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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 - 2 Sep 2026 11:52 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,856
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Ramon rcospn@gmail.com 95.22.200.236
    202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 120.40.130.70
    andrewjackson9968h6gs andrewjackson9968h6gs@gsasearchengineranker.info 172.69.135.14
    Hildred82O hildreddubose36@pound.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    zcmmbptrk zcmmbptrk@govtopshop.online 157.22.92.35
    Chassidy4290 chassidyseward10@hell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.247
    facewedgie facewedgie@proton.me 2607:90:50:80:813:22:660:217
    elizabethmiller5553nrrk elizabethmiller5553nrrk@linkbuilding.club 192.241.88.126
    info info@seo-prodvizhenie-v-top.ru 120.40.130.70
    Rosella0007 tawannahutchings2581@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 104.28.246.125
    rhain imdayanarosegonzales102203@gmail.com 143.44.197.89
    Plasticfds hvhinspections@gmail.com 178.132.0.42
    info info@seo-prodvizhenie-v-top.ru 120.40.130.70
    CharoletteLouis charlesanderson1803l99p@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 152.232.53.83
    BTFHerbert herberthatten53@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.92.183
    4c9ff7b414d4647907ba3a865c60db98 rostow.alex3116@gmail.com 178.71.3.180
    Harris3164 harrishux29@pound.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    xrumer23Gaway xrumer23Gaway@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    sal salmanabha908@gmail.com 43.246.202.22
    xrumer23baito xrumer23baito@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MarkoBlagojevic marko@linkduoforge.info 191.102.151.68
    pecalbarracin18 pecalbarracin18@peoplepc.com 120.40.130.70
    ElissaMacdonell elissamacdonell71@trick.veauly.com 191.101.92.60
    vanessaherlitz1444 vanessaherlitz1444@mailmenot.io 154.201.74.75
    marco.sealey.7105 marco.sealey.7105@en.benefactor.website 104.22.20.143
    xrumer23baito xrumer23baito@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    b.obby.c.h.a.r.s.88 b.obby.c.h.a.r.s.88@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ambrose-thrasher42 ambrose-thrasher42@jam.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.81
    GeoffreyAbel235 johnjackson9034c5zr@f.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.9.226
    legal legal@guns.lol 120.40.130.70
    MillieRanson21 patriciamartinez2481w7tg@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 72.57.64.199
    business business@guns.lol 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Sue wordshop1@verizon.net 151.181.194.194
    ColemanZelman81 heribertoallan@veauly.com 177.234.143.121
    felipe.valerio.morales felipe.valerio.morales@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MichaelaCarl michaelacarl@fpsrealm.xyz 131.108.19.29
    202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 120.40.130.70
    hwachild6600 hwachild6600@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.20.143
    kimberleyallum kimberleyallum@anonmails.de 172.69.135.14
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ShaniceFrew563 shanicefrew4575@mailtech.ro 192.126.224.132
    20:8143:42:758:0:9:53:2804 20:8143:42:758:0:9:53:2804 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 120.40.130.70
    LanLavin06 lanlavin66@book.saiba-mais.com 196.51.8.181
    JewelHebert jewelhebert13@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.55.20
    glennoverlock.9742 glennoverlock.9742@beastmail.biz 193.58.104.41
    Alin lobaalin4@gmail.com 105.235.27.191
    Carin7063512 carinbrookman56@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    ZenaidaDah williamlopez3845x8qm@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 72.57.64.197
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KassandraRohu88 kassandrakassandra33@xawide.noman.cc 140.235.169.234
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 202:8108:8125:100:218:47:3:73 120.40.130.70
    maniraj nividmaniji@gmail.com 2409:404:4115:55:808:52:532:691
    NamGillingham7 tegantrudi@veauly.com 196.198.13.152
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    treystowers2752 treystowers2752@23.8.dnsabr.com 107.175.26.98
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KashaCampos87 kashacampos20@fish.elyquin.com 172.93.206.43
    ShielaBidmead37 shielabidmead19@fish.elyquin.com 172.93.206.43
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 141.101.98.102
    AlbertinaMosher cassiecastrejon@asia.dnsabr.com 164.163.127.119
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MelanieAmundson melaniemelanie91@nibetu.shinemail.cc 193.163.207.106
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70