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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 - 10 Aug 2026 5:21 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,746
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    nvmtfgyo nvmtfgyo@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.3.126
    VonnieW507562116 vonniegall97@fast.veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    georgianaord.4730 georgianaord.4730@jeniferconely.site 120.40.130.70
    jdxxgfyw jdxxgfyw@ishowfirstmail.com 172.71.159.140
    TameraSutcliffe tamerasutcliffe17@fast.veauly.com 154.16.69.58
    LyndonLowell2 myrtleleila@solstris.com 102.165.53.235
    robert.avackian robert.avackian@yandex.ru 46.39.231.67
    BradfordPhillips bradfordphillips6@pound.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 10.42.102.190
    KoryMonroy67938 korymonroy41@brick.pettin.com 154.16.69.250
    StephenAub stephen.dyal36@1a26.proconsul.website 64.98.57.50
    TIHAhmed738 leonreva@solstris.com 223.29.254.45
    l.inks.8.9.mas.t. l.inks.8.9.mas.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.128
    JuniorBroome juniorbroome9@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.216
    tommy88 tommy88@live.com.au 101.112.239.250
    tommy88 tommy88@live.com.au 101.112.221.170
    tommy88 tommy88@live.com.au 101.112.54.70
    20:001:954:64::27:4:7984 20:001:954:64::27:4:7984 120.40.130.70
    DorothyArriola dorothyarriola38@slide.veauly.com 191.101.92.9
    hvtvuwpe hvtvuwpe@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    2605:900:8004:890:3528:262:4168:2604 2605:900:8004:890:3528:262:4168:2604 120.40.130.70
    KayLeibius67 kayleibius15@dear.mxdood.com 191.101.92.224
    wswluklosc wswluklosc@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    AthenaPritt375 athenapritt43@put.pettin.com 196.198.13.205
    xxyziqlaho xxyziqlaho@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    MQHCarolyn carolyncornwall13@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.68
    ilrumwynzt ilrumwynzt@rambler.ru 79.127.175.48
    l.inks.89.m.a.s.t l.inks.89.m.a.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    RobbieGoris720 robbiegoris89@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    LeticiaWithnell opu@webtoteam.shop 193.58.104.48
    li.nks8.9.m.a.s.t. li.nks8.9.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.126
    FlorianPollak58 florian-pollak@51tiemo.com 195.63.28.33
    modestoewart4329 modestoewart4329@anonmails.de 45.15.73.103
    GloriaL0007 gloriamcswain83@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.206
    mail mail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    Anthonysew anthony@atterburyfield.com 69.136.227.2
    j j@example.org 120.40.130.70
    rsa2048 rsa2048@example.org 120.40.130.70
    testdude testdude@example.org 120.40.130.70
    dorotheah dorotheah@example.org 120.40.130.70
    postrex postrex@example.org 120.40.130.70
    asd asd@example.org 120.40.130.70
    signatures signatures@example.org 120.40.130.70
    JorgeBettencourt jorgebettencourt24@slide.veauly.com 23.95.204.251
    x.y x.y@example.org 120.40.130.70
    revoke revoke@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    GeorgeRfi9515282 elizabethjohnson131620c2@b.bestvpsfor.xyz 23.229.116.89
    jon.smith jon.smith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    ivanov.i ivanov.i@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mallory mallory@example.org 120.40.130.70
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    adamsmith adamsmith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nope nope@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mustermann mustermann@example.org 120.40.130.70
    bloum bloum@example.org 120.40.130.70
    john john@example.org 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.org 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.org 120.40.130.70
    fakemail fakemail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mark mark@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jane jane@example.org 120.40.130.70
    try1 try1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    NatishaBrotherto natishabrotherton17@pound.milkgg.com 154.16.69.250
    loka.usis loka.usis@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    o.hef.asu.do.66 o.hef.asu.do.66@gmail.com 87.199.200.109
    thomasgarcia9005yh14 thomasgarcia9005yh14@gsasearchengineranker.shop 120.40.130.70
    StewartYamada stewartyamada23@these.veauly.com 196.198.13.252
    terrythibodeau5681 terrythibodeau5681@pw.epac.to 5.157.17.43
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    celsachurch886 celsachurch886@pw.epac.to 23.19.248.198
    2001:100:20:400:445:871:16:19 2001:100:20:400:445:871:16:19 120.40.130.70
    ceryslaseron ceryslaseron@anonmails.de 45.139.125.229
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    l.i.n.ks8.9.mas.t l.i.n.ks8.9.mas.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.128