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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 - 27 Mar 2026 12:51 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,840
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tlohbybn tlohbybn@eblanomail.com 104.22.20.234
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hello hello@example.com 120.40.130.70
    contacto contacto@senarecom.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    WesleyV25 wesley-wesley44@zikape.mailbox.mom 104.207.36.177
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Toni283004003 rpop-test99@feiprovbearslis.cf 147.45.240.36
    MonaVcg626066172 monabojorquez90@self.ehomu.com 196.198.13.114
    jeanna.jeanna jeanna.jeanna@pajato.swissbank.cc 104.22.17.126
    AntjeHutchison1 antje.hutchison6703@emailportal.site 173.234.48.65
    KristineGdd kristine.elia@emailcenter.store 186.179.42.66
    MarilynnRunyan sarahrussell@leantechy.xyz 196.51.140.222
    EllisR5161832 karengonzalez8432wnms@resorts-in-asia.com 192.186.173.145
    admin admin@smartkids.if.ua 172.71.158.69
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    eloyimlay eloyimlay@koes.justdied.com 162.158.167.133
    202:45:64:0:447:6006:2: 202:45:64:0:447:6006:2: 120.40.130.70
    alex alex@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    borisvasilevcy8940 borisvasilevcy8940@rambler.ru 23.229.83.159
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CharityRosenthal charityrosenthal72@among.ehomu.com 191.101.114.101
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1210:8439:600:79:237:561:377 202:1210:8439:600:79:237:561:377 120.40.130.70
    Alice Alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Aliceuser2 Aliceuser2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pgjdbc-testing pgjdbc-testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MarcDupuy300 marc-dupuy@f48c.bestsmmservice.online 156.241.253.105
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JeannetteJhn molp7ru5@gmx.com 149.36.50.140
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    i.m.ec.uh.ofeli.26.2 i.m.ec.uh.ofeli.26.2@gmail.com 195.19.172.197
    JesusAnaya621 consuelobrubaker5527@mailmenot.io 195.66.222.83
    User1 User1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jinaaileen jinaaileen@solstris.com 172.69.23.193
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bobuser1 bobuser1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    recipient recipient@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ana ana@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FeliciaAke florenciasilvers@thodianamdu.com 136.158.10.172
    202:1810:410:5600:042:527:1017:3920 202:1810:410:5600:042:527:1017:3920 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    soporte.sinacom soporte.sinacom@senarecom.gob.bo 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    t.rus.le.r.j.erry531 t.rus.le.r.j.erry531@gmail.com 37.25.102.7
    brigettearmenta146 brigettearmenta146@mailmenot.io 172.69.23.194
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ElisaF8130087 oxim.u.s.7.77.g.u.n.a.dlz.i.m.6@gmail.com 141.98.135.253
    martinmartin martinmartin@tiguyi.bonusmail.art 162.158.167.134
    ShastaChamplin0 shasta.champlin.8889@emaildirectinbox.shop 185.3.134.245
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    scarlett-barreto scarlett-barreto@60e8.wefixsofteners.com 141.164.86.90
    francescakelly62668afy francescakelly62668afy@seoautomationpro.com 104.22.20.235
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    Bob Bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    warner-warner62 warner-warner62@fanuwa.kizmet.space 104.22.20.234
    1gerebeyhuji 1gerebeyhuji@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    SC_drew20260 elizabethmi.ke83982@gmail.com 159.65.75.27
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    StuartL227332012 mirtajessop@mailmenot.io 38.154.150.157
    serj-luzan98 serj-luzan98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    kina3axjglime kina3axjglime@bk.ru 120.40.130.70