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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 - 30 Aug 2026 8:56 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,464
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    cbhogljlkmr cbhogljlkmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    billiecors billie.corso@jco-donuts.com 185.158.106.18
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2800:0:001:153:8814:6:252:262 2800:0:001:153:8814:6:252:262 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zcxprvhjmki zcxprvhjmki@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    2003:0:7726:200:1563:186:2:7 2003:0:7726:200:1563:186:2:7 120.40.130.70
    GeraldineGaddy6 kathrynreed@solstris.com 102.165.55.20
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Mallory78U mallory-mallory90@vehibi.mailbox10.info 45.136.25.179
    autumntoledo autumntoledo@hidebox.org 104.22.18.54
    amatorizzo amatorizzo@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    angleatharp angleatharp@hotbird.giize.com 104.22.20.143
    acksonusasd acksonusasd@vip.163.com 68.71.245.206
    szybbybyiPt szybbybyiPt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    XMC-pllox x-xmcplk@xmc.pl 130.195.240.8
    Alphonso34H alphonsorosenhain92@fast.veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    bhgqfcghdpt bhgqfcghdpt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    2001:08:1410:805:8900:832:76:34 2001:08:1410:805:8900:832:76:34 120.40.130.70
    AlberthaFindlay alberthafindlay18@only.veauly.com 191.101.92.83
    loyisohlamu loyisohlamu@gail.com 120.40.130.70
    lechiamcb27943 lechiamcb27943@mylossless.com 212.56.48.129
    n.ep.ez.u.ji.n42.9 n.ep.ez.u.ji.n42.9@gmail.com 65.21.232.200
    Carlos noemorenof@hotmail.com 77.208.164.38
    QuinnQueen49020 quinnqueen13@toy.pettin.com 223.29.254.45
    2603:7001:140:99:172:440:91:863 2603:7001:140:99:172:440:91:863 120.40.130.70
    nruzzrajesl nruzzrajesl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    namsly2936 namsly2936@mailmenot.io 172.69.135.13
    kosarevaalena1981113 kosarevaalena1981113@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    RyderBelanger40 ryderbelanger4@.mxdood.com 191.101.92.218
    bettye.bettye bettye.bettye@subali.polka.fit 162.158.167.44
    dtdmkoiqiki dtdmkoiqiki@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    paulhernandez76072wjf paulhernandez76072wjf@d.blog-stuff.com 217.60.120.220
    leomarosenhain2 leomarosenhain2@fade.milkgg.com 172.71.154.178
    pzygypsksPi pzygypsksPi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maven-builder maven-builder@example.com 120.40.130.70
    NolaMulvany nolamulvany33@nor.mxdood.com 196.198.13.114
    NexBarzaJuirm 209xrumer2@farironalds.com 31.56.177.209
    nickdecicco nickdecicco@freundin.ru 162.158.167.43
    dfwnbngb dfwnbngb@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    kyczrdqwaPi kyczrdqwaPi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    xrumer23dox xrumer23dox@andro-players.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:889:100:7872:258:906:835 202:03:889:100:7872:258:906:835 120.40.130.70
    mhgriuhngmr mhgriuhngmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    zojqpnijvki zojqpnijvki@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    svetlanazakipe svetlanazakipe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ehvvsrzrypt ehvvsrzrypt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    Oli kungfukennyyy6@gmail.com 41.63.16.65
    qwqidatqcPt qwqidatqcPt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    astridpadgett astridpadgett@wordspacemail.com 172.69.135.14
    maven-builder maven-builder@example.com 120.40.130.70
    209xrumer2 209xrumer2@farironalds.com 31.56.177.209
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vedakeighley6467 vedakeighley6467@freundin.ru 104.22.18.53
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    Ara7034011950712 araminix5@dixz.org 119.251.179.212
    SirenJ aviannaallison340@gmail.com 2600:387:15:110::
    PilarBosch donaldmartin62873ye3@a.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.212.102
    RalfRojas564747 ralfrojas94@trick.veauly.com 154.16.69.76
    adrientran adrientran@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 162.158.167.44
    x-xmcplk x-xmcplk@xmc.pl 66.234.154.140
    vasilchikova.71 vasilchikova.71@list.ru 92.36.109.233
    xnfgoxrkdmr xnfgoxrkdmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    201:599:91:8531:779:3509:1165:4997 201:599:91:8531:779:3509:1165:4997 120.40.130.70
    Vern656889457 michellenelson@solstris.com 191.101.114.29
    TaylaOman68124 taylaoman85@yell.milkgg.com 23.95.204.251
    l.i.nks89.mas.t. l.i.nks89.mas.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70