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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 - 1 Apr 2026 8:10 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,748
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    coleman.coleman coleman.coleman@mokefu.topgun.fit 45.3.50.28
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fredrickseymour97 fredrickseymour97@support.51tiemo.com 172.69.134.83
    MozellePaxson5 nevaehhayes@leantechy.xyz 5.253.161.54
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::794 2001:410:701:1100::794 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jeroldwigington8614 jeroldwigington8614@puxa.top 162.158.167.134
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testkey testkey@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ghaida ghaida@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2409:834:407:50:00:27:5:715 2409:834:407:50:00:27:5:715 120.40.130.70
    micky micky@example.com 120.40.130.70
    GMBMitch630 matthewmartin4962qt8k@gsavps.xyz 192.241.85.68
    KassandraTen08 jessicarodriguez2916wmwq@welcometotijuana.com 156.241.221.113
    arturo-simas55 arturo-simas55@emailus.hotelhafenhamburg.click 162.158.167.134
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    ecopanel02vijaytech07smartenergyuser31 wendellbogart@freundin.ru 23.236.139.158
    zzz123 zzz123@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Maurice Maurice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    monopoly monopoly@example.com 120.40.130.70
    j.jacjuk j.jacjuk@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    xxx xxx@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vanessa vanessa@thunderecho.store 104.22.17.127
    cidead1 cidead1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cst2024 cst2024@example.com 120.40.130.70
    me me@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test-112d54d9c3fd85e1b17a52bd412ae8f34a1cde792d743 test-112d54d9c3fd85e1b17a52bd412ae8f34a1cde792d743 120.40.130.70
    network.monitor network.monitor@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    someone someone@example.com 120.40.130.70
    veriflapakjoki veriflapakjoki@konstruksituntas.com 172.69.134.83
    JadeCantwell419 dessiecarla@solstris.com 154.16.69.184
    new new@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ReganBurwe jacelynstrempel@b.cr.cloudns.asia 104.207.32.127
    cool cool@example.com 120.40.130.70
    charitykrimmer82 charitykrimmer82@five.hivoltz.org 172.71.158.69
    Waleed Waleed@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JonniePhilp klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 191.101.92.60
    test2 test2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cidead2 cidead2@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hannelore.gettinger hannelore.gettinger@hypezone.top 104.22.17.127
    g.perepecho g.perepecho@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    christian christian@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a.militzenko a.militzenko@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    nataliarobey nataliarobey@spambog.com 89.117.104.36
    rydditbot rydditbot@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testuser testuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kpsu733886 kpsu733886@zentora.wiki 46.180.136.172
    ZacOgilvie claudiatrujillo3565@0815.ru 172.245.193.212
    kmitoqoxmpt kmitoqoxmpt@igurant1.online 162.158.167.134
    phuongnt phuongnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    avoyyhoxaon avoyyhoxaon@ugaritopari.site 172.69.134.83
    dirk-mathis dirk-mathis@support.beachflag.click 172.69.23.194
    phuongnv phuongnv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    kj.o.vicsop.h.iacl.aud.i.a kj.o.vicsop.h.iacl.aud.i.a@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    HRFMartin59875 martinmartin@leguku.brand.singles 45.3.50.222
    2hyjukkiolo 2hyjukkiolo@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    stevenhernandez96033axo stevenhernandez96033axo@verifiedlinklist.com 172.69.134.83
    sysops-team sysops-team@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    dangth dangth@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    EdisonW622 edisoncreason77@broad.ehomu.com 191.101.92.183
    KrystalMcE krystal.coranni-mceachern@healthypplevery.org 147.53.114.79
    phongnd phongnd@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    a.vishniakova a.vishniakova@semrush.com 120.40.130.70
    cli.nicf.orhi.m50 cli.nicf.orhi.m50@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    ba.il.bond.s3.9 ba.il.bond.s3.9@gmail.com 65.21.16.207
    m.karachev m.karachev@semrush.com 120.40.130.70