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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 - 6 May 2026 10:04 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,514
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    KeriGreig522037 kelliamber@solstris.com 144.48.52.235
    ponsetzclosor1982 ponsetzclosor1982@mailopenz.com 88.204.44.86
    www.netze-login.support www.netze-login.support@swm-infrastruktur.de 120.40.130.70
    labestpalo1980 labestpalo1980@mailopenz.com 172.69.134.83
    202:03:8:1200:52:706:06:6 202:03:8:1200:52:706:06:6 120.40.130.70
    nikita-kozlov nikita-kozlov@casinotds.xyz 172.69.23.194
    gudrungudrun gudrungudrun@jafofa.musicart.club 172.71.158.68
    BuckCleveland76 buckcleveland50@sise.elyquin.com 45.33.145.128
    marksmith1778czu7 marksmith1778czu7@c.travel-e-store.com 172.69.23.194
    AmparoWarden558 amparowarden90@slow.pettin.com 102.165.53.166
    carmonkarp8545 carmonkarp8545@anonmails.de 172.69.134.82
    RachelMuskett7 rachelmuskett33@sise.glinxy.com 194.26.177.65
    datenschutz.infrastruktur datenschutz.infrastruktur@swm-infrastruktur.de 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:600:22:8887:660:34 202:03:8:600:22:8887:660:34 120.40.130.70
    NDYPrecious valaria@nebulanexus.site 173.232.126.184
    Belle88N780470 belletoosey62@seti.ylixo.com 192.161.160.19
    leobusch leobusch@trashmailr.com 172.71.154.178
    hilariokendrick hilariokendrick@adult-work.info 172.69.23.194
    ponsetzclosor1982 ponsetzclosor1982@mailopenz.com 172.69.23.194
    steuerbare.verbraucher steuerbare.verbraucher@swm-infrastruktur.de 120.40.130.70
    DickFfp85460947 dick.keeney-9662@servusbud.kiev.ua 157.50.199.65
    dawn.briggs dawn.briggs@azizaryb.ru 185.255.126.53
    avtomatizaciya avtomatizaciya@xrumgo.site 120.40.130.70
    ez02rc ez02rc@wz.ddip88.com 104.28.163.182
    AntoniettaF63 antoniettamarlar67@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.224
    karlos.76.hya.n.i.t.os karlos.76.hya.n.i.t.os@gmail.com 151.240.62.80
    Rasha23 sharalynabarquezsabequil@gmail.com 124.217.21.123
    ElenaFonseca elenafonseca36@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.252
    heyxkcuqet heyxkcuqet@rambler.ru 152.232.73.198
    okctattooguy okctattooguy@fuadd.me 120.40.130.70
    CaryGilliland8 michellenelson@solstris.com 191.101.114.223
    phyllisdickens9194 phyllisdickens9194@cryptoboss-efv.top 104.22.20.142
    ChelseaODowd28 chelseaodowd31@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.146
    ArdenSasse34160 ardensasse35@only.veauly.com 102.165.55.40
    aicpzpcrrml aicpzpcrrml@newera2026.site 172.71.158.69
    MarcoLaplante12 marcolaplante@rukeji.mexicans.pro 212.87.218.34
    notyourbusiness notyourbusiness@example.com 120.40.130.70
    agustina.morero agustina.morero@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fake fake@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:540:81:38:212 202:8108:8125:100:540:81:38:212 120.40.130.70
    caineleebradford216223 caineleebradford216223@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    qwgpkyyznr qwgpkyyznr@rambler.ru 152.232.67.107
    marudwsr marudwsr@duhastmail.com 172.71.154.179
    c.lini.cfor.hi.m3.50 c.lini.cfor.hi.m3.50@gmail.com 172.71.158.68
    dan.olson dan.olson@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kellykelly11 kellykelly11@puxibo.swissbank.cc 45.133.114.232
    tllnjztvami tllnjztvami@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    odessawitte1597 odessawitte1597@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    JustineDuCane6 georgettamathieu@hotbird.giize.com 206.214.82.205
    FilomenaClint filomenaclint76@sise.glinxy.com 192.126.156.125
    ox.i.mu.s7.7.7.7.p.b.p.deg.5.3.m ox.i.mu.s7.7.7.7.p.b.p.deg.5.3.m@gmail.com 45.128.199.69
    MadeleineP65 juliennedakota@solstris.com 196.198.13.159
    gavinfranklin6325 gavinfranklin6325@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    Frank807946457 myrtleleila@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    luizgustavodecarvalho18 luizgustavodecarvalho18@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    NRVRob78726756 robgilbreath73@fast.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    202:640:307:801:7285:2:2:433 202:640:307:801:7285:2:2:433 120.40.130.70
    LisettePalafox lisettepalafox82@hell.milkgg.com 223.29.254.158
    4 4@solatog.online 162.158.167.133
    no.reply.JozefAndersen no.reply.JozefAndersen@gmail.com 84.17.47.114
    beatriz-cushing beatriz-cushing@emailus.hotelhafenhamburg.click 172.71.154.179
    demo3 demo3@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MitziGqp1787015 mitzi-mitzi72@dopepu.pyramid.help 185.94.32.253
    aureliohawken1814 aureliohawken1814@anonmails.de 46.8.10.111
    claudiohickey claudiohickey@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    abcdefgh abcdefgh@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2003::9744:853:30:4:296:43 2003::9744:853:30:4:296:43 120.40.130.70