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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 - 7 Dec 2025 4:03 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,210
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Rogelio26T loripickard4672@adult-work.info 15.235.145.198
    CecilHussey0694 cecilhussey8009@eplayfortuna-spinrush.com 149.126.217.126
    t.8.27.267.7. t.8.27.267.7.@gmail.com 173.239.254.236
    maefontaine2831 maefontaine2831@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.69.22.195
    thomasjohnson5453tpqb thomasjohnson5453tpqb@c.blog-stuff.com 196.51.145.89
    nast.5585 nast.5585@msil.ru 128.204.77.86
    2409:8718:404:1003:35:: 2409:8718:404:1003:35:: 120.40.130.70
    2408:8000:8010:002:1:: 2408:8000:8010:002:1:: 120.40.130.70
    2401:4900:153:931:518:4410:75:201 2401:4900:153:931:518:4410:75:201 120.40.130.70
    ztvkjqkk ztvkjqkk@eblanomail.com 94.46.220.5
    toneyprior toneyprior@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.43
    bryangruenewald6505 bryangruenewald6505@discard.email 104.22.20.195
    herefedesea herefedesea@anonmails.de 172.71.159.138
    2600:8807:248:200:486:3550:6:99 2600:8807:248:200:486:3550:6:99 120.40.130.70
    CasimiraBidencop bryanhannell@anonmails.de 178.175.140.219
    2804:51:78:00:4823:91:26:8678 2804:51:78:00:4823:91:26:8678 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4:777:2573:639:956:528 2001:0:4:777:2573:639:956:528 120.40.130.70
    Minerva2873 minervaminerva2@yorawa.commail.online 155.212.111.66
    ungxphwu ungxphwu@eblanomail.com 185.147.212.247
    2001:88:20:13:7089:671:443:4511 2001:88:20:13:7089:671:443:4511 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:43:1800:825:724:4:192 202:1810:43:1800:825:724:4:192 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5683:9060:16:93:705:7 2001:0:5683:9060:16:93:705:7 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5302:46:921:4:410: 2001:0:5302:46:921:4:410: 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:43:1800:123:284:42:3 202:1810:43:1800:123:284:42:3 120.40.130.70
    karendavis1602ih73 karendavis1602ih73@mustdoindubai.com 38.154.77.54
    2001:0:5641:37:11:5312:167:402 2001:0:5641:37:11:5312:167:402 120.40.130.70
    agnes.gersten agnes.gersten@phinvitation.com 104.223.126.54
    in27 in27@blogwebsite.top 102.165.1.3
    anlor3649 anlor3649@ligmamail.com 185.61.219.162
    ChanteR709716152 muhammadstephen@8.dnsabr.com 15.235.145.198
    2001:0:4294:72:586:1702:664:532 2001:0:4294:72:586:1702:664:532 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5582:27:458:293:43:8 2001:0:5582:27:458:293:43:8 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5383:9495:4404:13:743:8 2001:0:5383:9495:4404:13:743:8 120.40.130.70
    ZoraWilliam900 zora.william.5511@genshinbox.cc 45.92.28.227
    2001:0:9:768:9:1787:7978:123 2001:0:9:768:9:1787:7978:123 120.40.130.70
    marklon84 marklon84@ligmamail.com 191.96.255.218
    2408:8726:1001:160:3:: 2408:8726:1001:160:3:: 120.40.130.70
    RACLinda5730555 normanharriet6148@anonmails.de 178.175.140.219
    vacheslav vacheslav@inbox.ru 92.36.1.22
    202:810:6183:000:890:8:0:757 202:810:6183:000:890:8:0:757 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:423:807:08:661:9277:77 2001:0:423:807:08:661:9277:77 120.40.130.70
    aoqupeqz aoqupeqz@olekpesmailtnew.org 94.23.61.200
    2408:8726:100:500:40:: 2408:8726:100:500:40:: 120.40.130.70
    atijio atijio@olekpesmailtnew.org 94.23.61.200
    bessiewisewould bessiewisewould@mailcatch.com 172.71.154.178
    2001:100:48:2700:91:8850:4901:79 2001:100:48:2700:91:8850:4901:79 120.40.130.70
    ludepafa ludepafa@korarlocalbrand.com 158.69.118.189
    2001:0:433:67:0:7539:0:39 2001:0:433:67:0:7539:0:39 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:39:154:284:886:56 2001:0:42:39:154:284:886:56 120.40.130.70
    2001:1:11:27:134:220:352:948 2001:1:11:27:134:220:352:948 120.40.130.70
    hamishchu hamishchu@healthdietshop.com 172.69.134.210
    2001:0:493:45:409:989:4830: 2001:0:493:45:409:989:4830: 120.40.130.70
    Lara34703176741 lara.hoehne-5245@muralbythesea.co.uk 196.247.160.103
    2409:834:2220:312:41:: 2409:834:2220:312:41:: 120.40.130.70
    princessduckworth7185 princessduckworth7185@mailmenot.io 172.71.159.137
    2806:261:49:1114:513:37:1:79 2806:261:49:1114:513:37:1:79 120.40.130.70
    spinfile-names.dat-spinfile-lnames.dat spinfile-names.dat-spinfile-lnames.dat@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    dixie-griffith dixie-griffith@healthdietshop.com 172.69.22.194
    vilmahardiman vilmahardiman@championslots-jackpot.wiki 172.71.154.179
    2800:0:14:1073:3:107:496:3279 2800:0:14:1073:3:107:496:3279 120.40.130.70
    2408:8720:800:520:26:: 2408:8720:800:520:26:: 120.40.130.70
    IveyBaudin44679 ivey.baudin2930@europeandocfestival.org.uk 109.230.203.129
    EmeryFarnham965 jadastaley@anonmails.de 178.175.140.219
    lakeishahenschke lakeishahenschke@8.dnsabr.com 104.22.20.195
    RegenaBasham6 berenicebalog@t.woeishyang.com 171.225.193.96
    2409:815:2813:3010:59:: 2409:815:2813:3010:59:: 120.40.130.70
    joanneholifield6689 joanneholifield6689@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    NicholasDunagan wavlsokseuvr70@nestmailbox.com 72.57.98.140
    HQSEmerson lukaswestfall@discardmail.com 171.225.193.96
    2001:0:4421:067:401:55::18 2001:0:4421:067:401:55::18 120.40.130.70
    2804:12:1848:41:86:97:4:59 2804:12:1848:41:86:97:4:59 120.40.130.70
    AngelicaZinn daveta@nebulanode.site 96.9.211.193
    FletaHolton fletaholton@me-and-u.org.uk 196.247.160.103
    richardlopez59537uha richardlopez59537uha@gsasearchengineranker.com 81.17.123.101
    ElouiseCjq elouiseramos@goldenjubileesummerparty.co.uk 196.245.161.28
    2409:84:5200:1:100::98 2409:84:5200:1:100::98 120.40.130.70
    stormymotsinger stormymotsinger@discard.email 172.69.22.195
    zanthontexaxd zanthontexaxd@126.com 200.174.198.225
    2401:4900:7900:41:04:5482:331:0 2401:4900:7900:41:04:5482:331:0 120.40.130.70