xyz 162.158.167.134
    thomson adamwilko2017@gmail.com 51.9.113.253
    EloySepulveda7 eloysepulveda38@fast.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    175 175@kirisbygood.fun 172.69.134.84
    summer-li summer-li@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    johnkibby9219 johnkibby9219@gmailot.com 172.71.154.168
    lurleneschmitt lurleneschmitt@edumomtalk.com 172.69.22.86
    chadwicklawless chadwicklawless@anonmails.de 172.69.22.87