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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 - 10 Jul 2026 7:24 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,994
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    genawalder73 genawalder73@nervain.nexanta.eu 172.69.22.86
    vab.i.yu.s.4.88 vab.i.yu.s.4.88@gmail.com 87.199.204.141
    gsa gsa@supportmail.exyuiptv.app 104.22.17.126
    ClaraHudgins430 karenwilliams9524nsle@b.blog-stuff.com 196.51.111.87
    edwardokeartland8072 edwardokeartland8072@binancepools.cloud 31.57.247.179
    ShawnPilcher shawnpilcher56@role.cdfaq.com 223.29.254.56
    clawbay clawbay@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    JoRiggs joriggsvideo2@gmail.com 152.232.213.42
    elizabethmiller1724uulf elizabethmiller1724uulf@a.pattaya-mega.com 152.232.53.126
    TonyMcKerihan0 tonymckerihan90@only.veauly.com 154.16.69.250
    JoRiggs joriggsvideo2@gmail.com 69.58.3.135
    JoRiggs joriggsvideo2@gmail.com 192.186.139.98
    deannekwan80 deannekwan80@past.pettin.com 120.40.130.70
    OrvilleCharley charlestaylor933cb6q@b.pattaya-mega.com 192.241.72.121
    2001:861:31:140:6074:7:790:74 2001:861:31:140:6074:7:790:74 120.40.130.70
    secure secure@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
    ops+repository-snapshots ops+repository-snapshots@github.com 120.40.130.70
    leroy-jevons51 leroy-jevons51@2e00.next4.xyz 172.69.22.87
    annataxoso annataxoso@mail.ru 172.69.22.87
    lupitatrice4879 lupitatrice4879@anonmails.de 109.248.139.186
    dw dw@x.com 120.40.130.70
    SelinaMcIntosh selinamcintosh82@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    NganSkidmore nganskidmore81@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    2607:90:9::4596:684:5:15 2607:90:9::4596:684:5:15 120.40.130.70
    x x@x.com 120.40.130.70
    wfenech wfenech@x.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    augustus-coventry augustus-coventry@elitewaterrepair.com 172.69.22.87
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    linadas linadas@asia.dnsabr.com 172.69.135.14
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    byron.martinsen byron.martinsen@jeniferconely.site 120.40.130.70
    ethan.shinn-5354 ethan.shinn-5354@strategycritique.xyz 5.157.27.51
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Dartti xarrt012@gmail.com 23.162.200.138
    AmberBeauvais amberbeauvais46@role.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.218
    WileyShropshire sarahmoore3726zzni@a.verifiedlinklist.com 152.232.108.154
    SibylDitter5 patriciasmith3642i0xm@a.welcometotijuana.com 192.227.150.245
    rich-partridge77 rich-partridge77@fixrightplumbers.com 104.22.17.126
    Lakeisha6741 lakeishabelstead62@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.39
    TeraEscalante6 teraescalante70@toy.pettin.com 223.29.254.56
    isidrosweatt37 isidrosweatt37@dear.mxdood.com 172.71.154.179
    MaynardBeamon86 maynardbeamon98@cool.muzaco.com 223.29.254.133
    201:14:1430:8000:454:4:353:31 201:14:1430:8000:454:4:353:31 120.40.130.70
    lindseyguillory lindseyguillory@onlinecmail.com 172.71.159.81
    lizziecaleb15 lizziecaleb15@brick.pettin.com 172.71.154.179
    NereidaOng37537 nereidaong93@slow.pettin.com 196.196.254.36
    2001:162:7521:900:584:56:9177:5518 2001:162:7521:900:584:56:9177:5518 120.40.130.70
    AllieNesbitt allienesbitt@gti.scoldly.com 196.51.39.120
    ferdinandwatson ferdinandwatson@wordspacemail.com 172.69.135.14
    moshetorpy2153 moshetorpy2153@sociefan.com 162.158.167.122
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    shayneknudson3664 shayneknudson3664@pawobby.cfd 149.18.117.253
    RoseannWynn665 roseannwynn50@mode.ehomu.com 177.234.143.137
    notificaciones.judiciales notificaciones.judiciales@disfarma.com.co 120.40.130.70
    elisa-elisa44 elisa-elisa44@zukevu.smartlink.lat 172.69.22.86
    astridburbank2468 astridburbank2468@spambog.com 162.158.167.121
    FrankGamez6 frankgamez22@act.milkgg.com 191.101.92.218
    KFJValentin valentinlansell@tutu.variots.com 196.51.9.62
    garygary65 garygary65@zomalu.banter.cv 172.71.159.81
    pappleby pappleby@nyc.rr.com 24.90.15.219
    chloechloe chloechloe@jijale.mexicans.pro 172.69.22.86
    georginabratton2451 georginabratton2451@pw.epac.to 104.22.20.143
    changcastella changcastella@code-gmail.com 162.158.167.122
    morbi morbi@smart-slip.ru 172.69.22.86
    xrumer888 xrumer888@outlook.com 162.158.167.122
    juliannehallstrom juliannehallstrom@kt-gmail.com 172.69.22.87
    a.smirnov a.smirnov@neurotec.ru 120.40.130.70