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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 - 13 Nov 2025 11:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,862
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LolaBarrios75 lolabarrios@tutu.estabbi.com 198.20.188.85
    Raymondjem jennifer.e.masi@gmail.com 31.173.86.99
    JulianneFullarto berthiller8164@b.cr.cloudns.asia 171.225.192.171
    Aaronvex NICHOLASEDEL@AOL.COM 178.176.76.193
    dante.dante63 dante.dante63@sicuma.wisecook.xyz 194.180.232.118
    FidelQye22 iveyfinniss@anonmails.de 154.195.181.164
    pasqualesargood pasqualesargood@adult-work.info 65.111.13.95
    BradlyCavill0 twilafinch5429@anonmails.de 212.107.25.183
    gcd0318 gcd0318@hotmail.com 172.18.0.5
    HectorMcGuirk4 cristineharrington6115@anonmails.de 154.196.45.126
    taeboomniche1983 taeboomniche1983@mailopenz.com 212.192.55.209
    linmanning linmanning@163.com 129.78.56.158
    dtaqx dtaqx@goshop1888.shop 120.40.130.70
    d7lsbb d7lsbb@goshop1888.shop 120.40.130.70
    LarhondaWhitely addie@c.astroarch.online 45.33.145.123
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    gabrielehuondekermadec gabrielehuondekermadec@spritzer6.funny3delements.c 172.71.159.138
    AntonKavel263 peake@c.dontstress.online 216.158.194.15
    woronulogdkr69 woronulogdkr69@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.98
    BenitoSeton5177 deannafife@anonmails.de 154.194.37.104
    pavelpapebi pavelpapebi@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    RhodaWarf7492 rhoda-warf.7994@gamesall.life 77.238.254.196
    wdraffievmr69 wdraffievmr69@nestmailbox.com 196.51.116.48
    casey-456 casey-456@freespainmail.com 172.71.154.67
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    MireyaPowell91 rollandsmartt2133@anonmails.de 154.196.45.126
    felipeSalia felipeSalia@mail.ru 103.111.114.219
    werso066000iu werso066000iu@rambler.ru 212.102.39.136
    buck.serna buck.serna@doodlejump2.com 172.69.23.147
    taylor-888 taylor-888@freespainmail.com 162.158.166.210
    Robertdot dlvovskiy@gmail.com 31.173.82.41
    aubrey.moller aubrey.moller@emailgsa8.xyz 172.71.154.66
    vujikolsef vujikolsef@anonmails.de 5.183.130.123
    IvyBlackham1 ivyblackham4@thus.ehomu.com 102.165.53.66
    vujikolsef vujikolsef@anonmails.de 5.183.130.172
    wgarneddtjr69 wgarneddtjr69@nestmailbox.com 23.95.9.96
    ernestinaphillip ernestinaphillip@spambog.ru 172.69.23.148
    vegedefyuj vegedefyuj@anonmails.de 77.83.84.240
    2600:1900:4020:5:0:5:: 2600:1900:4020:5:0:5:: 120.40.130.70
    FrankAmusy foodandwineinchelsea@gmail.com 31.173.86.243
    2600:1900:4020:5:0:5:: 2600:1900:4020:5:0:5:: 120.40.130.70
    Robertbox joshbaumann@wi.rr.com 94.25.168.195
    callum-frazer21 callum-frazer21@folhadobrasil.top 82.22.158.246
    GregorioFeng8 gregoryhickman6596@anonmails.de 154.196.39.194
    f.ed.or.mu.t.ani.s f.ed.or.mu.t.ani.s@gmail.com 158.173.154.176
    claudiagepp68 claudiagepp68@dorvex.lyvix.org 172.69.134.211
    WallaceAmeld johngrant.fla@gmail.com 178.176.78.94
    Danielamunc jennifer.e.masi@gmail.com 178.176.75.52
    GerardoWirtz9 juangiltner2410@anonmails.de 154.196.73.193
    maryjo.maryjo maryjo.maryjo@fanavi.pretoria.pro 193.31.127.154
    Irrigationzqq leblanc.robin@gmail.com 98.175.31.195
    ScottMum rolfmasshardt@hotmail.com 178.176.76.173
    PearleneCarson7 pearlenecarson46@cool.muzaco.com 209.127.28.182
    Edwardisops mishellshell@yahoo.com 31.173.82.41
    tiffany.pokorny35 tiffany.pokorny35@gularte73.browndecorationlights. 172.71.154.66
    jamesdavis2197esvt jamesdavis2197esvt@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.23.148
    gwenora gwenora@a.indexing.store 172.71.159.138
    davidjones87155kdc davidjones87155kdc@pattaya-mega.com 23.94.75.229
    shelawaylen16 shelawaylen16@thus.ehomu.com 172.71.154.66
    marcosmanske45 marcosmanske45@lower.ehomu.com 162.158.166.210
    polyakovdanila19908366 polyakovdanila19908366@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    remonalindstrom remonalindstrom@0815.ru 172.71.159.137
    nilacisco7814 nilacisco7814@tempr.email 172.69.23.148
    noah456 noah456@freespainmail.com. 178.159.37.16
    VeolaF4226907563 hiroshiwilson69739o7gy@seoautomationpro.com 184.170.248.5
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4161:469:1:597:6:2320 2001:0:4161:469:1:597:6:2320 120.40.130.70
    StewartMcCormack stewartmccormack22@list.cdfaq.com 196.198.13.189
    BNZMarlon2710 markjohnson9475ud9j@d.welcometotijuana.com 192.126.132.99
    Keithfeemi oproulx@boueurs.com 178.176.75.52
    Danielimpox scottie@mammothtaxi.com 31.173.84.23
    bridgetacosta bridgetacosta@0815.ru 172.71.159.137