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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 - 5 Jun 2026 4:30 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,265
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    sofiako sofiako@mailbox.org 120.40.130.70
    the.guy.for.tech.assist the.guy.for.tech.assist@gmail.com 174.85.225.165
    info info@kun.uz 120.40.130.70
    uUCxXpXDwYzlnoupauVy randybargo@hotmail.com 192.42.116.14
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    qq qq@funny-names.net 172.71.158.69
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    StellaEio248661 stellawalton83@nut.mxdood.com 154.16.69.250
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sofiako sofiako@mailbox.org 120.40.130.70
    KlaraMcBrien351 klaramcbrien52@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.227
    jessikajett6739 jessikajett6739@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.142
    kaufenn kaufenn@yandex.com 202.40.137.45
    antonhagesa antonhagesa@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    allrank7 allrank7@blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    RobertIzzo354 robert.izzo@9253.scalesurge.io 23.80.151.182
    loreenmadeline loreenmadeline@veauly.com 162.158.167.133
    FlorianJoe67 b.a.i.lbonds.39@gmail.com 65.109.104.153
    2404:780:52:00:354:9:812:46 2404:780:52:00:354:9:812:46 120.40.130.70
    JordanHeld516 jordanheld@ce39.scalesurge.io 23.80.151.232
    ginabeahm37 ginabeahm37@pound.milkgg.com 162.158.167.133
    dpo dpo@ch.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    nmmz3mrbpvx nmmz3mrbpvx@kanyeomg.com 104.22.17.126
    Josephavals b.ennie.c.ha.ve.z6.1.86@gmail.com 173.212.245.136
    info-liechtenstein info-liechtenstein@ch.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    gabriel.huber gabriel.huber@ch.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    patrick.rohr patrick.rohr@ch.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    RonaldM9743 ronald-ballinger42@181d.scalesurge.io 23.80.151.162
    JustineV08 justinetoomer16@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.29
    RoderickKieran roderickkieran41@only.veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    kim.christiansen kim.christiansen@dk.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    tanya.kapulitsa tanya.kapulitsa@dk.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    beatriz.hermida beatriz.hermida@ch.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    be.n.nie.ch.a.vez61.86 be.n.nie.ch.a.vez61.86@gmail.com 78.111.155.226
    be.nn.i.e.c.have.z.6186. be.nn.i.e.c.have.z.6186.@gmail.com 78.111.155.226
    benthe.hoeg benthe.hoeg@dk.issworld.com 120.40.130.70
    b.en.ni.e.cha.ve.z.6.1.8.6. b.en.ni.e.cha.ve.z.6.1.8.6.@gmail.com 78.111.155.226
    be.nn.i.ech.ave.z6186. be.nn.i.ech.ave.z6186.@gmail.com 78.111.155.226
    EstellaHughes estella-hughes@e41a.scalesurge.io 173.208.28.76
    Dollie53W710 barbarathomas1807wbee@a.verifiedlinklist.com 23.229.117.136
    MaxwellHayden8 wvault648mr88@nestmailbox.com 67.215.230.91
    202:3100:5:7800:482:680:6:54 202:3100:5:7800:482:680:6:54 120.40.130.70
    CecileBanning wtangonearwtr88@nestmailbox.com 67.215.225.88
    HomerZox717 homer.zox@181d.scalesurge.io 173.208.28.64
    JeannineMoulds8 jeanninemoulds21@trick.veauly.com 103.221.232.11
    202:1808:1:69:4804:774:20:790 202:1808:1:69:4804:774:20:790 120.40.130.70
    kaleyricha kaley.richardson8002@powerpackercn.com 188.165.113.28
    info.borgo info.borgo@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    JosefinaIts josefinabate57@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.219
    info.tione info.tione@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    info.cles info.cles@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    info.riva info.riva@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    info.male info.male@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JaneenT619115 janeenlentz30@trick.veauly.com 223.29.254.39
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kristandunbabin kristandunbabin@mailmenot.io 172.69.22.86
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    info.ledro info.ledro@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    GeraldDesmond96 geralddesmond46@pound.milkgg.com 181.215.16.247
    dol.k2 dol.k2@yandex.ru 188.243.183.52
    GuadalupeMallett guadalupemallett96@fast.veauly.com 196.196.254.131
    info.predazzo info.predazzo@servizimprese.tn.it 120.40.130.70
    andres ruizalegria@outlook.com 202:9130:983:9:186:115:244:31
    JasperHardin3 jasperhardin69@act.milkgg.com 191.101.114.220