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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 - 4 Jun 2026 1:08 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,669
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    PaulGooge10 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 144.48.52.254
    8.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.b130a063a3.wbe 8.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.b130a063a3.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    5.4a871ae7d05d2c98d9abb595d392cd69.a9ac1de097.wbe 5.4a871ae7d05d2c98d9abb595d392cd69.a9ac1de097.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    HesterBeacham hesterbeacham11@hell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    202:03:830:101:1490:112:136:74 202:03:830:101:1490:112:136:74 120.40.130.70
    noemi.bosanquet33 noemi.bosanquet33@fixrightplumbers.com 173.44.153.51
    otis-otis otis-otis@fanavi.pretoria.pro 172.71.158.69
    8.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.570d5295dd.wbe 8.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.570d5295dd.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    edythebarna edythebarna@adult-work.info 172.71.154.179
    christin.goudie christin.goudie@cryptoboss-efv.top 104.22.20.142
    AnnabellePwb annabellelight60@semu.ylixo.com 154.53.75.16
    202:1810:9596:1100:517:57:83:40 202:1810:9596:1100:517:57:83:40 120.40.130.70
    wbe wbe@email.secureserver.net 120.40.130.70
    Outdoorsolutions.services Outdoorsolutions.services@gmail.com 77.110.115.82
    8.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.41d963035a.wbe 8.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.41d963035a.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    AkiboxaInvix4 saraeddy419@gmail.com 45.136.25.14
    vzmost vzmost@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    kelley-mattson87 kelley-mattson87@dd0c.ahplumbingnc.club 146.103.53.185
    202:03:9588:400:98:236:7084:3 202:03:9588:400:98:236:7084:3 120.40.130.70
    8.9c1b16d3983f34082b49b9baf8cec04a.c455c6b3e0.wbe 8.9c1b16d3983f34082b49b9baf8cec04a.c455c6b3e0.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    shipping shipping@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    hr hr@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    1.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.b4208de628.wbe 1.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.b4208de628.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    agrofield agrofield@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    RefugiaEagar refugiaeagar62@act.milkgg.com 196.196.254.113
    joe joe@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    thudson thudson@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    207:302:30:0:87:410:7086:8 207:302:30:0:87:410:7086:8 120.40.130.70
    trivera trivera@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    mcarlow mcarlow@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    MarylinBratcher marylinbratcher21@last.muzaco.com 223.29.254.133
    202:598:64:800::3100:2 202:598:64:800::3100:2 120.40.130.70
    znpbjctzvq znpbjctzvq@rambler.ru 93.183.94.195
    katrinmoffitt8698 katrinmoffitt8698@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.134.84
    hesterbush41 hesterbush41@no.mxdood.com 172.69.134.85
    michaelmartin8805gij4 michaelmartin8805gij4@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.158.69
    pkoc pkoc@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    gt.ckkt gt.ckkt@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    DexterWhitman02 dexterwhitman90@wild.ehomu.com 144.48.52.254
    2gererfujui 2gererfujui@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    kkovkomandant kkovkomandant@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    krvipvo krvipvo@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    kzokomandant kzokomandant@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    anthony-redman anthony-redman@cleardarkpath.com 104.22.20.143
    63.padb 63.padb@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    goran.djukic goran.djukic@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    72brso 72brso@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    linneapainter linneapainter@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.84
    garda garda@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    uoybjwqx uoybjwqx@bethcampbell.biz 120.40.130.70
    TraceyFoxall5 traceyfoxall56@self.ehomu.com 191.101.114.223
    tim-proby tim-proby@cleardarkpath.com 172.69.23.194
    vojska.srbije vojska.srbije@vs.rs 120.40.130.70
    20:8143:717:3:228:5:1:6751 20:8143:717:3:228:5:1:6751 120.40.130.70
    DtyAOZZTJtqzseAlumGW cjekstein@aol.com 37.114.50.27
    BrentSwift60 brentswift20@hell.milkgg.com 196.196.254.36
    uwlqjgwo uwlqjgwo@legenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    greggnadel83 greggnadel83@theclearorbit.com 162.158.167.133
    darciplott darciplott@idealifepulse.com 172.69.23.193
    202:1810:129:3400:118:99:18:96 202:1810:129:3400:118:99:18:96 120.40.130.70
    tahlia.slack tahlia.slack@zooma-legends.top 172.69.23.194
    jessicagarcia24vt76 jessicagarcia24vt76@d.blog-stuff.com 155.212.213.91
    emerson-reinhard646 emerson-reinhard646@checkmypanel.site 104.22.17.127
    AmeliaByard9005 ameliabyard91@hol.housines.com 2.56.48.131
    AngelWhitt22243 angelwhitt@hol.housines.com 2.56.48.121
    MonteKimble7 montekimble80@just.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.183
    chunscanlon78 chunscanlon78@fish.elyquin.com 172.71.158.68
    LatashaMudie314 leonreva@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    2gererfujui 2gererfujui@anonmails.de 104.207.59.36
    selenechild64 selenechild64@theclearorbit.com 104.22.17.126
    qq qq@network-diagram.net 172.71.158.68
    brooks.pabst20 brooks.pabst20@idealifepulse.com 162.158.167.133
    martinston martin-stone.6640@koiot.de 200.10.47.174
    l.ang.k.apq.w.za.v l.ang.k.apq.w.za.v@googlemail.com 172.69.23.194
    tzwkkdlp tzwkkdlp@bonjourfmail.com 172.71.154.179
    MatthewHayden6 matthewhayden47@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.166
    MistyHeyne6 mistyheyne42@river.muzaco.com 196.198.13.252