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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 Jul 2026 11:35 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,556
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    GlennaSnyder60 wbarattatokor90@nestmailbox.com 192.186.145.143
    XeloZeft a@xelo.pro 82.15.115.68
    l.i.n.k.s.8.9ma.st l.i.n.k.s.8.9ma.st@gmail.com 80.93.217.214
    valliejenner86 valliejenner86@lela.elyquin.com 172.71.154.179
    alvinpollard alvinpollard@zikozikoqq.shop 23.236.139.231
    l.i.n.k.s8.9mas.t. l.i.n.k.s8.9mas.t.@gmail.com 80.93.217.214
    l.ink.s.8.9.m.ast l.ink.s.8.9.m.ast@gmail.com 162.158.167.121
    antoinette-antoinette100 antoinette-antoinette100@noloru.macro.cfd 162.158.167.121
    li.nk.s.8.9m.as.t. li.nk.s.8.9m.as.t.@gmail.com 80.93.217.214
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 162.158.167.121
    richardjones710785ds richardjones710785ds@f.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    christenahmelnitsky christenahmelnitsky@a.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:13:70:4:76:730:8 202:1808:13:70:4:76:730:8 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:383:8564:19:18:5:102 202:020:383:8564:19:18:5:102 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    qcxcaqtx qcxcaqtx@bekommenmail.com 172.71.154.178
    alfredomulgrave3685 alfredomulgrave3685@dvd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.154.178
    johnwilliams4229t6ay johnwilliams4229t6ay@a.blog-stuff.com 120.40.130.70
    diegobianchi597785gli diegobianchi597785gli@seoautomationpro.com 172.69.135.13
    Antonio antonioortizabellaneda@gmail.com 139.47.119.168
    ReginaChuter902 reginachuter.5753@topemailerdomain.shop 67.83.62.155
    debbra.alison debbra.alison@cryptoboss-mirror.buzz 72.56.190.137
    petra.swenson-603andrewmoody2008 petra.swenson-603andrewmoody2008@fringmail.com 172.71.159.82
    HansGroce911153 hansgroce2@fiber.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    LaurencePoulin4 laurencepoulin46@slide.veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Corine82L5166 corinewant9609@quickemailinbox.shop 24.91.121.17
    chandazapata chandazapata@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.121
    szlmylqa szlmylqa@bekommenmail.com 104.22.20.142
    phpuxuld phpuxuld@fuhrenmail.com 104.22.20.142
    BettyRobin bettyrobin.733@masteremailsite.shop 73.195.230.240
    ghzfowzx ghzfowzx@legenmail.com 172.69.22.86
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:55:048:8813:669:4:4 202:020:55:048:8813:669:4:4 120.40.130.70
    jaxon-jaxon21 jaxon-jaxon21@toniko.kanye.online 172.71.159.81
    GeorgeNup ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 83.217.213.120
    lukejackson lukejackson@lukejackson.com 200:840:052:89::622:89
    michaeljones6061a0t9 michaeljones6061a0t9@swartluxury258.com 192.126.249.164
    GaleSchmitt0388 monteingham6466@spambog.ru 196.51.68.174
    Wyatt60118 wyattulm45@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.53.34
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    DonnyLiversidge monteingham6466@spambog.ru 196.51.68.76
    yi.ja.fafi6.60 yi.ja.fafi6.60@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    BrockCockle monteingham6466@spambog.ru 196.51.68.76
    yupiman yupiman@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    202:03:8725:4401:8:432:3:0 202:03:8725:4401:8:432:3:0 120.40.130.70
    santiagomahn4995 santiagomahn4995@clousy.site 72.57.65.211
    202:020:51:1:888:8454:82:3282 202:020:51:1:888:8454:82:3282 120.40.130.70
    barbarajackson26724izh barbarajackson26724izh@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.127.79
    kerigourgaud kerigourgaud@anonmails.de 92.119.41.178
    202:03:8725:4401:8:432:3:0 202:03:8725:4401:8:432:3:0 120.40.130.70
    OpalTuc749378 opal-baptiste@megaposty.com 154.196.40.64
    dolorespoidevin dolorespoidevin@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.122
    Davidtam stepanovvalentinkv3770@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    VirgilFewings virgilfewings52@self.ehomu.com 181.215.16.238
    lilliankantor lilliankantor@anonmails.de 172.69.22.86
    leonardleonard leonardleonard@nizote.fuc.best 172.69.22.86
    202:03:310:2200:56:796:21:81 202:03:310:2200:56:796:21:81 120.40.130.70
    collinbrough9884 collinbrough9884@saudiroofing.top 172.69.22.86
    dannmccauley dannmccauley@wordspacemail.com 104.22.17.126
    hoptieriva1978 hoptieriva1978@op.pl 120.40.130.70
    jacelynhouck3136 jacelynhouck3136@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.20.143
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GermanGuajardo1 adamespino2873@pecinan.net 188.33.164.188
    hoptieriva1978 hoptieriva1978@op.pl 172.71.154.178
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    emilhakobyan95 emilhakobyan95@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    202:1810:9441:500:6196:486:76:1292 202:1810:9441:500:6196:486:76:1292 120.40.130.70
    EBECarlton carltonfredrick60@slide.veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alizasumpter alizasumpter@bjork.wtf 162.158.167.121
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