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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 - 28 Aug 2026 2:54 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,959
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    pearlprairie pearlprairie@pb77.net 51.210.32.231
    02609e456eb8662eb0c8fa355c4970b6 janisozaur+simtropolis@gmail.com 31.183.228.92
    vickiestella vickiestella@anonmails.de 104.22.18.53
    DorethaRivett99 dorethadoretha93@tilama.socialmail.sbs 45.136.27.17
    CharlesElkin608 charles-garofani20@healthypplevery.org 69.58.77.243
    linwood.stitt.4045 linwood.stitt.4045@hello-word-2026.store 172.69.135.13
    EstelleCurtis67 estellecurtis71@deny.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    nmosl nmosl@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    siralexd siralexd@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    HarveyChew01769 harveychew69@toy.pettin.com 102.165.55.131
    202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 120.40.130.70
    KayPrimrose84 kayprimrose30@these.veauly.com 196.198.13.67
    vada.clamp vada.clamp@erpin.org 172.71.154.179
    wtyvxwjtdPl wtyvxwjtdPl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    amandabezerra.dasilva04 amandabezerra.dasilva04@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    FredReeks kerstinkraker@anonmails.de 188.130.219.27
    HermineMedford7 jessmyles@solstris.com 102.165.53.166
    ivandamopo ivandamopo@mail.ru 104.22.109.89
    1beffeessd 1beffeessd@anonmails.de 209.50.176.82
    ignacio-zanca ignacio-zanca@take-ur-vites.org 172.69.135.13
    danielmartin7807wssi danielmartin7807wssi@e.welcometotijuana.com 172.71.159.81
    emiljunioroz214 emiljunioroz@yahoo.com 202.28.194.139
    aalexdarkoz8482 aalexdarkoz@126.com 202.28.194.139
    sparrowtopaz sparrowtopaz@pokerenchiles.cl 156.146.61.34
    gaylestledger gaylestledger@cskarmelita.com 172.71.154.179
    rerkgeemong98 rerkgeemong98@mail.ru 178.20.45.182
    RandyIrons ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 202.28.194.139
    Jojo icobbina45@gmail.com 154.162.9.165
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    jbpmzyyptPl jbpmzyyptPl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    alphonse.lack7848 alphonse.lack7848@en.contributor.website 185.34.33.2
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    shanna.mckellar shanna.mckellar@en.contributor.website 185.220.101.5
    balxplrp balxplrp@blackfirsta.com 64.31.20.24
    werner.richer werner.richer@en.contributor.website 23.134.88.61
    202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 120.40.130.70
    nnfypxytlkn nnfypxytlkn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    MasonHolbrook70 jamesdavis9704i4mm@e.welcometotijuana.com 38.154.38.27
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    chelseybarringer7090 chelseybarringer7090@hidebox.org 162.158.167.44
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 172.69.135.13
    Astrid28L astridbiaggini44@print.veauly.com 161.115.225.243
    tonyo tony.okonedo@mail.com 102.88.112.67
    elizabethmoore1412z0io elizabethmoore1412z0io@d.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.138.75
    joshuajackson4757m0h3 joshuajackson4757m0h3@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 202:8108:8125:100:909:464:75:2 120.40.130.70
    itefors merbuntakenbersameline@gmail.com 77.221.137.68
    2600:118:264:701:51:4781:47:04 2600:118:264:701:51:4781:47:04 120.40.130.70
    Simon92Y77 mikelgoossens@anonmails.de 89.221.204.20
    randx-super.ru fdsd9g8s@gmail.com 31.134.9.26
    LatoyaCardella tamiaubrey@solstris.com 181.215.16.216
    MarieLascelles7 christyverran@pw.epac.to 148.113.210.59
    2001:168:175:7701:925:195:433:95 2001:168:175:7701:925:195:433:95 120.40.130.70
    201:599:424:02:53:886:18:629 201:599:424:02:53:886:18:629 120.40.130.70
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 172.70.46.74
    zegeobei zegeobei@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lilyhazel789 lilyhazel789@55-bet.co.nl 152.233.20.145
    WilheminaHerring wilheminaherrington92@last.muzaco.com 181.215.16.247
    lorenebland lorenebland@anonmails.de 104.22.18.53
    CedricRiddle5 cedricriddle97@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.247
    2001:168:175:7701:925:195:433:95 2001:168:175:7701:925:195:433:95 120.40.130.70
    dell-troccoli dell-troccoli@take-ur-vites.org 172.69.135.14
    Andra83160 andratoney34@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    LacyBacon94555 lacybacon74@fiber.pettin.com 102.165.54.212
    nutvamjnukn nutvamjnukn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    ryfmfhqcmPl ryfmfhqcmPl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    wvgeghgkqkn wvgeghgkqkn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    RRR rworld102603@gmail.com 2409:4091:17:216:9:15:472:52
    davidsantiagoestupinan520 davidsantiagoestupinan520@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    robin.re robin.re@facebook.com 120.40.130.70