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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 - 8 Jan 2026 5:59 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,391
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    raymondangliss raymondangliss@t.woeishyang.com 162.158.167.44
    sarahhernandez4226gb6v sarahhernandez4226gb6v@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.134.211
    williamclark1951 williamclark1951@electronefml.com 172.71.158.167
    JavierCouture javiercouture51@nursinghomelocator.nyc 74.50.107.2
    test-subkeys test-subkeys@example.com 120.40.130.70
    savannahnivison savannahnivison@deajeng.store 172.69.134.210
    jmo jmo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nannieshockey75 nannieshockey75@comfort.carolinensielrestaurants.c 109.122.24.71
    Alice Alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    unlimboost unlimboost@bubuk.site 37.139.53.226
    pepa pepa@example.com 120.40.130.70
    new new@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kenza kenza@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xutao xutao@example.com 120.40.130.70
    classmate2 classmate2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    arvinu arvinu@example.com 120.40.130.70
    whitefox whitefox@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mmph18 mmph18@blogwebsite.top 172.71.154.178
    recipient recipient@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bobuser1 bobuser1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    greensmail greensmail@testcas.ru 120.40.130.70
    testb testb@example.com 120.40.130.70
    julia julia@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lijie lijie@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser12345 testuser12345@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alex alex@example.com 120.40.130.70
    UsuSadwin1 UsuSadwin1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    your-email your-email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    mpapis mpapis@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testa testa@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pgjdbc-testing pgjdbc-testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ed ed@example.com 120.40.130.70
    myname myname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MargaritoBarwell margaritobarwell-3978@wuthering.cc 165.231.97.165
    thereisnoemail thereisnoemail@example.com 120.40.130.70
    classmate1 classmate1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    userb userb@example.com 120.40.130.70
    anna anna@example.com 120.40.130.70
    User2 User2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    UsuSad1 UsuSad1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user2a user2a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ALICE ALICE@EXAMPLE.COM 120.40.130.70
    ubuntu ubuntu@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test1234 test1234@example.com 120.40.130.70
    revan revan@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cidead1 cidead1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    other other@example.com 120.40.130.70
    UsuSad2 UsuSad2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ci-deploy ci-deploy@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cripto1 cripto1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    WaltonRhype c.he.m.a.x.kiri.ll@gmail.com 45.67.231.187
    User1 User1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    albatucker400 albatucker400@pw.epac.to 162.158.167.43
    Aliceuser2 Aliceuser2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    melodyasmus melodyasmus@trustemailinbox.shop 198.46.214.13
    jessicagonzalez32392jyj jessicagonzalez32392jyj@b.gsasearchengineranker.co 172.69.23.70
    chana.saville chana.saville@locksmith1.monster1.xyz 162.158.167.43
    DoreenDunaway91 doreendunaway87@mobilelaundry.nyc 104.160.17.5
    wesleypender1 wesleypender1@print.veauly.com 192.186.139.194
    Chas205251679 chasburke@genshinfans.cc 161.115.226.16
    kirbie kirbie@awsome-gadgets.com 67.215.231.234
    carlnazario carlnazario@cryptobosscasino136.top 72.56.159.106
    comercializadorajlasistemas comercializadorajlasistemas@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    kassie-smithies-2518 kassie-smithies-2518@lvdskjn.store 172.71.154.179
    denesestedman2 denesestedman2@fog.blyxen.org 162.158.167.44
    RosalinaChristie rosalinarosalina@puzego.fckmail.online 216.26.225.59
    Christen7687 christen-lindsay94@gularte73.browndecorationlights 152.232.45.17