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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 - 1 May 2026 10:08 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,487
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    GeorginaAmes georginaames14@panel.cdfaq.com 196.196.254.36
    paabrazadsex1978 paabrazadsex1978@mailopenz.com 95.214.92.72
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 104.22.17.126
    mxoaxkgmfj mxoaxkgmfj@rambler.ru 79.127.175.67
    alice alice@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nike4241nike nike4241nike@example.org 120.40.130.70
    rsa2048 rsa2048@example.org 120.40.130.70
    adamsmith adamsmith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    j j@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mallory mallory@example.org 120.40.130.70
    bloum bloum@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test1 test1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    DemetriusChewnin demetriuschewning15@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.55.133
    asd asd@example.org 120.40.130.70
    x.y x.y@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jane jane@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jon.smith jon.smith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    info info@example.net 120.40.130.70
    KieranW5346444 kieranlester11@trick.veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    Arthur44E458 arthuriverson1@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.29
    john john@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nope nope@example.org 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:53:4000:44:97:1:8 202:3100:53:4000:44:97:1:8 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.net 120.40.130.70
    202:020:542:6:391:3:63:28 202:020:542:6:391:3:63:28 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Test Test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    JoeWyant136843 welefterosqgr85@nestmailbox.com 196.51.12.223
    pavel.sitdikov.88 pavel.sitdikov.88@mail.ru 104.22.20.142
    try1 try1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    FeliciaBusby35 feliciabusby74@dear.mxdood.com 177.234.143.137
    hypnotic.blimp hypnotic.blimp@example.org 120.40.130.70
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    lh lh@example.org 120.40.130.70
    signatures signatures@example.org 120.40.130.70
    dorotheah dorotheah@example.org 120.40.130.70
    name name@example.org 120.40.130.70
    testuser5 testuser5@example.org 120.40.130.70
    revoke revoke@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nloco nloco@example.net 120.40.130.70
    LeonardoHandley josephmartin884imrg@seoautomationpro.online 196.51.233.81
    pe.trtatar.s.k.y.ho.m.e.w.ork.1987.220.5. pe.trtatar.s.k.y.ho.m.e.w.ork.1987.220.5.@gmail.co 120.40.130.70
    202:1808::855:81:13:20:1 202:1808::855:81:13:20:1 120.40.130.70
    DianeOsj65 dianesoileau84@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.173
    unknown unknown@example.net 120.40.130.70
    in27 in27@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    123 123@example.org 120.40.130.70
    revoke revoke@example.org 120.40.130.70
    FawnMcCallum8 patriciahernandez30428567@gsasearchenginerankervps 196.51.233.28
    202:1808:19:9:6:3448:16:813 202:1808:19:9:6:3448:16:813 120.40.130.70
    LuisMcLeod663 luismcleod75@dear.mxdood.com 103.221.232.201
    LeeGreenaway295 leegreenaway70@hell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.254
    LacyMattingley5 lacymattingley24@act.milkgg.com 223.29.254.39
    gudrunvera217 gudrunvera217@8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.179
    MattCharbonneau mattcharbonneau20@trick.veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    LettieF142201 wbemerkungucr85@nestmailbox.com 196.51.44.162
    in27 in27@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    FerdinandRamos2 ferdinandramos37@nut.mxdood.com 177.234.143.121
    GabrielleWhitta gabriellewhitta2@toy.pettin.com 181.215.16.238
    LisaTonga412608 lisatonga98@toy.pettin.com 191.101.92.175
    2003:9:2707:500:6873:64:705:7298 2003:9:2707:500:6873:64:705:7298 120.40.130.70
    nelsonquirino nelsonquirino@meta.ua 104.22.17.127
    merrill-macfarlane merrill-macfarlane@ogloszenia.site 104.22.17.126
    vladimirliciko vladimirliciko@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Florentina42A dessiecarla@solstris.com 191.101.114.21
    siroscafoun1986 siroscafoun1986@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.142
    in27 in27@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:365:9700:00:890:68:34 202:1810:365:9700:00:890:68:34 120.40.130.70
    202:020:383:38:61:41:9:84 202:020:383:38:61:41:9:84 120.40.130.70
    MaryannCage karenlopez7423igzy@pattaya-mega.com 192.126.206.24