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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 - 3 May 2026 11:47 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,589
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    protocol protocol@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    kassie.mott2399 kassie.mott2399@vargosmail.com 193.233.90.36
    JerekioxInvix3 ryeiminty2@gmail.com 212.119.41.87
    202:03:876:3801::26:846:385 202:03:876:3801::26:846:385 120.40.130.70
    assasin63 assasin63@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    EarthaLefevre2 eartha-eartha@noxevu.magical.surf 65.111.15.81
    office office@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:6520:178:340:457 202:8108:8125:100:6520:178:340:457 120.40.130.70
    2001:103:5305:500:972:1:97:27 2001:103:5305:500:972:1:97:27 120.40.130.70
    wiazjzhhoSi wiazjzhhoSi@newera2026.site 146.103.101.44
    vvmlwxgnuEa vvmlwxgnuEa@newera2026.site 162.158.167.134
    EmersonCarder emersoncarder22@yell.milkgg.com 103.221.232.106
    maibecher3283 maibecher3283@anonmails.de 45.135.33.228
    380936589919 380936589919@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    ducko69795 ducko69795@hushmail.com (empty)
    qq qq@geckoout.org. 8.210.139.47
    oijpkixq oijpkixq@fuhrenmail.com 31.7.59.170
    Beltranjerome71 Beltranjerome71@gemail.com 120.40.130.70
    vikusya08 vikusya08@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Beltranjerome71 Beltranjerome71@gemai.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:847:400:440:276:92:5 202:1810:847:400:440:276:92:5 120.40.130.70
    2600:4040:981:500:5::69:523 2600:4040:981:500:5::69:523 120.40.130.70
    LinnieHorrell linniehorrell2@seti.ylixo.com 152.89.128.116
    hanno57660 hanno57660@gmai.com 202:3035:79:6:453:774:2:62
    ShawnBurdine shawnburdine97@sise.elyquin.com 152.89.128.174
    mmph62 mmph62@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    ldcfaefggEa ldcfaefggEa@newera2026.site 104.22.20.142
    202:1810:0:00:15:3756:484:5 202:1810:0:00:15:3756:484:5 120.40.130.70
    brandenlucier brandenlucier@cheapwinner.com 172.71.154.178
    dimanoyopa dimanoyopa@mail.ru 172.69.134.82
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    YPVFletcher dessiecarla@solstris.com 223.29.254.56
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    higbiosepo1986 higbiosepo1986@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pdsk274reof pdsk274reof@roulette-analyser.com 104.22.20.142
    ChristenaRatten wpallad3lr85@nestmailbox.com 196.51.12.213
    verabaskin27 verabaskin27@emailgsa5.xyz 104.22.20.143
    202:8108:8125:100:3:8142:35:20 202:8108:8125:100:3:8142:35:20 120.40.130.70
    vladimirliciko vladimirliciko@mail.ru 104.22.17.126
    alysacarpenter27 alysacarpenter27@ten.vietnambrandmatters.com 66.63.171.38
    zihan.wang20122020 zihan.wang20122020@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    vikusya08 vikusya08@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    JaxonRegalado1 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 102.165.55.164
    DinaHardwicke74 myrtleleila@solstris.com 102.165.55.20
    senaidasenaida senaidasenaida@kikeje.durovmail.cv 162.158.167.134
    ulrikebischof94 ulrikebischof94@seti.ylixo.com 104.22.17.127
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yanavorira yanavorira@mail.ru 162.158.167.133
    andrey-tarasov andrey-tarasov@casinotds.xyz 172.71.158.69
    valerakimuvo valerakimuvo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    casgogo114 casgogo114@blogwebsite.top 5.181.131.183
    vadim.sidorov vadim.sidorov@casinotds.xyz 172.71.154.178
    HENCoral429433 josettebrunskill9543@anonmails.de 89.124.94.93
    202:1810:505:900:25:287:1885:746 202:1810:505:900:25:287:1885:746 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:9601:44:242:3:58 202:03:8:9601:44:242:3:58 120.40.130.70
    dorcas-ellery-6733 dorcas-ellery-6733@fpstipscentral.xyz 172.69.134.82
    ogunlimited ogunlimited@proton.me 2600:1000:058:606:402:530:394:39
    JulieGerrard mmph37@blogwebsite.top 2.57.23.110
    Alphalima anders.ronny.lundqvist@gmail.com 78.68.205.246
    macnet427 macnet427@mac427.com 2607:90:986:5:85:61:728:1
    macnet427 macnet427@mac427.com 108.200.84.33
    nolanboulger8329 nolanboulger8329@getcode1.com 172.71.154.179
    macnet427 macnet427@mac427.com 2607:90:92:27:799:95:934:477
    kiyull kiyull@hanmail.net 121.156.26.105
    szs18572 szs18572@laoia.com 120.40.130.70
    randi.maher57 randi.maher57@travellersrest.click 172.69.23.194
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 120.40.130.70