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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 - 15 Aug 2026 4:51 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,767
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    xrumer23dox xrumer23dox@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KendrickBingle9 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 144.48.52.235
    Delbertphame smirnovarturza8927@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    someonessupersomething someonessupersomething@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ShadVest86806 shadvest21@.mxdood.com 181.215.16.216
    mei.mei mei.mei@faxuna.blogbliss.site 93.177.94.84
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LynnDobson elizabethjones9840zgrc@travel-e-store.com 38.154.80.149
    20:287:957:9:8644:4:11:749 20:287:957:9:8644:4:11:749 120.40.130.70
    SenaidaTorreggia senaidatorreggiani83@wild.ehomu.com 181.215.16.213
    LorenaKelsey59 lorenakelsey75@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.31
    FloreneRatcliffe floreneratcliffe85@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    MatildaRed jenniferjones80389adh@linkbuildingtools.club 77.238.236.106
    LiamLaplante511 liamlaplante52@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.101
    JerrodPhilipp9 jerrodphilipp33@feed.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.165
    KelleNepean042 kellenepean22@slide.veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    pia568 pia568@yandex.ru 92.36.101.161
    LaurieRonald5 laurie.laurie34@sogiha.redmail.click 45.147.232.189
    MitziSmalls marcelaknowles@koes.justdied.comkoes.justdied.com. 34.134.26.114
    DamonFreel patriciamartin535445ba@seoautomationpro.online 94.46.247.235
    NestorLwp57825 nestorvalente55@only.veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    HaydenFett patriciajones75027q03w@b.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.8.181
    matheusdeoliveiralamego matheusdeoliveiralamego@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mhvfkssy mhvfkssy@blackfirsta.com 104.23.251.66
    gqegkvux gqegkvux@analismail.com 64.31.20.24
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xfoqmxty xfoqmxty@blackfirsta.com 64.31.20.24
    catalina.christopher.cameron catalina.christopher.cameron@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hplhbesf hplhbesf@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.20.24
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    markrodriguez4457yffl markrodriguez4457yffl@c.pattaya-mega.com 152.232.162.230
    try1 try1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    info info@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    vinz16 vinz16@example.org 120.40.130.70
    adamsmith adamsmith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.org 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mail mail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    lh lh@example.org 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser5 testuser5@example.org 120.40.130.70
    postrex postrex@example.org 120.40.130.70
    signatures signatures@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Cathryn1888 cathryncostello81@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    john john@example.org 120.40.130.70
    hypnotic.blimp hypnotic.blimp@example.org 120.40.130.70
    network-abuse network-abuse@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    rsa2048 rsa2048@example.org 120.40.130.70
    dorotheah dorotheah@example.org 120.40.130.70
    leorafredricksen leorafredricksen@anonmails.de 193.53.168.150
    nike4241nike nike4241nike@example.org 120.40.130.70
    CheryleTrimm patriciamartinez6264lnvk@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.115
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    WNXMarylou maryloumessier10@only.veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nope nope@example.org 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.org 120.40.130.70
    x.y x.y@example.org 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.org 120.40.130.70
    fakemail fakemail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Rory10P3013 donaldmiller2491akd3@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.52.32
    mmudunuri mmudunuri@roblox.com 120.40.130.70
    Test Test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MauricioFree293 mauriciofree48@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.227
    ibrahimabdulrasaqademola2017+vr ibrahimabdulrasaqademola2017+vr@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    testdude testdude@example.org 120.40.130.70
    XSHCarmella carmellacamp52@toy.pettin.com 102.165.55.40
    j j@example.org 120.40.130.70