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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 - 20 Nov 2025 3:32 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,060
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    app app@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    ripe-notify ripe-notify@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:578:917:667:2155:7633 2001:0:43:578:917:667:2155:7633 120.40.130.70
    jefferymurnin402 jefferymurnin402@mailmenot.io 216.26.251.254
    robbinhankinson robbinhankinson@healthdietshop.com 172.71.159.137
    202:420:418:4:407:9::45 202:420:418:4:407:9::45 120.40.130.70
    MelindaOstrander melindaostrander27@lower.ehomu.com 200.10.47.204
    2001:0:437:4879:016:52:52:141 2001:0:437:4879:016:52:52:141 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:474:43:88:930:48:18 2001:0:474:43:88:930:48:18 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:429:2:5894:2:6703:114 2001:0:429:2:5894:2:6703:114 120.40.130.70
    ripe-misc ripe-misc@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    LeslieFairbridge wfukiaiqr68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.105.176
    2001:0:513:15:3:194:0:15 2001:0:513:15:3:194:0:15 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:465:8:163:25:299:119 2001:0:465:8:163:25:299:119 120.40.130.70
    vegarshumyakin1977 vegarshumyakin1977@spoko.pl 192.111.138.29
    CarmaGilley249 carmagilley475@ffrci.com 46.203.138.212
    FidelKidston4 wkeramiskt2r68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.243
    ripemaster ripemaster@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    202:020:383:830:5:8:2:88 202:020:383:830:5:8:2:88 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:470:25:546::10:30 2001:0:470:25:546::10:30 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:437::93:68:8937:93 2001:0:437::93:68:8937:93 120.40.130.70
    ripe-misc ripe-misc@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    jillianholley48 jillianholley48@benefit.travelersinsurance.click 181.215.16.110
    2001:0:433:36:09:537:92:863 2001:0:433:36:09:537:92:863 120.40.130.70
    DongQuigley64 dongquigley72@cool.muzaco.com 154.16.69.108
    app app@proxad.net 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:020:383:830:5:8:2:88 202:020:383:830:5:8:2:88 120.40.130.70
    projectnichol-rancourt projectnichol-rancourt@38831313.xyz 162.158.166.211
    noblejenkin noblejenkin@23.8.dnsabr.com 138.229.96.46
    RCVArturo977 wchirad6r68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.13
    charlesbrown4861zvjo charlesbrown4861zvjo@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.145.18
    AXCMarie8209 marieharriman.3321@ffrci.com 91.217.226.89
    costanza costanza@b.fruitingbodymushrooms.online 172.69.134.211
    hermanquintero.2920 hermanquintero.2920@99v8.com 205.143.210.148
    WalkerH747750504 rachelmartin36712qnhq@d.seoautomationpro.com 104.168.86.246
    LenoreZis0603 lenorecromer94@list.cdfaq.com 181.215.16.123
    Shauna49A8243258 wlindava2rr68@nestmailbox.com 107.175.2.99
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SandraBruton sandrabruton@ffrci.com 148.135.144.249
    VincentAndrade vincentandrade80@cold.muzaco.com 209.127.28.237
    TrinidadCreech trinidad-creech29@1677.ydzc.xyz 38.154.48.183
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maegan maegan@seoneo.online 69.141.179.52
    MillieArispe wreclusentxxr69@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.48
    AbelMansfield6 wlialtatl4r68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.108.130
    foo foo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maxinelaura maxinelaura@anonmails.de 172.69.23.147
    HesterVanRaalte hester-vanraalte-4956@healthdietshop.com 23.27.93.78
    ClemmieC52 clemmiebyars18@list.cdfaq.com 85.208.115.53
    202:1810:8591:2700:01:707:90:55 202:1810:8591:2700:01:707:90:55 120.40.130.70
    pablo pablo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    addicted addicted@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HarrisonCoulston waccomodementsfhr68@nestmailbox.com 23.95.9.97
    testtriad1909 testtriad1909@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahhernandez6617o7im sarahhernandez6617o7im@budgetthailandtravel.com 198.23.176.144
    awleBofsestiff awleBofsestiff@cloudcourier.xyz 149.50.110.83
    210231012014 210231012014@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CaridadQph wpablorigamix1r68@nestmailbox.com 196.51.113.32
    caelum caelum@example.com 120.40.130.70
    adolf adolf@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Jan jhvds@xs4all.nl 77.173.34.207
    rubro rubro@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aset.igembaev06.01.85 aset.igembaev06.01.85@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    blah blah@example.com 120.40.130.70
    joe.q.public joe.q.public@example.com 120.40.130.70
    git+gmac2010 git+gmac2010@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Kelle59Q39202756 kellecordero@healthdietshop.com 142.111.98.162
    bradlycorcoran bradlycorcoran@anonmails.de 172.71.154.66
    computeruser computeruser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DemiHansell4 demihansell@otakuinsights.xyz 196.198.13.109
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70