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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 - 17 Aug 2026 2:41 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,623
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    floridahoffnung floridahoffnung@spambog.com 5.157.17.48
    francis-tomczak francis-tomczak@stonecreekdesk.com 196.196.169.28
    JillYuille6733 jillyuille58@.mxdood.com 177.234.143.137
    FernandoDahms fernandodahms69@yell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.58
    Margarito4297 margaritopomeroy84@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.235
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    MarylinKnott4 marylinknott13@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    andrewrodriguez4297tit andrewrodriguez4297tit@gsasearchengineranker.onlin 217.60.120.18
    d.u.ye.r d.u.ye.r@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    201:701::2000:5:71:125 201:701::2000:5:71:125 120.40.130.70
    IlseMacmillan ilsemacmillan90@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BasilFlegg63628 basilflegg77@put.pettin.com 102.165.55.133
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    athonyyandextz5105 athonyyandextz@hotmail.com 27.34.242.101
    GiselleBinette gisellebinette96@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.67
    johnanderson22132z7b johnanderson22132z7b@e.welcometotijuana.com 107.173.217.172
    LinneaFalcon246 linneafalcon15@only.veauly.com 223.29.254.158
    sybil-stricklin1097 sybil-stricklin1097@xplayfortuna-rewardhub.com 72.56.155.169
    it4x4etehp it4x4etehp@ozsaip.com 193.92.62.6
    CarlaNolen3 carlanolen78@yell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.58
    2600:4040:51:1300:6636:397:5:90 2600:4040:51:1300:6636:397:5:90 120.40.130.70
    Void_inspace j.0.rdan.st0ne469@gmail.com 69.214.216.155
    BettyeS674 bettyebutlin33@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.247
    GayleGuffey14 gayleguffey44@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.152
    ramylgilmanov ramylgilmanov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    hello hello@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    WinifredBrierly winifred.brierly.7710@vastonlinesolution.com 84.53.216.132
    HaroldSand0 paultaylor5786k0mc@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.161.164
    nectariosgrigoropoulos nectariosgrigoropoulos@gmail.com 2607:49:13:00:51:358:65:33
    uqpymkcf uqpymkcf@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.20.24
    Miguel migueldejuan52@gmail.com 83.50.92.14
    FranciscoCarreno franciscocarreno29@fiber.pettin.com 196.198.13.159
    williammartin81n6vd williammartin81n6vd@gsasearchengineranker.guru 217.60.120.18
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LowellIqg2857 lowelllawton9@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    donaldmiller5495y7si donaldmiller5495y7si@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 120.40.130.70
    davidjohnson1500stjq davidjohnson1500stjq@gsasearchengineranker.info 217.60.121.215
    EthanForsyth7 jennifermiller4094d9a2@c.verifiedlinklist.com 192.161.191.153
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 10.42.206.17
    Verlene5446 e.ug.e.ne.mamon.t.o.ff@gmail.com 217.60.120.183
    debora-spivak-kean debora-spivak-kean@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.137
    MontyWoodbury1 montywoodbury60@toy.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    martakalinina84 martakalinina84@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ChantalDupont36 chantaldupont14@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.53.166
    AudreyTill2 audreytill51@slow.pettin.com 196.198.13.152
    gxmc gxmc@xmc.pl 79.135.105.108
    zahleyjnroz426 zahleyjnroz@126.com 27.34.242.101
    LonaHembree8 lonahembree26@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.52
    OBWCharles charlesbromham26@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.216
    HudsonO051 hudsonbabbage70@pound.milkgg.com 181.215.16.213
    DeliaHatten deliahatten50@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.54.212
    LazaroW1733860 dessiecarla@solstris.com 102.165.53.252
    Judson03D537643 judsongoulburn49@.mxdood.com 144.48.52.31
    user user@127.0.0.1 160.20.109.35
    aolivifrances9467 aolivifrances@gmail.com 27.34.242.101
    ColletteCurtain collettecurtain13@fiber.pettin.com 181.215.16.161
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    2601:247:802:21:95:7285:81:1 2601:247:802:21:95:7285:81:1 120.40.130.70
    rosario.packard-4686 rosario.packard-4686@tmail.cam 45.3.40.133
    buford.wolford buford.wolford@vastonlinesolution.com 177.244.169.131
    prajaktaa prajaktaa@couponzguru.com 2401:4900:145:62:9:118:95:4
    romanwhitelaw romanwhitelaw@anonmails.de 186.179.61.112
    maurice.enderle maurice.enderle@gmail.com 108.248.87.202
    MiquelParkman7 andrewwilson1166ipwp@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 69.58.15.197
    NiamhHume27052 niamhhume2@.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    StuartPickles6 stuartpickles82@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.159
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 120.40.130.70