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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 - 15 Aug 2026 2:07 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,032
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dawid.kostecki dawid.kostecki@interia.eu 139.180.230.84
    sam.g.love.7 sam.g.love.7@gmail.com 193.189.178.96
    valerapaboza valerapaboza@mail.ru 178.20.44.82
    202:1810:9681:700:999:4822:502:437 202:1810:9681:700:999:4822:502:437 120.40.130.70
    setditjen.kpaii setditjen.kpaii@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    RosellaG15 rosellahincks-9487@northgablestudio.com 196.240.173.70
    202:1810:9681:700:405:2333:69:4375 202:1810:9681:700:405:2333:69:4375 120.40.130.70
    NannetteBeak nannettebeak82@slide.veauly.com 196.198.13.165
    bbs bbs@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    BasilSwope70 basilswope51@nut.mxdood.com 177.234.143.121
    NoePetro90 akaljhgjghtrymaga@needforspeeds.online 45.95.119.39
    YvetteGladys06 yvette.yvette@ridita.pasta.beer 31.134.15.164
    202:1808:64:0:888:52:0:20 202:1808:64:0:888:52:0:20 120.40.130.70
    bindmedan bindmedan@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    202:020:52:813:16:7:493:9 202:020:52:813:16:7:493:9 120.40.130.70
    MarieBrownless mariebrownless17@slide.veauly.com 144.48.52.102
    202:1808:64:0:888:52:0:20 202:1808:64:0:888:52:0:20 120.40.130.70
    TorriMalin579 ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 181.215.16.219
    bdidps bdidps@kemenperin.go.id 120.40.130.70
    202:020:52:813:16:7:493:9 202:020:52:813:16:7:493:9 120.40.130.70
    GusCayton871843 gus-gus40@yajasa.swanson.today 45.136.27.33
    202:1808:64:0:888:52:0:20 202:1808:64:0:888:52:0:20 120.40.130.70
    2605:59:633:608::0:885:882 2605:59:633:608::0:885:882 120.40.130.70
    AilasGckley AilasGckley@tesdfoleman.com 89.187.185.68
    ShannaYsd55 wbabonisednr93@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.236
    garohpfr garohpfr@ishowfirstmail.com 104.23.251.66
    2607:91:247:432:61:54:6009:16 2607:91:247:432:61:54:6009:16 120.40.130.70
    7.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.201c6167a6.wbe 7.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.201c6167a6.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    2.3256046495ccff5cef1c856a37184d19.13209738be.wbe 2.3256046495ccff5cef1c856a37184d19.13209738be.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    6.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.e59122f2c0.wbe 6.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.e59122f2c0.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    2.437683a8bc8cbf65b58fd4b40ea76a1e.c69382553d.wbe 2.437683a8bc8cbf65b58fd4b40ea76a1e.c69382553d.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.1505a406f6.wbe 2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.1505a406f6.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.37734cf67a.wbe 2.af8e5e24f6d48ee919e939105eda33f0.37734cf67a.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    4.be929291dfc96a0ac4152d792707f509.7d126b1b25.wbe 4.be929291dfc96a0ac4152d792707f509.7d126b1b25.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    8.a8dc3002fe2d842f4c19c5325f6ac08a.192426db09.wbe 8.a8dc3002fe2d842f4c19c5325f6ac08a.192426db09.wbe@ 120.40.130.70
    20:5684:93:8:325:2:3:4642 20:5684:93:8:325:2:3:4642 120.40.130.70
    wtrnqcvw wtrnqcvw@blackfirsta.com 172.64.215.66
    LiveHeathily bruno-willey-ciperi37@healthypplevery.org 147.53.122.133
    SophieMcCloughry sophiemccloughry82@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    CelestaRbq celestacastiglia7@stuff.mxdood.com 144.48.52.235
    202:267:00:4140:0:1800:0: 202:267:00:4140:0:1800:0: 120.40.130.70
    GlennAlbino8 glennalbino77@these.veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    GaryRickett9 huldaarteaga3351@hotbird.giize.com 205.147.16.109
    stevenrodriguez5818g0a2 stevenrodriguez5818g0a2@e.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    montedowell11 montedowell11@korvit.zerivo.eu 120.40.130.70
    GiselleUmbagai giselleumbagai51@keep.cdfaq.com 102.165.53.200
    VioletReginald violetreginald5@only.veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    comercial comercial@toppen.com.br 120.40.130.70
    2804:4368:438:10:49:893:69:41 2804:4368:438:10:49:893:69:41 120.40.130.70
    jtaylor jtaylor@peakkia.com 120.40.130.70
    stevenrodriguez5818g0a2 stevenrodriguez5818g0a2@e.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    Vickie3284 vickieprovost53@feed.cdfaq.com 144.48.52.169
    test8 test8@rightluck.win 120.40.130.70
    NoahLafountain noahlafountain90@slow.pettin.com 102.165.55.20
    CierraBaylee24 wcarnerosaoer93@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.92
    TheresaRister5 theresarister92@qys.pancingqueen.com 152.232.223.130
    HTHJess691490594 jessparent51@toy.pettin.com 196.198.13.252
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    jsmith jsmith@forensicrisk.com 120.40.130.70
    AlishaW97386786 alishacranford24@brick.pettin.com 223.29.254.45
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    GonzaloMulkey08 gonzalomulkey11@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.166
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    LoriWhitt7700 wlukowylor93@nestmailbox.com 31.132.1.249
    jesm jesm@pagflorida.com 120.40.130.70
    FreemanHay47116 freemanhay100@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    fdmontenegro fdmontenegro@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
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    SarahfromSpeedyIndex sarah.speedyindex@gmail.com 81.19.222.209
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    licitacoes licitacoes@tjro.jus.br 120.40.130.70
    SarahfromSpeedyIndex seo.speedyindex@gmail.com 81.19.222.209
    RoseannHammer72 roseannhammer66@hell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.216
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