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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 - 24 Jun 2026 7:02 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,434
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1810:984:2100:90:756:119:379 202:1810:984:2100:90:756:119:379 120.40.130.70
    susantaylor8967ztuf susantaylor8967ztuf@verifiedlinklist.com 104.22.20.142
    lin.ks.8.9m.a.s.t. lin.ks.8.9m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    tereseclements tereseclements@openlandguide.xyz 172.71.159.82
    l.in.ks89.ma.s.t. l.in.ks89.ma.s.t.@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    l.i.n.ks.89m.as.t. l.i.n.ks.89m.as.t.@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    li.n.ks.8.9ma.st. li.n.ks.8.9ma.st.@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    20:5685:710:980:784:3:19:8 20:5685:710:980:784:3:19:8 120.40.130.70
    DellKnudson mark@32red.co.za 209.163.119.145
    l.i.n.k.s.8.9.ma.st l.i.n.k.s.8.9.ma.st@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    202:456:982:0:72:805:6340:7 202:456:982:0:72:805:6340:7 120.40.130.70
    DonnyAntonio968 marcusfaust5184@discard.email 151.0.22.98
    linwoodgillingham linwoodgillingham@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.122
    MarthamAr d.e.is.ysorte.ll.o@gmail.com 172.64.198.174
    l.ink.s.8.9.mast. l.ink.s.8.9.mast.@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    judependleton6413 judependleton6413@anonmails.de 172.69.135.13
    Jerri16795 jerri-zimmer62@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.226.23.195
    dmit.rin.i.v.arvu.dini dmit.rin.i.v.arvu.dini@gmail.com 162.158.167.121
    202:03:899:500:781:84:50:174 202:03:899:500:781:84:50:174 120.40.130.70
    l.i.n.ks89.mas.t l.i.n.ks89.mas.t@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    l.ink.s89.mas.t l.ink.s89.mas.t@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    janessapatnode61 janessapatnode61@no.mxdood.com 172.71.154.169
    202:267:04:4146:0:000:0: 202:267:04:4146:0:000:0: 120.40.130.70
    DollieKunz10894 dolliekunz54@list.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.81
    YesDaddi saraelizabethburgess33@gmail.com 2603:6013:00:470:144:20:5573:91
    antonhagesa antonhagesa@mail.ru 172.71.154.168
    phpuxuld phpuxuld@fuhrenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    Mariana3743 venusbrunker3151@spambog.ru 38.154.67.206
    2607:91:13:998:35:754:922:51 2607:91:13:998:35:754:922:51 120.40.130.70
    deidrepalombo deidrepalombo@luciusmail.xyz 89.116.78.15
    WalkerFulford47 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 196.196.254.218
    ghzfowzx ghzfowzx@legenmail.com 64.31.3.126
    delorismcfarland delorismcfarland@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.126
    fmtxvepzke fmtxvepzke@rambler.ru 158.173.155.218
    l.in.k.s89m.a.st l.in.k.s89m.a.st@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    BryantChavez bryantchavez90@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.83
    ipkzlaitva ipkzlaitva@rambler.ru 158.173.155.218
    antonhagesa antonhagesa@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    l.i.nks89m.a.s.t. l.i.nks89m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    rdrjgyfmyk rdrjgyfmyk@rambler.ru 158.173.155.218
    yoy.i.rihuj.003 yoy.i.rihuj.003@gmail.com 172.69.135.13
    MiaU487991476 mia.mia@nitewu.randomxyz.life 91.132.124.166
    201:5241:339:6600:7407:668:30:3200 201:5241:339:6600:7407:668:30:3200 120.40.130.70
    nolajeppesen nolajeppesen@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.122
    l.i.nks.8.9.mas.t l.i.nks.8.9.mas.t@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    LolitaPeebles arnettealbert@spambog.com 192.186.131.38
    tawnyaparkin38 tawnyaparkin38@hawk.xylzen.com 172.71.159.82
    selinyukrodion97 selinyukrodion97@rambler.ru 157.22.62.221
    202:267:980:440:0:2800:0:18 202:267:980:440:0:2800:0:18 120.40.130.70
    leopoldo-coombe leopoldo-coombe@wordspacemail.com 162.158.167.122
    vksmrbjpdt vksmrbjpdt@rambler.ru 79.127.175.41
    iclkgxgu iclkgxgu@legenmail.com 172.71.154.169
    202:267:980:440:0:2800:0:15 202:267:980:440:0:2800:0:15 120.40.130.70
    issac-issac issac-issac@neruca.commail.online 104.22.20.143
    AntonTrego5421 joshuahernandez388001sa@swartluxury258.com 107.175.36.147
    l.i.n.ks8.9.m.as.t l.i.n.ks8.9.m.as.t@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    FFXAlethea susanthomas863865c2@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.76.110
    MarisolMeadows0 barbarahernandez835pji4@gsasearchenginerankervps.c 2.56.50.84
    l.ink.s.89mas.t l.ink.s.89mas.t@gmail.com 78.111.155.14
    RobbyBouie williamsmith67219pw2@gsasearchengineranker.support 196.51.126.249
    BeulahBullins4 dominiquealexandra@solstris.com 196.198.13.67
    pantydeal pantydeal@tutamail.com 2400:848:4101:0:07:205:464:181
    RolandI786186 rolandwysocki.9225@openlandguide.xyz 165.231.98.105
    Shona38688073 franciscastreetman@sedekah-mudah.com 81.168.120.176
    AlbertinaPbf albertinacardwell53@these.veauly.com 102.165.54.212
    202:020:58:66:6075:7:17:6653 202:020:58:66:6075:7:17:6653 120.40.130.70
    KXCMaddison lisamcgeehan3483@kayfilms.top 69.4.90.21
    gladismccleary gladismccleary@t.woeishyang.com 138.59.204.73
    Levi81C066 levi-keyes.379@wukonggame.cc 196.242.114.209
    Henrynuaps mironovvalentinhx9735@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    202:3100:579:800:3:65:349:55 202:3100:579:800:3:65:349:55 120.40.130.70