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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 - 27 Aug 2026 12:39 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,827
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    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zmkfztoxtPn zmkfztoxtPn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
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    xopfmaayuPn xopfmaayuPn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    melisa-myles44 melisa-myles44@elitewaterrepair.com 172.69.23.184
    lloyd-darrow lloyd-darrow@corrective.51tiemo.com 104.22.20.143
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ixutxauisOn ixutxauisOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    CarmeloCantero3 carmelocantero41@last.muzaco.com 144.48.52.235
    gabrielleatwell2495 gabrielleatwell2495@knol-power.nl 172.69.135.13
    xbalbmlqsKa xbalbmlqsKa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    prspaymrdMn prspaymrdMn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    Fieteahlers Fieteahlers@whatagarbage.com 187.15.156.36
    ozy ozy@webtoteam.shop 172.69.23.183
    vernitab07 vernitabaehr1897@vastonlinesolution.com 85.107.70.91
    JanisLanger prop1@webtoteam.shop 45.8.255.237
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 172.68.229.189
    zajaksontexaxdz3174 zajaksontexaxdz@yahoo.com 37.221.202.27
    vbecuqrrlKa vbecuqrrlKa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    LarryJoria jicousderu@mail.ru 178.20.45.159
    anthonytts4500 anthonytts@yahoo.com 202.47.87.5
    nepermyetick1970 nepermyetick1970@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    simone-schwarzschild simone-schwarzschild@healthypplevery.org 69.58.70.187
    nepermyetick1970 nepermyetick1970@op.pl 104.22.20.143
    jpxxgpsfyOn jpxxgpsfyOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    EmanuelNup olesya.zhukova.1994@bk.ru 95.142.47.113
    ylxqpkpxqPn ylxqpkpxqPn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    BeatrizMcVilly0 beatrizmcvilly22@41b6.zouytr.xyz 217.60.161.181
    MeiSierra8167 tiffinyseymour5379@dvd.dns-cloud.net 103.106.238.18
    rupreskono rupreskono@mail.ru (empty)
    RichardPen roguilenxmi@inbox.ru 178.20.45.182
    piprefitwo piprefitwo@mail.ru 172.69.23.183
    LynwoodCronan elizabetwimble8118@bd.dns-cloud.net 89.46.223.182
    newbloghi325 newbloghi325@blogranks.top 45.133.170.54
    agarciawylie agarciawylie@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    elysepettigrew1430 elysepettigrew1430@mnvr.site 172.71.159.81
    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 172.71.183.153
    RodneyByron9 susanthomas1890i8q4@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 72.57.64.165
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 104.22.18.54
    newbloghi150 newbloghi150@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    CharleyHillard charleyhillard93@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    elkjbvhcvPn elkjbvhcvPn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    vtwrqxpniml vtwrqxpniml@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    yaroslavnoluki yaroslavnoluki@mail.ru 162.158.167.44
    ltgpqklhfPn ltgpqklhfPn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rd.bogachev rd.bogachev@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    WEGWilfredo wilfredotramel17@nine.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.9.101
    matthewsmith18147xyb matthewsmith18147xyb@a.travel-e-store.com 104.22.18.54
    rz rz@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    alpineeeee alpineeeee@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    YQRJulius michaelsmith4394f7bk@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.17
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    rd.bogachev rd.bogachev@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    vern-vern84 vern-vern84@libiyi.airmail.codes 104.22.20.143
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fynnlmneika fynnlmneika@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    disclosure disclosure@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    kwhinnery kwhinnery@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    severinho severinho@spartak.ru 128.204.79.215
    TrevorGts15546 trevorheist61@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.45
    EOPLaura00216 lauracrowe7950@mailtech.ro 104.248.151.93
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    richardjackson5401jwze richardjackson5401jwze@c.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.11.82
    mckvkdujoMn mckvkdujoMn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pyskhfisbOn pyskhfisbOn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    rugdoesylml rugdoesylml@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    omo-servicelot omo-servicelot@gmail.com 42.117.57.109
    iytwbvaqeKa iytwbvaqeKa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JonathanMedland jonathan-jonathan@jefegu.promail.guru 193.142.37.241