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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 - 11 Nov 2025 9:13 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,791
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Adrianne87I ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.53.137
    savannahduckett.2618 savannahduckett.2618@clubnika-play.buzz 172.71.154.67
    mickeymunson mickeymunson@anonmails.de 162.158.166.210
    BrookElwell amberly@cosmiccrest.site 204.44.104.17
    LindaNewsome9 juliennedakota@solstris.com 23.108.233.123
    m.g.m m.g.m@email.com 83.216.157.62
    davidflores2005 davidflores2005@salpingomyu.ru 172.69.23.148
    mariebullard2239 mariebullard2239@anonmails.de 162.158.166.211
    verbrid.g.e.ken.d.a.b. verbrid.g.e.ken.d.a.b.@s1rx1.tobu-wedding.com 172.71.158.139
    karinbouchard60 karinbouchard60@agent.cdfaq.com 162.158.166.211
    robertjones8631e9dp robertjones8631e9dp@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.134.211
    bret.schaeffer30 bret.schaeffer30@rogim.hexagonaldrawings.com 172.71.154.67
    charmainsons charmainsons@tourexam.com 45.86.202.169
    iublxdps iublxdps@wildbmail.com 82.118.29.206
    jannette.peachey jannette.peachey@fodalawyer.top 185.158.104.114
    sslby sslby@bubuk.site 37.139.53.122
    OrvilleClarke timgalindo4812@hotbird.giize.com 103.83.129.160
    catchall catchall@semo.glinxy.org 193.39.187.34
    FawnThibeault4 wurb4no8vr68@nestmailbox.com 23.95.9.97
    OrvilleClarke timgalindo4812@hotbird.giize.com 103.83.129.20
    latoshacanada latoshacanada@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.134.211
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MurielFarleigh5 wcindybindy374hjr68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.98
    TuyetDeniehy11 hwalucio@solstris.com 209.127.28.234
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bdizzyctexaxda4697 bdizzyctexaxda@yeah.com 86.109.75.195
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Jameshem xunalajiwo42@gmail.com 86.109.75.195
    aadamajunioray8256 aadamajunioray@126.com 86.109.75.195
    amadisonsift8961 amadisonsift@hotmail.com 192.73.244.36
    developer developer@2brightbussiness.com 120.40.130.70
    vegh.attila vegh.attila@nje.hu 120.40.130.70
    randell.johann randell.johann@kink.hexagonaldrawings.com 172.71.158.138
    zashlydark5803 zashlydark@163.com 192.73.244.36
    JacquelineGoldst jacquelinegoldstein76@998c.waterqualitytruth.org 66.93.99.182
    martin martin@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Haroldembef vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 192.73.244.36
    2607:91:1:19:39:38:6:77 2607:91:1:19:39:38:6:77 120.40.130.70
    gunni gunni@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Roscoe90G05118 joellenshah3465@mailmenot.io 5.83.147.181
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JamesMcCorkle13 harrygonzalez15230h5tp@seoautomationpro.com 38.170.204.114
    alexeyr alexeyr@pt.comcor.ru 120.40.130.70
    fake-signer fake-signer@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SheenaTrethowan kathrynreed@solstris.com 209.127.28.219
    anon anon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user02 user02@example.com 120.40.130.70
    usys usys@pt.comcor.ru 120.40.130.70
    biv biv@pt.comcor.ru 120.40.130.70
    hnosgargom hnosgargom@example.com 120.40.130.70
    john.doe john.doe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    v.er.b.ri.dg.e.k.e.nd.ab v.er.b.ri.dg.e.k.e.nd.ab@s1rx2.tobu-wedding.com 172.69.23.147
    fag.i.h.un7.0.7 fag.i.h.un7.0.7@gmail.com (empty)
    reagan.gertrude reagan.gertrude@montz4.dynainbox.com 172.69.134.210
    v.erb.rid.geke.ndab v.erb.rid.geke.ndab@s1rx4.tobu-wedding.com 172.71.158.138
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alyssa alyssa@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Roscoe90G05118 joellenshah3465@mailmenot.io 5.83.147.101
    j1301 j1301@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MrFussy MrFussy@example.com 120.40.130.70
    key key@example.com 120.40.130.70
    somebody somebody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marcipan.testkey1 marcipan.testkey1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lucienneschreiner lucienneschreiner@tempr.email 172.71.158.139
    b b@example.com 120.40.130.70
    serenagerstaecker serenagerstaecker@emailexpo.space 172.69.23.148
    joey joey@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Vitian1954 falian68@ligmamail.com 158.173.153.20
    u0010010 u0010010@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KathieBoone179 wsadichw1r68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.13
    john.smith john.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    burroughs burroughs@example.com 120.40.130.70