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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 - 23 May 2026 4:40 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,141
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1810:926:4100:7009:83:55:115 202:1810:926:4100:7009:83:55:115 120.40.130.70
    chang-culley87 chang-culley87@onepureedge.com 172.71.158.68
    leandra.rosenhain leandra.rosenhain@onepureedge.com 104.22.17.126
    sarahwilson7034b7ze sarahwilson7034b7ze@a.travel-e-store.com 152.89.129.140
    AntjeTrotter3 antjetrotter94@trick.veauly.com 102.165.55.20
    202:020:52:86:785:4:8:5533 202:020:52:86:785:4:8:5533 120.40.130.70
    Armando9225 jerry@neoxinet.com 146.190.80.158
    manuelhoang9653 manuelhoang9653@emailsystems.shop 172.255.82.21
    josefketcham68 josefketcham68@front.elyquin.org 104.168.53.139
    200:1110:224:111:4464:438:10:300 200:1110:224:111:4464:438:10:300 120.40.130.70
    richardmartinez1880ph5 richardmartinez1880ph5@b.pattaya-mega.com 206.214.93.49
    200:1110:224:111:4464:438:10:300 200:1110:224:111:4464:438:10:300 120.40.130.70
    202:020:57:978:14:38:661:42 202:020:57:978:14:38:661:42 120.40.130.70
    gezoukdf gezoukdf@legenmail.com 185.255.126.86
    202:020:58:546:9225:2509:759:6146 202:020:58:546:9225:2509:759:6146 120.40.130.70
    204:441:200:939::8288:1939 204:441:200:939::8288:1939 120.40.130.70
    nomqntdb nomqntdb@bethcampbell.biz 170.246.55.148
    2405:600:2647:72:2962:7:7071:61 2405:600:2647:72:2962:7:7071:61 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:926:4100:7009:83:55:115 202:1810:926:4100:7009:83:55:115 120.40.130.70
    sa.mm.y.ma.n.n.9.76. sa.mm.y.ma.n.n.9.76.@gmail.com 142.111.152.193
    MacWisdom50 macwisdom17@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.83
    kalymaga kalymaga@needforspeeds.online 120.40.130.70
    202:020:5:6:441:899:95:727 202:020:5:6:441:899:95:727 120.40.130.70
    omerpeel omerpeel@funnyaussiesigns.com 193.31.74.17
    janellemathias janellemathias@anonmails.de 45.140.55.191
    gapuimal gapuimal@duhastmail.com 64.31.20.22
    JustinaWalker95 justinawalker90@broad.ehomu.com 102.165.54.212
    RandyNox sokolovvovaia6582@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    aleishacarden aleishacarden@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.17.126
    RicoX7817468 ricoeason75@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.54.4
    chandratillman6102 chandratillman6102@spambog.ru 172.69.23.193
    romandoxomo romandoxomo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2601:8:401:30:1999:3564:81:39 2601:8:401:30:1999:3564:81:39 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 202:8108:8125:100:79:960:740:771 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:61:350:755:184:21:89 202:1808:61:350:755:184:21:89 120.40.130.70
    indiana-indiana indiana-indiana@cagoha.wins.guru 172.69.23.193
    millapilkington millapilkington@0815.ru 104.22.17.126
    AllisonBidwell allisonbidwell83@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.55.238
    bdmblcre bdmblcre@duhastmail.com 172.69.134.84
    erwin.shiels8216 erwin.shiels8216@kryack.ru 172.69.134.84
    CarlaAbend674 carlaabend62@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.52
    JermaineKemble jermainekemble51@seat.muzaco.com 102.165.55.20
    powerhouse pumbamcdonald@gmail.com 2601:640:8103:8110:371:354:4:
    TawannaPederson tawannapederson8448@8.dnsabr.com 195.58.35.112
    xahi8gyos xahi8gyos@komandir057.ru 195.209.216.160
    josef.coolidge22 josef.coolidge22@onepureedge.com 162.158.167.133
    torstenborn80 torstenborn80@dreamlifecraft.com 172.69.23.193
    202:1810:942:900:05::298:041 202:1810:942:900:05::298:041 120.40.130.70
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 104.22.17.126
    Ronaldpoush ivanovmaksaz7324@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    MarcosDaugherty marcosdaugherty15@seat.muzaco.com 191.101.114.216
    Imbaggsvs mgdirec.tm.ailer.binance.com@gmail.com 86.106.103.53
    202:1810:1509:00:9:6::110 202:1810:1509:00:9:6::110 120.40.130.70
    ivanrizada ivanrizada@mail.ru 172.69.134.85
    shavonneabrams1861 shavonneabrams1861@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.134.84
    uqebcjomlj uqebcjomlj@rambler.ru 195.200.18.14
    202:8071:5160:100:726:1:479:9006 202:8071:5160:100:726:1:479:9006 120.40.130.70
    bogdan-fedorov1 bogdan-fedorov1@casinotds.xyz 162.158.167.134
    MacOConnor macoconnor4@only.veauly.com 196.196.254.21
    CelesteRide9 rorygovan2223@freundin.ru 110.235.234.224
    202:03:303:00:396:689:804:89 202:03:303:00:396:689:804:89 120.40.130.70
    BettinaHaralson rorygovan2223@freundin.ru 110.235.234.224
    202:1808:12:64:5054:50:321:54 202:1808:12:64:5054:50:321:54 120.40.130.70
    Imnewhere mgdirec.tmailer.binance.com@gmail.com 20:5600:9:184:7546:4:81:14
    lukebrown47044 lukebrown47044@b.seoautomationpro.com (empty)
    SadieLea2790702 sadielea46@these.veauly.com 45.125.245.178
    202:03:86:7501:5481:1662:14:7 202:03:86:7501:5481:1662:14:7 120.40.130.70
    smith348 smith348@hitmail.com 146.19.125.67