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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 May 2026 3:18 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,987
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    alexis-cage71 alexis-cage71@onepureedge.com 104.22.20.142
    katherina-carson.2213 katherina-carson.2213@hello-word-2026.store 109.248.167.55
    mmph71 mmph71@blogwebsite.top 104.22.20.142
    bettinabrenner bettinabrenner@spambog.ru 45.76.176.44
    OrenJeffcott739 orenjeffcott92@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.165
    2603:900:00::31:45:9394:52 2603:900:00::31:45:9394:52 120.40.130.70
    leroymadera4625 leroymadera4625@bob163.nebunet.com 172.71.158.68
    ZacCowles559 tedtia@solstris.com 103.221.232.103
    MckinleyRose17 mckinleyrose@tutu.variots.com 64.188.0.188
    f.g.n.es.fc.v f.g.n.es.fc.v@gmail.com 151.240.62.239
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2607:90:212:8488:47:8:770:5 2607:90:212:8488:47:8:770:5 120.40.130.70
    f.g.n.es.fc.v f.g.n.es.fc.v@gmail.com 151.240.62.210
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    wilbertwyant wilbertwyant@tichxanhabc.com 172.71.158.68
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 172.71.154.169
    vptdhk41 vptdhk41@aviator-game-best.com 188.130.221.24
    VictoriaJay8612 jamesjackson6075mvcz@verifiedlinklist.com 194.26.178.42
    leathahendrix leathahendrix@freundin.ru 104.223.49.197
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    sydneyjnr sydneyjnr@163.com 120.40.130.70
    @news.blueocenseo.shop 45.156.64.245
    xcvcowmswt xcvcowmswt@rambler.ru 98.159.36.9
    20:287:92:32:118:377:92:867 20:287:92:32:118:377:92:867 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    st.polyakov st.polyakov@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    EAHZenaida zenaidaleist52@slow.pettin.com 181.215.16.219
    JONNoe22452487 noeborelli76@toy.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    202:8108:8125:100:900:24:8:181 202:8108:8125:100:900:24:8:181 120.40.130.70
    wo.od.f.o.r.d.james.o.n4. wo.od.f.o.r.d.james.o.n4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    buster.jaime.6656 buster.jaime.6656@megaposty.com. 91.242.226.176
    20:002:3845:3932:43:6::1460 20:002:3845:3932:43:6::1460 120.40.130.70
    JuneWeigel2778 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 103.221.232.223
    AudraWithrow3 audra-audra@vozata.casamucho.buzz 193.163.92.250
    yagqdwfds yagqdwfds@canadianphx.online 82.206.72.228
    MaximilianHighet maximilianmaximilian45@bebiso.pokemonica.online 45.145.131.147
    20:002:3845:3932:43:6::1460 20:002:3845:3932:43:6::1460 120.40.130.70
    melbacarnegie melbacarnegie@kt-gmail.com 149.18.117.54
    gulyabonimo gulyabonimo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    cinda.jay1361 cinda.jay1361@eldeninfo.xyz 172.69.134.82
    eric.lico eric.lico@azizaryb.ru 104.22.17.127
    casieweathers9431 casieweathers9431@tichxanhabc.com 172.71.158.68
    202:1810:41:900:180:701:997:19 202:1810:41:900:180:701:997:19 120.40.130.70
    diegobianchi597785gli diegobianchi597785gli@seoautomationpro.com 192.126.177.68
    20:8140:63:150:62:69:6:678 20:8140:63:150:62:69:6:678 120.40.130.70
    odettehigginbotham odettehigginbotham@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.133
    jamesgonzalez92395b0j jamesgonzalez92395b0j@backlinks.monster 192.161.191.192
    hassan hassan@j.president.support 104.22.20.143
    202:3100:5985:700:8:9709:197:775 202:3100:5985:700:8:9709:197:775 120.40.130.70
    LachlanGayman28 luciefocken908@anonmails.de 5.196.78.175
    AntonT tonyvaniagin@gmail.com 85.118.165.38
    202:03:894:00:744:8454:462:8186 202:03:894:00:744:8454:462:8186 120.40.130.70
    2001:105:136:600:4891:5:8:2 2001:105:136:600:4891:5:8:2 120.40.130.70
    erniehanslow erniehanslow@sedekah-mudah.com 172.69.23.193
    JerilynDunbabin jerilyndunbabin47@act.milkgg.com 102.165.53.252
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    coreyacarter coreyacarter@proton.me 2001:56:36:935:827:936:80:55
    coreyacarter coreyacarter@proton.me 173.34.97.141
    coreyacarter coreyacarter@proton.me 139.28.218.139
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    in16 in16@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    TraciMackie9 tracimackie86@brick.pettin.com 102.165.55.238
    ValorieLqm gsa1@webclouddata.pl 93.127.146.230
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    PhilippBarela3 philippbarela42@hell.milkgg.com 103.221.232.171