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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 - 19 Nov 2025 11:17 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,920
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    asuarez asuarez@alpezzi.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    privacidad privacidad@alpezzi.com.mx 120.40.130.70
    dit dit@volnamobile.ru 120.40.130.70
    dyanpool1248 dyanpool1248@wuuvo.com 172.69.134.210
    BrigetteRosenbau brigetterosenbaum30@travelocityflights.click 109.122.24.41
    CelsaGrose414 celsa.grose1713@healthdietshop.com 45.151.163.182
    anamanns9910 anamanns9910@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.66
    joe joe@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    thomaswilson4444buix thomaswilson4444buix@travel-e-store.com 162.158.167.106
    JillVigano kellygarcia@leantechy.xyz 196.51.249.219
    ScotSlavin4 jamisonthibodeau@mailmenot.io 64.188.11.115
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    jan-guevara jan-guevara@namecheaperest.fun 107.174.139.137
    mistrz0072 mistrz0072@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    MahaliaShillings hollisalgeranoff9191@adult-work.info 159.26.120.7
    jennifertaylor5498qifk jennifertaylor5498qifk@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.154.67
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    teddymaes2911 teddymaes2911@anonmails.de 172.69.23.148
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lynwoodfrasier lynwoodfrasier@anonmails.de 162.158.167.106
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    chacana.oscarmartinignacio chacana.oscarmartinignacio@cft.pucv.cl 120.40.130.70
    virtya virtya@leobetza.fun 176.103.88.13
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BlondellCallahan chandajennings@mailmenot.io 89.58.12.143
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Tera078670610113 carmelwiggins3481@adult-work.info 159.26.120.7
    simoneal-omar37154vgpb simoneal-omar37154vgpb@seoautomationpro.com 172.71.159.138
    Mario.Rojas Mario.Rojas@ggmail.website 95.182.124.199
    donaldjackson8078txsv donaldjackson8078txsv@travel-e-store.com 172.71.159.137
    SummerMontes3 summer-montes8463@hypespinz.buzz 149.126.216.26
    wpaventatoner69 wpaventatoner69@nestmailbox.com 172.69.134.210
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mcarlow mcarlow@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    Billymunse deb062017@gmail.com 31.173.81.86
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    joe joe@megacorpone.com 120.40.130.70
    gtzqpyqa gtzqpyqa@wildbmail.com 120.40.130.70
    chacana.oscarmartinignacio chacana.oscarmartinignacio@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    robertgarcia2517q0jc robertgarcia2517q0jc@verifiedlinklist.com 162.158.167.105
    han.z5.3.90.5 han.z5.3.90.5@gmail.com 216.24.212.2
    brenda.grishin brenda.grishin@4689.novagroup.biz 23.19.82.239
    ClaraSymonds4 emilyfurlong@mailmenot.io 5.83.147.101
    chacana.oscarmartinignacio chacana.oscarmartinignacio@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ibaengjzrtanaeidetpmetcamkfred ibaengjzrtanaeidetpmetcamkfred@duve.com 120.40.130.70
    IslaMatthews761 islamatthews8213@hypespinz.buzz 149.126.216.107
    enositplan1984 enositplan1984@mailopenz.com 172.69.23.147
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 172.69.23.147
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    IndiraQrv362 kellygarcia@leantechy.xyz 196.51.252.151
    PaulineAugust lukesalisbury9839@mailmenot.io 155.94.149.33
    adlink1 adlink1@93rus.myjino.ru (empty)
    cuhujikos cuhujikos@anonmails.de 5.183.130.123
    robertwilliams7277cjwr robertwilliams7277cjwr@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.159.138
    charlesrodriguez1641dg7a charlesrodriguez1641dg7a@travel-e-store.com 172.69.134.210
    konstantinova67w6s konstantinova67w6s@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    norrislandale5067 norrislandale5067@mailmenot.io 172.69.23.148
    paulrodriguez65796lo paulrodriguez65796lo@welcometotijuana.com 162.158.166.211
    BrandonPortillo brandon-brandon@rapugo.icew.store 194.180.237.240
    NapoleonZajac napoleonzajac@def.vocalmajoritynow.com 38.154.74.109
    tabathahammond tabathahammond@mailmenot.io 69.157.39.139
    WallyKyi8922026 shantaedusty@solstris.com 165.231.101.43
    LizzieFullwood2 cookie@a.cooldown.hair 156.241.212.220
    cyrillarson1309 cyrillarson1309@iservmail.com 172.69.23.147
    Donaldsmarp donvolosin@yahoo.com 178.176.78.5
    jessicajackson20442w79 jessicajackson20442w79@welcometotijuana.com 162.158.166.211
    CathleenChartres cathleen-cathleen@rapugo.icew.store 31.134.14.170
    adrian.marinescu adrian.marinescu@nuclear.ro 120.40.130.70
    beatris.scholl beatris.scholl@vanus.funny3delements.com 191.102.151.90
    FranciscoWaddy francisco.waddy@healthdietshop.com 23.94.138.133
    jennifertaylor5498qifk jennifertaylor5498qifk@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.159.137
    Solomon84L solomon-chau4324@healthdietshop.com 104.232.211.98
    marymoore6629xgn6 marymoore6629xgn6@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.154.66
    Sylvia77D893892 francescovalerio3393@mailmenot.io 104.223.126.104
    dianalemieux-giancarli dianalemieux-giancarli@healthypplevery.org 170.199.228.134
    dorine-mauro dorine-mauro@vanus.funny3delements.com 165.231.70.167