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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 Jun 2026 1:22 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,802
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    michelesowerby michelesowerby@hotbird.giize.com 120.40.130.70
    GrettaUpton grettaupton65@feed.cdfaq.com 154.16.69.146
    ElizabetBaylee7 elizabetbaylee1957@koiot.de 131.108.16.210
    MarkMassaro1348 markmassaro14@scene.muzaco.com 191.101.92.175
    AundreaHumphrey aundrea-humphrey@2f41.justicarneo.website 173.61.182.46
    Jed56P328918423 michellenelson@solstris.com 102.165.54.7
    Abraham92O abrahamgreenham29@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    202:420:269:4:6186:338:6:401 202:420:269:4:6186:338:6:401 120.40.130.70
    teresaoconor7901 teresaoconor7901@mailmenot.io 104.22.17.127
    ReeceMcclain4 reecemcclain45@fast.veauly.com 196.198.13.205
    hellen.oreily hellen.oreily@megaposty.com 172.71.154.179
    danielwilliams774lkw2 danielwilliams774lkw2@c.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.119.119
    OttoTait2293 ottotait74@slide.veauly.com 181.215.16.116
    gunlekingovertcon gunlekingovertcon@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AndreasMagoffin judiek4chuski@gmx.com 66.84.91.207
    alexandre.parrinellousam alexandre.parrinellousam@gmail.com 100.17.145.82
    sutton544725 sutton544725@onelettersmail.com 143.14.133.194
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 172.69.135.14
    ShereeO77802 shereebrunner17@.mxdood.com 191.101.114.223
    BrendanVeal492 brendanveal19@act.milkgg.com 102.165.55.131
    CorneliusBattle cornelius-cornelius@ridara.likeme.buzz 94.154.127.160
    WernerDuerr9146 briscoebrykigx@gmx.com 152.44.107.154
    keeleylemus7910 keeleylemus7910@1secmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Carol9512368388 coreen@nebulanode.site 196.51.124.242
    hosea.hosea76 hosea.hosea76@tinege.dmail.fit 172.71.159.82
    LavonWoolery65 stevenhernandez9075urca@backlinks.monster 196.51.97.195
    AngelikaStabile angelika.angelika@mamihi.pasta.beer 216.40.72.141
    ambicadevarakonda80662 ambicadevarakonda80662@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    MollyFisk14245 mollyfisk@grumm.pl 212.83.173.112
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 172.71.154.179
    DillonBoatwright dillonboatwright37@nor.mxdood.com 144.48.52.102
    jobqvqkxwd jobqvqkxwd@rambler.ru 190.2.145.103
    peterkopecek peterkopecek@cfl.rr.com 205.172.173.130
    1gererddeeds 1gererddeeds@anonmails.de 209.50.172.132
    eilan eilan@vpsnl.ru 172.71.159.81
    dc6df348ef92d57c0e486fd2c9446d3c simtropolis.rebuff904@passmail.net 109.229.27.230
    henriettacolebe3651 henriettacolebe3651@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.135.13
    elink elink@vpsnl.ru 120.40.130.70
    iktxlanckm iktxlanckm@rambler.ru 82.148.13.136
    serenamock serenamock@now.mefound.com 104.22.20.143
    kimberlyahern kimberlyahern@anonmails.de 172.69.22.86
    selena-selena45 selena-selena45@hasavo.indialove.shop 172.69.135.13
    storm2003 storm2003@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    waai8stccwnc waai8stccwnc@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    williammoore3525i44g williammoore3525i44g@swartluxury258.com 104.223.126.147
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:420:206:1:13:96:967:7 202:420:206:1:13:96:967:7 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ponomaryov.borya.1983 ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marytaylor7503w7j8 marytaylor7503w7j8@f.welcometotijuana.com 66.93.161.31
    KeishaMartinsen jamesgonzalez8731tooi@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.151.25
    malloryebony malloryebony@veauly.com 104.22.17.126
    markdavis5468vqhp markdavis5468vqhp@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 23.236.196.49
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RoccoBockman6 roccobockman@grumm.pl 172.245.229.175
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    derickragan derickragan@marketmail.xyz 172.71.154.179
    candidaketcham4621 candidaketcham4621@anonmails.de 172.69.135.13
    mrheovsfic mrheovsfic@rambler.ru 98.170.57.231
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dist dist@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    1gererddeeds 1gererddeeds@anonmails.de 104.207.33.232
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70