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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 Sep 2026 1:46 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,015
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    annegartrell annegartrell@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    newbloghi282 newbloghi282@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    fc6220 fc6220@cmaisonneuve.qc.ca 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ponomaryov.borya.1983 ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 172.69.23.138
    CorneliusKerriga corneliuskerrigan98@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.4
    BrookeDowdy9256 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 191.101.114.223
    chana-bolling96 chana-bolling96@lift.meetwisetransfer.click 172.71.154.179
    l.i.nk.s8.9ma.s.t l.i.nk.s8.9ma.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.125
    2800:50:520:2:8::726:03 2800:50:520:2:8::726:03 120.40.130.70
    gabrieladedman gabrieladedman@abidot.me 162.158.167.43
    lavondageorg9581 lavondageorg9581@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.44
    bruno bruno@uol.com.br (empty)
    4.be929291dfc96a0ac4152d792707f509.7d126b1b25.wbe 4.be929291dfc96a0ac4152d792707f509.7d126b1b25.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    ChristianXqd paulinajessica@veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    NumbersCoombe8 anthonybrown11928agp@e.indexpulse.app 196.51.172.15
    2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.1505a406f6.wbe 2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.1505a406f6.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    2.4a871ae7d05d2c98d9abb595d392cd69.6f23fc7090.wbe 2.4a871ae7d05d2c98d9abb595d392cd69.6f23fc7090.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    5.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.5c05dbf742.wbe 5.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.5c05dbf742.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    5.a8dc3002fe2d842f4c19c5325f6ac08a.f31088b161.wbe 5.a8dc3002fe2d842f4c19c5325f6ac08a.f31088b161.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    kostyanlixoma kostyanlixoma@mail.ru 172.69.135.56
    8.a8dc3002fe2d842f4c19c5325f6ac08a.192426db09.wbe 8.a8dc3002fe2d842f4c19c5325f6ac08a.192426db09.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    ernesteyler4391 ernesteyler4391@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 103.204.110.173
    hala.ghali hala.ghali@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    202:267:48:0:0:8000:0: 202:267:48:0:0:8000:0: 120.40.130.70
    patrick.cigana patrick.cigana@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ChristenaSumner cristinedianna@veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    KalaTout243 kalatout16@among.ehomu.com 191.101.114.220
    manon.beaulieu manon.beaulieu@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ElviraCarreiro lizareina@veauly.com 191.101.114.39
    NoeliaWentcher noeliawentcher48@yell.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    r.o.o.f.e.rma.t.t.05. r.o.o.f.e.rma.t.t.05.@gmail.com 216.24.212.20
    signature signature@iartun.com 172.71.159.82
    2806:20:9780:458:851:629:204:4939 2806:20:9780:458:851:629:204:4939 120.40.130.70
    hassiespitzer4802 hassiespitzer4802@anonmails.de 104.22.20.143
    nikk.05.31.20 nikk.05.31.20@gmail.com 23.236.229.248
    BMFShannan shannanbriley21@slide.veauly.com 102.165.54.226
    Akash akashtarenia309@gmail.com 14.139.196.184
    Travis34R4727329 travisstambaugh65@dear.mxdood.com 181.215.16.213
    JamikaDaa609101 jamika-jamika28@sivale.goodmail.world 45.136.26.250
    Mabel80T8141632 anthonybrown7383ob3p@f.indexpulse.app 196.51.172.15
    woo.d.f.o.rd.ja.me.son.4. woo.d.f.o.rd.ja.me.son.4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    StephanWill3317 sammyirvin@veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    Retha06708 joshuamartin3955nmau@b.resorts-in-asia.com 81.92.194.168
    guillaume.pare guillaume.pare@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    AlissaFaircloth jessicajohnson2377i8f1@a.theindexer.shop 69.4.93.56
    CarolBoykin markgonzalez27907vn8@b.mustdoindubai.com 198.20.181.2
    2001:4451:81:8700:190:55:470:88 2001:4451:81:8700:190:55:470:88 120.40.130.70
    l.in.k.s.89ma.s.t. l.in.k.s.89ma.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.125
    VioletBorden03 anthonywilson6040zzmn@a.gsavps.xyz 38.154.115.139
    flavio.pangracio flavio.pangracio@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    wellington.soares wellington.soares@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    charlesgarcia50362r37 charlesgarcia50362r37@b.travel-e-store.com 120.40.130.70
    mauricio.villar mauricio.villar@compartibike.com.br 120.40.130.70
    andre.souza andre.souza@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    faleconosco faleconosco@tembici.com.br 120.40.130.70
    te.rr.ys.to.nes.amjr. te.rr.ys.to.nes.amjr.@gmail.com 172.69.23.183
    DonnieRobson2 donnierobson43@lower.ehomu.com 223.29.254.158
    alexandre.rosa alexandre.rosa@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    carol.villa carol.villa@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    mwi1s mwi1s@proton.me 2607:90:808:2:493:593:15:428
    WilliemaeR94 williemaeastley98@fiber.pettin.com 154.16.69.81
    MaximilianWeathe rosalindamarcy@veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    alice.waquil alice.waquil@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    guilherme.baldissera guilherme.baldissera@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    pooneh.maghoul pooneh.maghoul@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    pablo.nascimento pablo.nascimento@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    rui.souza.invillia rui.souza.invillia@tembici-consult.com 120.40.130.70
    rodrigo.canola rodrigo.canola@tembici.com 120.40.130.70
    l.in.k.s.8.9m.as.t. l.in.k.s.8.9m.as.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.125