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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 - 10 Jul 2026 4:18 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,178
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    marktaylor8971cpx1 marktaylor8971cpx1@c.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.121.146
    xpehtdcd xpehtdcd@analismail.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristoperHolyma christoperholyman99@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.117
    202:8108:8125:100:2116:10:772:278 202:8108:8125:100:2116:10:772:278 120.40.130.70
    ElenaAddy154 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    maxiedabney maxiedabney@anonmails.de 172.69.134.36
    ajkdfshkajfh ajkdfshkajfh@mail.ru 172.71.154.32
    GabriellaQueale junkodwayne@solstris.com 177.234.143.121
    bobholeman bobholeman@spambog.com 172.69.134.37
    egcirymz egcirymz@duhastmail.com 120.40.130.70
    kathrynreed kathrynreed@solstris.com 162.158.167.43
    newzealandimmigrationconsultan newzealandimmigrationconsultan@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristianeCurlew christianecurlewis99@brick.pettin.com 196.196.254.218
    18971576167 18971576167@163.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LorettaImhoff3 lorettaimhoff19@deny.milkgg.com 196.196.254.21
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    annataxoso annataxoso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Ayuda oxfareadssakib@gmail.com 31.217.248.17
    bhorsfall bhorsfall@live.com.au 120.40.130.70
    QILTeddy790813 teddypullman4@these.veauly.com 154.16.69.184
    alannaturner alannaturner@coin.wf 149.18.117.54
    SylvesterTenison kelliamber@solstris.com 181.215.16.161
    CecilHoltzmann klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    CareyWorrall2 careyworrall32@fog.blyxen.org 187.102.217.54
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JodiHarness jodiharness45@fog.blyxen.org 45.67.131.229
    freddieneustadt freddieneustadt@eldeninfo.xyz 120.40.130.70
    captn.cowboy captn.cowboy@gamil.com 120.40.130.70
    JUFCaren182859 wdeterment5sr91@nestmailbox.com 192.241.65.79
    zeseeintefs Inhetry@gmail.com 104.23.217.25
    mmph50 mmph50@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:9535:6800:650:22:35:735 202:1810:9535:6800:650:22:35:735 120.40.130.70
    CarleyKinard tobysowden4010@discard.email 84.32.138.188
    egorgefuhi egorgefuhi@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    dilov333s dilov333s@gamil.com 120.40.130.70
    DoloresTalarico evebrownless@edankeunwe.site 84.32.138.186
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    i.l.u.x.e.y.ara7.7.1 i.l.u.x.e.y.ara7.7.1@gmail.com 87.199.209.217
    marietta.nikolaeva.97 marietta.nikolaeva.97@mail.ru 144.79.133.31
    LorenzaNeudorf5 paulanderson1044bdtt@c.verifiedlinklist.com 107.175.3.179
    202:1810:9535:6800:998:756:44:8 202:1810:9535:6800:998:756:44:8 120.40.130.70
    Joni78T366015385 marywilliams7290ukxd@a.travel-e-store.com 173.44.219.166
    1heredettyh 1heredettyh@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    ulya.gordeeva.90 ulya.gordeeva.90@mail.ru 144.79.133.31
    mmph36 mmph36@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    MellisaSkeyhill mellisaskeyhill89@hell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    202:1810:49:7700:10:729:1488:711 202:1810:49:7700:10:729:1488:711 120.40.130.70
    MicahCarl82 micahcarl51@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.39
    mmph36 mmph36@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    anna anna@timeavenue.ru 109.234.35.8
    202:420:230:016:482:41:23:3 202:420:230:016:482:41:23:3 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1004:066:539:0:45:930:9501 2600:1004:066:539:0:45:930:9501 120.40.130.70
    AmadoKashiwagi amadokashiwagi29@self.ehomu.com 102.165.55.131
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MargheritaMountf margheritamountford79@stuff.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    santosshannon363 santosshannon363@anonmails.de 45.92.124.28
    ElbertKerr93009 elbertkerr15@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.238
    AleidaSchaeffer aleidaschaeffer67@feed.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.158
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FinlayLorimer2 joshuamartin5776bpca@f.seoautomationpro.com 107.175.36.145
    202:448:388:0:416:07:877:278 202:448:388:0:416:07:877:278 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    willianpalmerston willianpalmerston@jiangwy.one 98.159.44.226
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    avgustina.morozova avgustina.morozova@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    ronnyhorrocks ronnyhorrocks@1secmail.net 120.40.130.70