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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 Dec 2025 7:31 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,852
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marymaney marymaney@discardmail.com 209.50.180.147
    recipient recipient@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ana ana@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Bob Bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:402:991:243:70:52:13 2001:0:402:991:243:70:52:13 120.40.130.70
    User1 User1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test2 test2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    removed removed@example.com 120.40.130.70
    na na@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dsdh14141in dsdh14141in@loancalculator.world 103.254.63.77
    user01 user01@example.com 120.40.130.70
    verificacion.senalizacion verificacion.senalizacion@ventanillamovilidad.com. 120.40.130.70
    DaleL2140559661 dalelouden78@talk.muzaco.com 196.245.248.102
    stephanie.mary.wakefield stephanie.mary.wakefield@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    MerlinGreenwell annawade@leantechy.xyz 5.253.161.62
    mildredseverson46 mildredseverson46@talk.muzaco.com 172.71.154.178
    master master@example.com 120.40.130.70
    k.ar.lo.s.76h.yani.to.s. k.ar.lo.s.76h.yani.to.s.@gmail.com (empty)
    m.or.a.g.epip.i.1.2. m.or.a.g.epip.i.1.2.@gmail.com 89.23.103.253
    consuelobrubaker5527 consuelobrubaker5527@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.211
    andrej.matyuxov.92 andrej.matyuxov.92@bk.ru 109.168.173.195
    maribeloppenheim2593 maribeloppenheim2593@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.234
    babbette babbette@i.cosmicbridge.site 172.69.23.69
    212:800:11:1:124:198:131:133 212:800:11:1:124:198:131:133 120.40.130.70
    204:441:39:401::769:401 204:441:39:401::769:401 120.40.130.70
    26za7s 26za7s@best-yurist-moscow.ru 154.196.16.199
    HarlanHoar2 harlanhoar38@keep.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.218
    RhysWainscott1 rhyswainscott72@feed.cdfaq.com 165.231.105.153
    chasityedmundlatouch chasityedmundlatouch@freundin.ru 172.69.134.211
    GeniaDallachy geniadallachy16@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.250.173
    topone62 topone62@blogwebsite.top 104.22.17.127
    eataker eataker@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    howardivy288 howardivy288@bd.dns-cloud.net 162.158.167.44
    VBCScot587 annawade@leantechy.xyz 196.51.201.187
    carson.philips.1705 carson.philips.1705@otakuhub.xyz 172.71.159.137
    tylerharwell5702 tylerharwell5702@anonmails.de 104.22.20.195
    troyiletisim troyiletisim@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:461:119:63:94:73:247 2001:0:461:119:63:94:73:247 120.40.130.70
    NiklasCrume0706 niklas-crume38@timminsgoldminetour.com 167.160.74.208
    sammy.omay25 sammy.omay25@montz4.dynainbox.com 172.69.134.210
    stacy-maki57 stacy-maki57@letstalk.thetravellersrest.click 172.69.23.70
    alta.hooper6 alta.hooper6@montz4.dynainbox.com 172.69.134.210
    conrad.romano98 conrad.romano98@comfort.thetravellersrest.click 102.165.53.104
    utewoyiy utewoyiy@ffkelmmail.com 158.69.118.188
    fleta fleta@f.skywardhub.online 172.71.159.138
    BarryAcevedo781 jessicagonzalez1133hu87@a.gsasearchengineranker.co 108.62.102.48
    ayazici ayazici@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    chelsierobertson1938 chelsierobertson1938@salpingomyu.ru 104.22.17.126
    AlbertinaMcgehee soilaomalley@anonmails.de 45.83.119.65
    PinUp o.m.asac.i.p1.4@gmail.com 188.130.188.100
    oeuza oeuza@mailto.plus 37.214.194.160
    scanko scanko@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    PinUpCasino nevava.p.u.za.x.9.6@gmail.com 46.8.15.7
    mailgun mailgun@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    eataker eataker@bkm.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    Violette8368 hwahollis1677@anonmails.de 109.107.191.216
    mirjam.hoffer71 mirjam.hoffer71@kpnmail.nl 120.40.130.70
    florian.spurlock99 florian.spurlock99@ihnat90.hexagonaldrawings.com 38.154.48.177
    JeramyCastro547 jeramycastro4@issue.mxdood.com 64.188.11.72
    204:0:010:32:2436:354:810:1408 204:0:010:32:2436:354:810:1408 120.40.130.70
    JessCostas33 sth3@blogwebsite.top 37.143.62.134
    GregoryBAG xrumer23Unund@gmail.com 85.234.2.153
    sh3 sh3@ppl46.postmark-relay.top 120.40.130.70
    BenjaminLaughlin albertacasanova1686@anonmails.de 45.92.125.156
    iris.mailer iris.mailer@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    maribeloppenheim2593 maribeloppenheim2593@mailmenot.io 172.71.154.179
    marcoellsworth80 marcoellsworth80@rogim.hexagonaldrawings.com 162.158.167.43
    cat-mail cat-mail@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    HungHickson689 wzinsgut49r72@nestmailbox.com 152.232.48.71
    ankemulga ankemulga@vanus.funny3delements.com 194.76.114.111
    kathrynreed kathrynreed@solstris.com 162.158.167.44
    EugeniaDamron63 eugeniadamron-9498@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.196.255.86