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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 - 26 Jun 2026 5:32 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,235
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JameWhitacre93 christophermartinez5310tx6n@b.gsavps.xyz 64.188.9.125
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sale sale@morion.com.ru 120.40.130.70
    uke.g.i.ze.f.31.1 uke.g.i.ze.f.31.1@gmail.com 104.22.20.143
    MichaelaThiel carenknisley9152@sekotong.store 89.221.204.22
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MelbaLandrum mark@32red.co.za 209.163.119.145
    202:1810:950:900:818:28:42:44 202:1810:950:900:818:28:42:44 120.40.130.70
    shaebae1043 shayearnest6@gmail.com 2600:387::618::
    signineduardo.martinez signineduardo.martinez@congreso.es 120.40.130.70
    Kingjj mai.t.h.i.e.ndi.9.55.11@gmail.com 45.130.83.245
    LatoyaNeudorf anthonymiller93880xfq@a.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.52.143
    julius julius@a.giveblood.bar 162.158.167.122
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:671:280:6:8297:189:08 202:8071:671:280:6:8297:189:08 120.40.130.70
    Stevenjonhnson122 mer.ed.i.t.h.ge.r.o.n.i.m.o.24.1@gmail.com 63.135.161.123
    jobqvqkxwd jobqvqkxwd@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    202:2455:865:3500:13:1858:7287:72 202:2455:865:3500:13:1858:7287:72 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Zenaida elizza.moonlight@gmail.com 202:20:2101:201:280:4:43:14
    refugiosmithers6364 refugiosmithers6364@now.mefound.com 172.69.135.14
    maura.holeman maura.holeman@pestshielders.com 162.158.167.122
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:670:4500:511:402:1628:27 202:1810:670:4500:511:402:1628:27 120.40.130.70
    202:020:480::25:992::59 202:020:480::25:992::59 120.40.130.70
    debbrashuman debbrashuman@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.71.154.178
    documentacion.revistas3 documentacion.revistas3@sgral.congreso.es 120.40.130.70
    poqzouqmiv poqzouqmiv@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    dnvlkgwpnq dnvlkgwpnq@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    TiaraQnh190446 matthewjohnson1599093@b.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.124.61
    mrheovsfic mrheovsfic@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    AlejandraJcv onmjjhpl@fuhrenmail.com 198.37.109.43
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ClemmieParmley sarahlopez9660lzo3@d.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.20.247
    freel dakop36818@adsprite.com 172.18.0.2
    ValentinStillman valentin.stillman@6895.darknessfalls.space 68.80.11.166
    AustinByron7870 austinbyron@21a3.honour-guard.online 98.62.152.45
    lainelpophos1982 lainelpophos1982@mailnorms.com 172.71.159.82
    ClemmieConnor26 clemmie-connor54@f989.guardianauspex.website 107.202.77.0
    202:020:548:67:924:341:21:126 202:020:548:67:924:341:21:126 120.40.130.70
    CoraKunkel3 cora.kunkel52@3fb9.biopsynetwork.store 75.90.53.28
    MartinMacFarland martinmacfarland15@keep.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.83
    202:020:382:62:517:680::51 202:020:382:62:517:680::51 120.40.130.70
    mmph45 mmph45@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    NydiaPeyton37 stevengonzalez5693dtdp@a.pattaya-mega.com 192.126.134.16
    arnulfomckeddie arnulfomckeddie@managedisabled.online 172.69.135.14
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mitzispinelli40 mitzispinelli40@estrella.claxyn.org 172.69.22.86
    202:1810:9541:100:982:33:69:467 202:1810:9541:100:982:33:69:467 120.40.130.70
    PatrickWickham c.l.in.ic.f.o.r.h.im.5@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    spvmxxcsuq spvmxxcsuq@rambler.ru 79.127.175.15
    KathaleenNorthcu ba.il.b.o.n.d.s3.9@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    BernardBeazley9 cli.ni.cforh.i.m.76@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    202:1808:9:65:49:9:73:16 202:1808:9:65:49:9:73:16 120.40.130.70
    qczdvtepek qczdvtepek@rambler.ru 79.127.175.15
    FrancesGlasheen francesglasheen91@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.21
    bgsufeqyku bgsufeqyku@rambler.ru 79.127.175.15
    Vik2312 Vik2312@rediffmail.com 120.40.130.70
    rhondachute rhondachute@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.22.86
    dessiecarla dessiecarla@solstris.com 162.158.167.122
    202:3037:268:93:2952:72:924:09 202:3037:268:93:2952:72:924:09 120.40.130.70
    u003einvestor.relations u003einvestor.relations@convergeict.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:382:3438:68:68:32:2266:11 2600:382:3438:68:68:32:2266:11 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LarryRead703 luciediesendorf@iptakedownusa.com 196.244.48.241
    suscripciones.revistacortes suscripciones.revistacortes@congreso.es 120.40.130.70
    LorraineMaclurca lorrainemaclurcan@feofaniaskit.kiev.ua 154.124.197.86
    JacobSwain1926 patriciaanderson177tp5g@linkbuilding.club 38.154.67.230
    vrwohebd vrwohebd@fuhrenmail.com 104.22.20.143
    maryloumash9821 maryloumash9821@anonmails.de 185.94.192.216
    kxte kxte@goshop1888.shop 1.169.127.4
    3528884222821464 per.s.ai.t.o.v.22@gmail.com 31.40.203.234
    roxanaglass-9387 roxanaglass-9387@tiptopmail.top 193.58.104.143
    MerissaHanks242 samarapaine@clonemailsieure.com 152.232.53.75
    ColetteGorecki3 colettegorecki100@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.114.21
    celsagalloway98 celsagalloway98@print.veauly.com 120.40.130.70
    bndczmhi bndczmhi@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    LillianSchweizer lillianschweizer39@put.pettin.com 144.48.52.235
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zemljunioroz6100 zemljunioroz@hotmail.com 12.50.107.219