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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 - 5 Feb 2026 12:13 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,788
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    204:441:800:644::561:644 204:441:800:644::561:644 120.40.130.70
    dorrisbassett dorrisbassett@calculator.city 43.134.75.206
    Jamey114724026 jameyjamey16@kodere.durovmail.cv 104.207.38.194
    AJNErik3403748 susanamadison@getcode1.com 80.76.42.25
    ianuohra ianuohra@wildbmail.com 185.255.126.72
    202:8108:8125:100:704:343:315:5 202:8108:8125:100:704:343:315:5 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:918:090:693:172 202:8108:8125:100:918:090:693:172 120.40.130.70
    KarolVmd36 donchinn@mailmenot.io 178.175.134.125
    priscillalau priscillalau@miscalhero.com 172.71.154.179
    alysahargis6500 alysahargis6500@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.194
    andrewkestenbaum andrewkestenbaum@take-ur-vites.org 147.53.114.44
    nathanielswart54 nathanielswart54@emailus.thebillieholiday.click 23.83.90.59
    madeleineludlum6165 madeleineludlum6165@1win.page 172.71.158.68
    fernsager fernsager@now.mefound.com 62.115.229.52
    2 2@bmo.com 31.44.59.224
    rpop-test69 rpop-test69@itatac.tk 172.71.158.68
    joan-gilbreath.3147 joan-gilbreath.3147@lvdskjn.store 104.22.20.179
    JeromeHowerton jennifersmith5013y8m4@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 152.232.32.54
    wandablanton78 wandablanton78@estrella.elyquin.org 192.3.33.231
    giuseppetaylor44165 giuseppetaylor44165@d.seoautomationpro.com 194.15.105.176
    202:8108:8125:100:918:090:693:172 202:8108:8125:100:918:090:693:172 120.40.130.70
    jarrodsnelling120 jarrodsnelling120@8.dnsabr.com 172.69.23.193
    SpencerSouth spencer-south.2491@bittermail.site 80.71.159.40
    202:44:70:0::90:5078:1010 202:44:70:0::90:5078:1010 120.40.130.70
    charlesmartin196qfeh charlesmartin196qfeh@b.blog-stuff.com 38.154.93.199
    info info@twork.tbank.ru 120.40.130.70
    wjagschen10r78 wjagschen10r78@nestmailbox.com 64.188.0.99
    MVGMireya08647 mireya-mireya@pomaje.silomar.live 104.207.32.43
    wumeachaecr78 wumeachaecr78@nestmailbox.com 64.188.5.167
    bedrout bedrout@ak.gy 165.231.24.159
    frank97 frank97@ifsso.net 85.209.131.75
    Robby21K9881327 robbychilders@pertomail.top 80.71.159.82
    marymiller1385i4i3 marymiller1385i4i3@verifiedlinklist.com 172.71.158.68
    petrikov-84 petrikov-84@mail.ru 95.25.8.130
    5773-1770681600-1770940799 5773-1770681600-1770940799@www.aronetics.com 120.40.130.70
    johnnieheading johnnieheading@anonmails.de 194.32.237.31
    PrestonButlin9 junkodwayne@solstris.com 196.242.114.55
    LidaCollado052 kelliamber@solstris.com 191.101.250.73
    edgardofelts97 edgardofelts97@ihnat90.hexagonaldrawings.com 23.229.56.69
    KeishaI126 keisha-clowes@ajgmail.com 45.158.194.58
    sybilpape sybilpape@shiita12.com 172.69.23.194
    ssc.securityoperations-operationsdelasecurite.spc ssc.securityoperations-operationsdelasecurite.spc@ 120.40.130.70
    ClarkNiven779 alphonsewiese7138@anonmails.de 166.1.198.87
    QELJulieta colettesparrow5217@anonmails.de 5.196.78.175
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    patricehardman3569 patricehardman3569@freundin.ru 196.245.164.29
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    GiselleSoto31 giselle-soto@bittermail.site 80.71.159.109
    leonardthatcher leonardthatcher@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.211
    lucileheflin83 lucileheflin83@fenava.lyvix.org 23.81.49.227
    MaurineNarelle6 marcellaandrzejewski7074@freundin.ru 217.114.14.248
    phillipvoluzzi phillipvoluzzi@take-ur-vites.org 72.14.92.8
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    opensource opensource@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:46:142:0:00:606:9946:979 202:46:142:0:00:606:9946:979 120.40.130.70
    MDCAlison750512 claudecoulter5649@anonmails.de 154.196.73.75
    JaneenScm289 samorlando9066@anonmails.de 154.196.16.199
    ivitar1984 ivitar1984@mail.ru 89.110.75.8
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    annmariecollie7284 annmariecollie7284@freundin.ru 172.71.154.179