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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 - 18 Aug 2026 11:56 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,575
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JaninaHerring91 janinajanina@duyote.krvamail.my 212.18.127.144
    lin.k.s8.9m.as.t. lin.k.s8.9m.as.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    jasmin-ocurnin-clamp jasmin-ocurnin-clamp@healthypplevery.org 69.58.78.67
    l.i.nk.s8.9.m.a.s.t. l.i.nk.s8.9.m.a.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    Janie8856441 janiebayer24@slide.veauly.com 154.16.69.81
    gorbunov1ohbe gorbunov1ohbe@rambler.ru 161.115.230.35
    ef65be41c1fef59f5c1e034a0c61be25 pmngarabet@gmail.com 2806:20:80:82:225::38:730
    MikelMcWilliams mikelmcwilliams59@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.114.21
    AVAElliott elliottbryan26@these.veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    2603:8002:3740:4:786:50:1:96 2603:8002:3740:4:786:50:1:96 120.40.130.70
    CrystalAnton846 cc@autumn-music.com 75.127.13.68
    ChandraBunbury dessiecarla@solstris.com 102.165.54.218
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    hudsonblodgett hudsonblodgett@anonmails.de 95.164.200.147
    76079509840790 uw.e.r.h.d.n.s.jf.14.7@gmail.com 185.181.247.179
    arielmit arielmit@suburbanfuture.org 37.139.53.253
    Samantha samlake@telefonica.net 88.19.10.47
    eileenwelker9152 eileenwelker9152@rexornge.net 102.165.54.160
    naru naru@naru4u.net 221.147.187.127
    noah9679acx noah9679acx@tev-lev.de 68.71.247.130
    kollop kollop@fgbg.art 74.114.151.67
    asssaf asssaf@40075.world 204.217.128.224
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    NataliaKeating9 nataliakeating35@dear.mxdood.com 196.198.13.205
    l.in.k.s.89m.a.s.t l.in.k.s.89m.a.s.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.129
    Bethany41P bethanycreel17@only.veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    MaryanneBergin maryannebergin23@dear.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    MelvinaBray7085 melvinabray5@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.247
    MaxFredrickson7 max-fredrickson.6288@b.lovepettoys.shop 190.111.162.241
    gsa01 gsa01@unblockedgamesup.com 191.101.188.235
    zgm40y85g4us77 zgm40y85g4us77@emalupe.com (empty)
    AldenW. empty 67.218.4.247
    dkhan dkhan@yandex.ru 5.149.159.187
    CerysMti64304725 cerys.doi@g.lovepettoys.shop 95.164.200.94
    789 789@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BettinaFreese55 bettinafreese56@toy.pettin.com 144.48.52.102
    richardmartin8666hd0g richardmartin8666hd0g@b.pattaya-mega.com 68.71.247.130
    PatriciaPratt16 patriciapratt28@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.131
    dswdctbx dswdctbx@blackfirsta.com 104.22.100.122
    bmr bmr@station200.example.com 120.40.130.70
    2605:4840:2:7:185:126:82:201 2605:4840:2:7:185:126:82:201 120.40.130.70
    alexander.web.master alexander.web.master@yandex.com 95.25.168.61
    AshleighVi richardmartinez6064gkjq@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.10.37
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 10.42.206.17
    FranLij1876 franrenteria43@these.veauly.com 102.165.55.164
    LatoyaWere latoyawere4@slow.pettin.com 102.165.54.218
    k0gfy k0gfy@hushmail.com 149.40.56.137
    k0gfy k0gfy@hushmail.com 162.246.198.23
    connect connect@eccouncil.org 120.40.130.70
    k0gfy k0gfy@hushmail.com 149.40.56.139
    200:238:50:101:2894:268:5:61 200:238:50:101:2894:268:5:61 120.40.130.70
    k0gfy k0gfy@hushmail.com 149.40.56.136
    k0gfy k0gfy@hushmail.com 149.40.56.142
    CarrieAlngindabu carriealngindabu11@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.31
    wendy.gibson wendy.gibson@gsa.fghe.store 81.57.88.246
    LinetteHake linettehake28@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    DortheaDcn dortheazimmer99@pound.milkgg.com 196.198.13.114
    elizabethgarcia29722sjo elizabethgarcia29722sjo@b.gsasearchengineranker.co 167.160.165.93
    jameswilliams14589crq jameswilliams14589crq@e.welcometotijuana.com 167.160.165.247
    2605:591:3766:908:8:66:29:97 2605:591:3766:908:8:66:29:97 120.40.130.70
    2601:804:8600:0:4:3985:871:0 2601:804:8600:0:4:3985:871:0 120.40.130.70
    2606:830:602:7800:9317:2:809:8 2606:830:602:7800:9317:2:809:8 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 2001:8:711:5047:00:1:26:465 120.40.130.70
    MoraGerace07 susanjones4132bdyu@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 156.241.219.49
    fukanderso anderson-farquharson-2558@byte1.ru 190.111.162.129
    JefferyKelsey0 jefferykelsey37@cold.muzaco.com 196.198.13.67
    mathewmathew26 mathewmathew26@muwijo.pasta.beer 120.40.130.70
    PedroWisniewski pedrowisniewski76@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.216
    RenateGilroy10 renategilroy10@yell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    Eugenio0257 eugeniomixon63@cold.muzaco.com 223.29.254.39
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GuillermoSedgwic guillermosedgwick45@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.227
    kristie.sonnier kristie.sonnier@byte1.ru 186.65.113.45
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johanaskrbkova johanaskrbkova@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    200:23:2520:970:2:3:8275:3005 200:23:2520:970:2:3:8275:3005 120.40.130.70
    b.enn.i.ec.ha.v.ez6.1.8.6. b.enn.i.ec.ha.v.ez6.1.8.6.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70