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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 - 14 Aug 2026 7:46 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,986
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2600:647:100:45:8:8070:422:15 2600:647:100:45:8:8070:422:15 120.40.130.70
    malakhov-3btv0 malakhov-3btv0@rambler.ru 152.232.66.199
    DanutaCoulombe danutacoulombe34@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.114.39
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    205:452:72:00:65::2:48 205:452:72:00:65::2:48 120.40.130.70
    JulianPate6 cassiecastrejon@asia.dnsabr.com 156.241.219.145
    KJBRandi08232686 randistegall7@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    BetseyHoul betseyhoule62@iverant.nexanta.eu 23.81.120.48
    mar.ta.s.pe.llo.wd.a mar.ta.s.pe.llo.wd.a@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    wilsonjohnathan5.jw+gp wilsonjohnathan5.jw+gp@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ShondaY96586469 wdeugywairwyr93@nestmailbox.com 94.46.247.4
    UweSanders maryhernandez2694qp88@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 173.232.126.70
    CaryQ959952 carygarrido51@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.218
    2600:1004:21:193:86:26:6:68 2600:1004:21:193:86:26:6:68 120.40.130.70
    READER LEE.READER00@OUTLOOK.COM 202:8011:38:0:717:2744:999:84
    kiamazzeo94 kiamazzeo94@51tiemo.com 195.63.17.226
    TrudiBou789 williamwilson7371pevt@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.11.80
    NannieAlbright nanniealbright89@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.114.68
    lesley85b9 lesleymarlay@alpsmount.biz 196.51.143.85
    AlejandraL alejandraleppert46@korvit.zerivo.eu 23.81.81.43
    scc-phase6-test scc-phase6-test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    secure secure@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
    EvanRayford1825 mollyframe@anonmails.de 104.28.156.106
    2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 120.40.130.70
    kara.stockman kara.stockman@playfortuna-playzone.com 72.56.154.152
    TyrellTitsworth tyrelltitsworth89@deny.milkgg.com 154.16.69.146
    markmartin31334pm0 markmartin31334pm0@d.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.138.68
    FrankMercier7 frankmercier39@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.159
    RoseannNewsom2 roseannnewsom74@self.ehomu.com 102.165.55.133
    Marianne8930 mariannestockwell37@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.54.4
    AnnettLtb167 annettchurchill38@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    LatashiaLok latashiamireles75@rakiy.m8sbeingm8s.com 152.232.222.237
    LettieLeMessurie lettielemessurier47@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    RodneyKowalski9 rodneykowalski70@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.9
    art24 art24@blogranks.top 45.133.170.48
    turhank84 truhank84@gmail.com 45.86.202.67
    nikolaeva-2ogdb nikolaeva-2ogdb@rambler.ru 152.232.73.79
    pwodxbdr pwodxbdr@tacoblastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    RonEscat ro.nst.o.nes.s.2.8@gmail.com 104.23.162.28
    pwodxbdr pwodxbdr@tacoblastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Reda8409958 charlesanderson662oo7z@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.76.181
    LZXCarlton christophersmith3991o7ih@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.62.152
    VanitaSchw vanitaschweitzer56@miverix.nexanta.eu 102.128.165.23
    BenjaminBryan benjaminbryan21@hell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.247
    panova.1nfpq panova.1nfpq@rambler.ru 23.229.49.176
    sheri-cowen sheri-cowen@take-ur-vites.org 142.147.108.100
    Xaviernen filippovleonidrh5660@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    2herterttg 2herterttg@anonmails.de 216.26.239.147
    gstew gstew@stewart-miyake.net 2607:90:62:52:3:52:623:12
    gstew gstew@stewart-miyake.net 2607:91:5:360:39:32:96:
    TahliaEsposito danieljackson40150kay@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 209.127.196.54
    LeoraKitamura1 leorakitamura79@put.pettin.com 102.165.55.131
    jennifergonzalez896829mu jennifergonzalez896829mu@b.pattaya-mega.com 167.160.165.97
    DorrisGrimley barbarajones8215w4mn@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.51.28.76
    ToshaHicks7 toshahicks46@broad.ehomu.com 191.101.114.223
    CeciliaGunn36 ceciliagunn31@deny.milkgg.com 102.165.53.252
    DottyBurnette73 christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    202:3100:593:600:5:4:2130:71 202:3100:593:600:5:4:2130:71 120.40.130.70
    Krystle8647 krystlemurph91@these.veauly.com 177.234.143.137
    Eleanore6443 wnuwigheid0cr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.113
    Aracely8140 aracelymagnuson42@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.254
    JenniferShepard jennifershepard98@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.54.212
    BertieDavidson9 bertiedavidson84@put.pettin.com 154.16.69.81
    MapleKruge williamsmith75931qh6@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 196.244.48.228