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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 - 11 Jun 2026 2:03 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,855
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    oennmaphig oennmaphig@rambler.ru 149.102.232.108
    PhyllisBuzzard phyllisbuzzard18@put.pettin.com 102.165.54.227
    njwitek njwitek@amercom.com.pl 120.40.130.70
    casey-nixon8088helenpopovich1922 casey-nixon8088helenpopovich1922@tacoblastmail.com 78.111.155.244
    lpyjngqhjo lpyjngqhjo@rambler.ru 149.102.232.108
    JoesphMarquez1 wakikabur89@nestmailbox.com 67.215.225.165
    Alberto luismontemayor437@gmail.com 70.125.120.133
    lemuelgellert2692jessesmith1930 lemuelgellert2692jessesmith1930@vargosmail.com 78.111.155.244
    us-pubcustomersuccess us-pubcustomersuccess@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    LuisaTovar9 wpupim8r89@nestmailbox.com 66.212.25.214
    202:1808:4:5142:48:5661:9:77 202:1808:4:5142:48:5661:9:77 120.40.130.70
    TammyZsz359 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.198.13.252
    AnnMarie lauzonannmarie12@gmail.com 2601:189:4600:340:94:58:4491:7
    am am@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    salesamericas salesamericas@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8758:01:8438:72:608:892 202:03:8758:01:8438:72:608:892 120.40.130.70
    StepanieGeary89 wryllaw10r89@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.83
    abcqwe abcqwe@indigobook.com 2403:180:1001:187:144:9:95:58
    2607:90:1:911:39:851:6441:75 2607:90:1:911:39:851:6441:75 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    mmph46 mmph46@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    matt matt@strixo.ai 120.40.130.70
    dspamnh54 dspamnh54@shokoladagency.ru 195.209.218.175
    LaurieFeierabend terriemarko@nanatha.academy 154.208.61.195
    vanessa.spurgeon47 vanessa.spurgeon47@argosmail.xyz 172.71.159.81
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    l.us.a.n.d.y.19.9.00.7.07 l.us.a.n.d.y.19.9.00.7.07@gmail.com 172.71.159.81
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    lavernmcintyre7579 lavernmcintyre7579@anonmails.de 172.69.134.84
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    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tqwmefbk tqwmefbk@legenmail.com. 64.31.3.126
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    ClarissaGrace79 wbrearvetata2gr89@nestmailbox.com 66.212.27.222
    DoloresTde doloreslau60@brick.pettin.com 191.101.92.164
    ee ee@autumn-music.com 104.22.17.126
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    ops ops@integralads.com 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    jarred-jarred jarred-jarred@mogupi.banter.cv 104.22.17.127
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    sekretariat sekretariat@krwiodawstwo.kalisz.pl 120.40.130.70
    kerryseeley kerryseeley@spambog.com 172.71.159.82
    elvirasteinman5440 elvirasteinman5440@0815.ru 172.69.134.85
    Janice07S44352 janicesadleir4@pound.milkgg.com 196.198.13.67
    Pearlene17Q pearleneashe31@thus.ehomu.com 191.101.92.218
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    t.op.s.su.per.c.om t.op.s.su.per.c.om@gmail.com 104.22.20.143
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    sdcard64 sdcard64@mail.blogwebsite.top 172.69.134.85
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    maribelgleadow7249 maribelgleadow7249@discardmail.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    seomasters9ampro seomasters9ampro@gsa-online.de 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    hellenmarshall hellenmarshall@dvd.dns-cloud.net 196.51.121.191
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    catherine catherine@quantumnest.lat 104.22.20.142
    lawerence.millen lawerence.millen@aa.earnlivez.net 104.22.17.127
    integration-test-osint-mvp integration-test-osint-mvp@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nestorhermanson82 nestorhermanson82@iverant.zerivo.eu 172.69.134.85
    vickieburford6045 vickieburford6045@23.8.dnsabr.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:61:3000:64:8:91:71 202:03:61:3000:64:8:91:71 120.40.130.70
    will.will90 will.will90@divena.goodmail.world 172.71.159.82