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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 - 29 Aug 2026 7:35 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,102
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    RoryOdum4223717 roryodum.328@b.lovepettoys.shop 168.228.47.235
    b.85.24.7.58. b.85.24.7.58.@gmail.com 92.119.36.33
    stephenlunsford stephenlunsford@anonmails.de 45.134.253.54
    madelainestockman7792 madelainestockman7792@b.lovepettoys.shop 172.69.23.184
    0663cc00b47ed1b31037c6f20a9b16be elipatino.indiscapacidad@gmail.com 189.129.29.6
    OscarZrh2495 oscarspaull54@toy.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    lyokhapolaso lyokhapolaso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ponomareva.1982.21.7 ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 172.70.46.74
    alfonsodelprat alfonsodelprat@slgdaily.xyz 173.234.100.170
    2607:91::735:3:652:93:923 2607:91::735:3:652:93:923 120.40.130.70
    lashawndaqkpuc lashawndaqkpuc@mail.ru 172.69.23.183
    ponomareva.1982.21.7 ponomareva.1982.21.7@inbox.ru 104.22.18.54
    jb86 jb86@127.0.0.1 120.40.130.70
    CleoBabcock947 cleobabcock88@slow.pettin.com 177.234.143.137
    DevinHolyman4 devinholyman99@print.veauly.com 209.127.25.2
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
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    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SangGrey8044 patriciataylor2443dg83@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 31.132.1.188
    PenniMacMahon7 penni-penni@ropemo.zoomin.life 91.132.124.159
    jame jrrmaddrr@gmail.com 2600:387::19::2
    ixtlan and.kuyanov@gmail.com 149.50.216.184
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2803:20:510:000:03:34:95:732 2803:20:510:000:03:34:95:732 120.40.130.70
    danellemann.5601 danellemann.5601@wordspacemail.com 162.158.167.44
    chiclesmilmo chiclesmilmo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    maddisonschoenberg maddisonschoenberg@megaposty.com 172.69.23.184
    AaronGap waai8stccwnc@mail.ru 195.2.84.198
    RudolfTyrell7 rudolfrudolf@niwemu.nmail.work 212.119.41.114
    ardis-dana ardis-dana@help.holidayinnapp.click 162.158.167.44
    RobbinColorado georgianamulga9950@anonmails.de 109.248.138.189
    dongfairley85 dongfairley85@print.veauly.com 104.22.20.142
    Chloe480827 chloebyrd97@scene.muzaco.com 154.16.69.184
    JamilaStrub69 jamilastrub78@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.34
    kathrin-darke kathrin-darke@cheapwinner.com 172.69.135.14
    ByronGarnsey57 byrongarnsey78@just.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.133
    ElisaXzt6087980 elisawilke36@brick.pettin.com 102.165.55.133
    rubye-bonnor rubye-bonnor@aa.earnlivez.net 172.71.159.82
    yoni yoni@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    AnitaPeebles6 anitapeebles95@slow.pettin.com 144.48.52.206
    rosalindrosalind rosalindrosalind@dejagu.noman.cc 104.22.18.53
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    susharma susharma@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    mesetiawan mesetiawan@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    ethan-peele8875 ethan-peele8875@eldeninfo.xyz 173.234.100.170
    toasty toasty@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    wdawson wdawson@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    ybudiono ybudiono@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    elonmusk elonmusk@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dewpoppy125 dewpoppy125@55bets.de 95.177.87.74
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    art11 art11@blogranks.top 2.57.23.98
    simaddi simaddi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jglenn jglenn@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    tigu tigu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    joshuasmith5625xo0d joshuasmith5625xo0d@b.mustdoindubai.com 23.236.253.57
    lbagdadi lbagdadi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    angieroseby3302 angieroseby3302@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    Serena7688 edmundbishop@discardmail.com 47.132.148.235
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 172.70.86.195