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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 - 8 Aug 2026 6:28 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,678
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Thomasqqe cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 67.159.17.51
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 10.42.206.17
    beatrizoto beatrizotoole@vastonlinesolution.com 70.166.167.45
    FNFShawn20837896 shawnleichhardt8@trick.veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    ChristalDespeiss christaldespeissis30@river.muzaco.com 223.29.254.133
    Clair15N480459 clair.clair@nexego.newgang.info 212.18.113.109
    CarrieGibb38 rosemarydecicco@anonmails.de 194.33.36.138
    2607:90:352:460:2:257:498:838 2607:90:352:460:2:257:498:838 120.40.130.70
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    TraciAlfred tracialfred80@among.ehomu.com 191.101.114.29
    MarionDuhig marion.duhig@msn.com 102.129.223.92
    Albertsef bkgkwxhx@duhastmail.com 67.159.17.51
    teresa.teresa teresa.teresa@sijite.bearbox.buzz 64.49.36.25
    academy academy@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    forum forum@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    nastyapoluge nastyapoluge@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    SibylRanking417 sibylranking54@mode.ehomu.com 191.101.114.21
    MarisolMoir1834 marisol-marisol@cuyazo.sweetmom.cv 31.134.5.95
    a.v.iw.ubu.y3.5 a.v.iw.ubu.y3.5@gmail.com 87.199.199.132
    WillSpain397 will.will@zefaku.topgun.fit 185.94.33.123
    makarov23zr1 makarov23zr1@rambler.ru 152.232.68.152
    tu tu@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    2600:200:842:400:281:5710:6:91 2600:200:842:400:281:5710:6:91 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:6021:80:7:762::79 202:8071:6021:80:7:762::79 120.40.130.70
    MaritzaGrant06 marcoschulz73801a0o1@seoautomationpro.com 103.162.17.207
    55fc3a279dcb4b9e9c8651fcc24987b1 55fc3a279dcb4b9e9c8651fcc24987b1@finin.at 120.40.130.70
    Georgealick ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 83.217.213.120
    DarioPorterfield darioporterfield94@hell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.146
    202:420:229:83:554:496::9148 202:420:229:83:554:496::9148 120.40.130.70
    BethanyHiggins bethanyhiggins15@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    normandstallworth normandstallworth@anonmails.de 95.177.87.19
    TravisHouser10 travishouser49@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    UCRwqTcUh7jMWqFjSYH3JHow UCRwqTcUh7jMWqFjSYH3JHow@youtube.com 120.40.130.70
    flynnflynn67 flynnflynn67@petozi.durovmail.cv 91.247.163.222
    baa baa@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:6021:80:7:762::79 202:8071:6021:80:7:762::79 120.40.130.70
    MaryannCallahan devinforwood@anonmails.de 194.156.97.100
    2601:804:8401:50:7:1:5800:943 2601:804:8401:50:7:1:5800:943 120.40.130.70
    AudreyBoling4 audreyboling40@time.pettin.com 172.245.196.39
    FaeDonnell2569 michaeljones6430r9h@c.resorts-in-asia.com 98.175.31.222
    758643226e15829f7b5e08a4176640cd drachelp@proton.me 2003:4:4745:00:911:8566:357:511
    mar.t.a.spe.llow.d.a. mar.t.a.spe.llow.d.a.@gmail.com 176.36.146.80
    alfiekroeger88 alfiekroeger88@cow.pettin.com 206.232.5.152
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    disclosure disclosure@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    j.2.85.6.99.8. j.2.85.6.99.8.@gmail.com 216.24.212.232
    vfudpqip vfudpqip@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    KennethSodeman kennethsodeman57@self.ehomu.com 181.215.16.238
    202:46:20:0:95:340:39:864 202:46:20:0:95:340:39:864 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:45:7983:0:783 202:8108:8125:100:45:7983:0:783 120.40.130.70
    richardmartin7767wsce richardmartin7767wsce@seoautomationpro.online 120.40.130.70
    lester.k.i.rk.3.d.f.fb lester.k.i.rk.3.d.f.fb@gmail.com 104.28.214.128
    do.r.i.s.h.a.mmer.sm.i.th. do.r.i.s.h.a.mmer.sm.i.th.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    FlorentinaThaxto chanacolleano@anonmails.de 194.33.36.138
    kudriashova92twv kudriashova92twv@rambler.ru 152.232.74.219
    202:8108:8125:100:45:7983:0:783 202:8108:8125:100:45:7983:0:783 120.40.130.70
    markjohnson8677g7mn markjohnson8677g7mn@gsasearchengineranker.info 120.40.130.70
    Ezequiel58G ezequielluevano36@only.veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    andrewrodriguez4297tit andrewrodriguez4297tit@gsasearchengineranker.onlin 120.40.130.70
    feedback feedback@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8071:561:50:48:93:9:67 202:8071:561:50:48:93:9:67 120.40.130.70
    MeredithLumpkins meredithlumpkins58@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.54.218
    jean-baptiste.graindorge jean-baptiste.graindorge@infomaniak.com 120.40.130.70
    andrewrodriguez4297tit andrewrodriguez4297tit@gsasearchengineranker.onlin 120.40.130.70
    press press@anthropic.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:850:400:20:58:852:541 202:1810:850:400:20:58:852:541 120.40.130.70
    tarasova.09k3q tarasova.09k3q@rambler.ru 152.232.67.12
    202:020:383:8:744:52:34:9280 202:020:383:8:744:52:34:9280 120.40.130.70