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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 - 24 Feb 2026 3:01 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,120
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
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    minervaheney minervaheney@monyal.sbs 172.71.154.179
    joetownes joetownes@hotrokh.com 185.211.42.98
    DaneErvin040 thomasbianchi6423@a.seoautomationpro.com 191.101.109.96
    winniefolsom winniefolsom@spambog.com 172.71.158.57
    kooralivep kora0@desiparatha.online 103.91.129.84
    ku-ghdzfw-dna-etxd ku-ghdzfw-dna-etxd@bestdomainhere.com 180.74.69.181
    energiedienstleistungen energiedienstleistungen@stw-frankenthal.de 120.40.130.70
    ca-syspek-oia-idxo ca-syspek-oia-idxo@myemailtoyou.com 138.204.107.245
    lvsejajtqggrzyjxyu lvsejajtqggrzyjxyu@nespj.com 2001:14:452:971:99:6369:6075:29
    RudyMais667886 myrtleleila@solstris.com 191.101.250.199
    EulaliaHei christopherveal6217@discardmail.com 50.3.137.17
    qq-kewvrs-aku-phel qq-kewvrs-aku-phel@my1domain.com 175.142.203.73
    GiuseppeFe esperanzabeike9681@pw.epac.to 95.70.165.252
    trananh trananh@phongngu.com 120.40.130.70
    MadonnaRvy asapalazzi@freundin.ru 142.234.203.224
    xe-ljrwed-zck-kewl xe-ljrwed-zck-kewl@my1domain.com 181.46.57.211
    PeteTedesco6 akhdgqzq@duhastmail.com 64.31.20.25
    maryanneumbagai-1745 maryanneumbagai-1745@cryptoboss023.site 104.22.20.234
    o.masa.c.i.p.14 o.masa.c.i.p.14@gmail.com 45.93.12.231
    teddydooley18 teddydooley18@3182.wefixsofteners.com 154.13.203.196
    2003:4:419:6000:948:845:8:412 2003:4:419:6000:948:845:8:412 120.40.130.70
    ralfkeysor15 ralfkeysor15@kynora.elyquin.org 23.81.59.186
    qz-rjcvaw-sco-jhbf qz-rjcvaw-sco-jhbf@bestdomainhere.com 189.90.29.161
    david.kelly david.kelly@xe-group.com 172.71.158.195
    chancebatts32 chancebatts32@zeriana.hivoltz.org 23.81.59.248
    2001:410:701:1100::7975 2001:410:701:1100::7975 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::479 2001:410:305:2100::479 120.40.130.70
    Roberta4936 kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.92.54
    ft-urcoic-mow-xkty ft-urcoic-mow-xkty@bestdomainhere.com 121.200.7.53
    cc-xtfwfo-elh-cuqh cc-xtfwfo-elh-cuqh@bestdomainhere.com 85.103.140.17
    ov-jhyabn-vpz-atpa ov-jhyabn-vpz-atpa@my1domain.com 190.109.96.239
    MariettaBeaurega kathrynreed@solstris.com 196.242.195.232
    natulya.fedosova.96 natulya.fedosova.96@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    TrishaAlst kierantitsworth218@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 178.128.17.111
    kathi-woodriff18 kathi-woodriff18@b264.rshrthertherth.net 172.71.158.195
    karensmith4513qiqz karensmith4513qiqz@budgetthailandtravel.com. 103.207.2.129
    HaiQub110362860 wsosem26r81@nestmailbox.com 206.214.93.21
    2003:9:733:500:790:375:261:8 2003:9:733:500:790:375:261:8 120.40.130.70
    kv-dxzsib-tab-pzab kv-dxzsib-tab-pzab@myemailtoyou.com 186.189.90.17
    RussellSligo383 carindarley850@linksparkclick.com 178.175.134.123
    DewittBaylee534 dewitt-dewitt81@nebogu.casamucho.buzz 104.207.47.8
    RainaNapper51 rainanapper7@320f.cycz.xyz 45.33.145.237
    eugenefateugenefat eugenefateugenefat@mail.ru 192.71.218.53
    AbbeySwayne035 angelomerritt@hotbird.giize.com 178.175.134.123
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    bulyen bulyen@mail.ru 217.14.25.182
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    EbonyHammack93 dessiecarla@solstris.com 223.29.254.93
    barbararodriguez1928jdna barbararodriguez1928jdna@d.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.54.4
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    202:810:121:1600:49:275:523:57 202:810:121:1600:49:275:523:57 120.40.130.70
    AndreThornton andrethornton67@call.milkgg.com 207.148.65.68
    RedaHartung2 kathrynreed@solstris.com 191.101.92.54
    freeman-smoot freeman-smoot@269c.tgvc.xyz 154.30.239.218
    as-pjgncs-uhm-fnwa as-pjgncs-uhm-fnwa@myemailtoyou.com 181.112.92.116
    AvaWymer386613 niamhfinch@cayxupro5.com 178.175.134.123
    MichelleFlournoy tedtia@solstris.com 107.175.152.81
    JohnathanHirschf johnathan-hirschfeld@e10a.nofl.xyz 216.158.209.75
    VickeyCharbonnea arturoshannan@solstris.com 196.240.254.14
    GenieDeLissa won2z1imysr81@nestmailbox.com 155.94.232.212
    AlphonseClymer janbeatriz@solstris.com 191.96.95.242
    oi-uzpckg-bvc-zynl oi-uzpckg-bvc-zynl@my1domain.com 103.23.255.156
    jolie-jolie jolie-jolie@yarexo.socialmail.sbs 45.3.42.32
    NormaMedina052 karenanderson75238o2s@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 80.71.159.87
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    romanova.irison romanova.irison@yandex.ru 212.248.108.106
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
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