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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 - 26 Aug 2026 2:09 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,849
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    craig-higgs24 craig-higgs24@emailgsa3.xyz 162.158.167.44
    silvia.passoni.ext silvia.passoni.ext@leonardocompany.com 120.40.130.70
    dave dave@lmarketing.com 146.75.249.247
    massimo.polese massimo.polese@leonardocompany.com 120.40.130.70
    dave dave@lmarketing.com 204:441:320:942::986:42
    szyzwyucvki szyzwyucvki@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    wilburnmate22 wilburnmate22@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.113
    ShalandaChiodo shalandachiodo55@nor.mxdood.com 23.95.204.251
    Samantha5751 eloisepalma@now.mefound.com 103.106.238.18
    Kenneth66U kennethavelar15@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    yulyagexode yulyagexode@mail.ru 104.22.20.143
    kxanhicrsSi kxanhicrsSi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    202:8108:8125:100:86:193:681:26 202:8108:8125:100:86:193:681:26 120.40.130.70
    Leupoldvxv skhakshooy@gmail.com 109.236.89.97
    joycelynmcclusky joycelynmcclusky@muralin-aja.com 104.22.20.142
    SybilHales44215 sybil.hales35@47dc.zouytr.xyz 217.60.161.199
    202:8108:8125:100::55:6:9 202:8108:8125:100::55:6:9 120.40.130.70
    prokopof1 prokopof1@absroma.it 152.232.67.52
    yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988 yaroslav.sevastyanov.1988@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    joseph-christopher.probst joseph-christopher.probst@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    Alfonso alf.casal.p@gmail.com 90.160.205.194
    wnivfiqwppn wnivfiqwppn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    pos.t.i.ng.meg.ast.o.p.lay pos.t.i.ng.meg.ast.o.p.lay@gmail.com 31.129.170.42
    downingandre19841987+m1 downingandre19841987+m1@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    himhwwknhoi himhwwknhoi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    t.faticov t.faticov@ac.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    2409:402:304:0:743:93:587:21 2409:402:304:0:743:93:587:21 120.40.130.70
    186 186@kirisbygood.fun 172.71.159.82
    creekbamboo7 creekbamboo7@betifys.org 13.37.248.181
    klaus-joachim.mueller-engel klaus-joachim.mueller-engel@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    twerodlari1977 twerodlari1977@op.pl 172.71.159.81
    gilda-gilda70 gilda-gilda70@fimonu.wisecook.xyz 31.40.195.107
    sabrina-brigitte.schwechheimer sabrina-brigitte.schwechheimer@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    mahaliahollander mahaliahollander@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    regine.schmidt-remberg regine.schmidt-remberg@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    DarbyJasso3 darbyjasso79@pound.milkgg.com 191.101.92.224
    prokopof1 prokopof1@absroma.it 161.115.230.28
    global-ip-transfer-of-rights global-ip-transfer-of-rights@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    gvx-transfer-of-rights gvx-transfer-of-rights@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    global-ip-special-task global-ip-special-task@basf.com 120.40.130.70
    rjosyula rjosyula@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    liw.e.i.ko.46.3 liw.e.i.ko.46.3@gmail.com 172.69.23.184
    mail15 mail15@c0smo.click 104.22.18.53
    3610flx2hhn37e 3610flx2hhn37e@emalupe.comip 120.40.130.70
    yeocherie1 olivia@mail.exyukanali.tv 45.38.101.75
    lnihftorzPr lnihftorzPr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    prokopof1 prokopof1@absroma.it 200.71.126.24
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    prokopof1 prokopof1@absroma.it 104.22.20.142
    wxjehcwxpoi wxjehcwxpoi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    yulyagexode yulyagexode@mail.ru 172.71.159.82
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bountyhunter bountyhunter@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    BrookForet7016 susanmartin2200enz7@e.welcometotijuana.com 94.46.247.200
    jasperbanjo348 jasperbanjo348@casinodays.net.nz 35.180.126.79
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    bountyreich bountyreich@ukr.net 120.40.130.70
    PansyCrookes pansycrookes@genshinzone.cc 172.245.25.111
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aishaseibert9310 aishaseibert9310@vilocom.vn 162.158.167.44
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 172.69.23.184
    gzkefnwruPr gzkefnwruPr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    jomyje jomyje@denipl.com 120.40.130.70
    vjtcfgcs vjtcfgcs@blackfirsta.com 149.88.18.28
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BrittPorcelli brittporcelli46@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.114.220
    hotdlvriwj hotdlvriwj@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70