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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 - 13 Apr 2026 9:39 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,427
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    KateChelmsford elisehorvath@mmds.shop 216.158.192.15
    aprilwalker1918 aprilwalker1918@maillsk.com 172.71.154.178
    tillyrister tillyrister@kakaoemail.kr 172.71.158.68
    ka.rlo.s.7.6.hy.a.n.itos ka.rlo.s.7.6.hy.a.n.itos@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    zdxbzopd zdxbzopd@fringmail.com 172.71.154.179
    elizabethdavis9427gi39 elizabethdavis9427gi39@d.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.248.83
    sarahbrown6537hbj5 sarahbrown6537hbj5@gsasearchengineranker.guru 102.165.53.55
    lasonyamacgregor lasonyamacgregor@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.158.68
    harriettgumm422 harriettgumm422@hidebox.org 172.71.158.68
    202:8071:5160:100:5:57:96:58 202:8071:5160:100:5:57:96:58 120.40.130.70
    subbota788 subbota788@mail.ru 176.96.138.125
    manager202-361-1309ccarter manager202-361-1309ccarter@bqmi.com 120.40.130.70
    pam-mcarthur78 pam-mcarthur78@balm.beachtenenglisch.click 162.158.167.133
    Raquel7334 raquelwurfel82@lower.ehomu.com 196.198.13.159
    4gerejujjik 4gerejujjik@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    williamsekamatte.davsafaris williamsekamatte.davsafaris@gmail.com 41.210.143.177
    202:1810:1:100:146:2:8314:579 202:1810:1:100:146:2:8314:579 120.40.130.70
    mmuvmfoi mmuvmfoi@duhastmail.com 104.22.17.127
    carlosallen carlosallen@eurovip.club 178.171.42.7
    johnjackson2138bfaj johnjackson2138bfaj@c.travel-e-store.com 23.229.105.41
    deliashowalter deliashowalter@mailcatch.com 162.158.167.134
    joshuamartin24571uil joshuamartin24571uil@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.69.134.83
    202:1808:70:6:66:576:44:4310 202:1808:70:6:66:576:44:4310 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:40:700:9911:7718:56:200 202:1810:40:700:9911:7718:56:200 120.40.130.70
    ag.g.et.85hov.a.rd ag.g.et.85hov.a.rd@gmail.com 84.239.41.143
    202:1808:1:52:8061:2010:3490:167 202:1808:1:52:8061:2010:3490:167 120.40.130.70
    mabelmabel mabelmabel@volopa.topgun.fit 162.158.167.134
    202:03:8:3500:9428:71:23:5539 202:03:8:3500:9428:71:23:5539 120.40.130.70
    alximikkobra9 alximikkobra9@emailn.de 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8:3500:9428:71:23:5539 202:03:8:3500:9428:71:23:5539 120.40.130.70
    maksim.pavlov208 maksim.pavlov208@casinotds.xyz 172.71.154.179
    christopherjohnson4075vkt3 christopherjohnson4075vkt3@b.welcometotijuana.com 162.158.167.133
    202:1810:829:200:8:988:77:498 202:1810:829:200:8:988:77:498 120.40.130.70
    2001:168:3779:6800:5:694:23:64 2001:168:3779:6800:5:694:23:64 120.40.130.70
    2601:283:488:150:32:2156:238:2 2601:283:488:150:32:2156:238:2 120.40.130.70
    gwendolynshea1955 gwendolynshea1955@fringmail.com 149.33.14.52
    alessandro.materazzetti alessandro.materazzetti@gbsapri.it 120.40.130.70
    ka.rlo.s.7.6h.yanit.o.s. ka.rlo.s.7.6h.yanit.o.s.@gmail.com 84.239.41.8
    202:8108:8125:100:521:534:5:2 202:8108:8125:100:521:534:5:2 120.40.130.70
    kellieeubank9167 kellieeubank9167@netdeal.site 45.130.81.72
    l.u.ckyf.e.e.tsh.oes.6.5 l.u.ckyf.e.e.tsh.oes.6.5@gmail.com 172.71.158.68
    202:03:863:301:6:6074:56:9314 202:03:863:301:6:6074:56:9314 120.40.130.70
    osipova.liliia.1986.22.12 osipova.liliia.1986.22.12@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    gladislovegrove214 gladislovegrove214@imhotester.forum 23.236.148.68
    Derekexpof toktobayeva.nata@mail.ru 84.54.44.19
    202:1810:953:00:97:62::178 202:1810:953:00:97:62::178 120.40.130.70
    johnbrown2807v5pk johnbrown2807v5pk@b.welcometotijuana.com 23.236.243.218
    patriciamartinez67451yst patriciamartinez67451yst@f.seoautomationpro.com 66.63.185.21
    sschack sschack@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    ferdinandconsiden ferdinandconsiden@pw.epac.to 104.22.17.127
    linoallan linoallan@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    quentincrace3691 quentincrace3691@spambog.ru 172.69.134.83
    kxte kxte@goshop1888.shop 111.240.192.100
    202:3100:6081:00:512:5439:57:2219 202:3100:6081:00:512:5439:57:2219 120.40.130.70
    201:599:41:992:635:1559:322:901 201:599:41:992:635:1559:322:901 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:907:18:311:3144 202:8108:8125:100:907:18:311:3144 120.40.130.70
    Karin0183040 anthonythomas90770uac@bestvpsfor.xyz 156.241.198.104
    leid stfr1416@proton.me 192.165.200.22
    wuqunykx wuqunykx@wildbmail.com 104.22.20.234
    202:020:54:4:580:03:4879:115 202:020:54:4:580:03:4879:115 120.40.130.70
    201:599:41:992:635:1559:322:901 201:599:41:992:635:1559:322:901 120.40.130.70
    susanmoore21253jrl susanmoore21253jrl@gsasearchenginerankervps.com 196.51.58.37
    jessicamartin7551qf30 jessicamartin7551qf30@d.welcometotijuana.com 23.229.114.165
    3geretujjiki 3geretujjiki@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    paolaschneider481642x80 paolaschneider481642x80@seoautomationpro.com. 103.207.2.131
    dakotasousa dakotasousa@satisfaction.virginvoyages.click 104.22.17.126
    beau.lower beau.lower@mygsamail.site 162.158.167.134
    jerrodbegg jerrodbegg@mailwhatmail.com 212.34.139.107
    qq qq@crowdexpress.org. 8.210.139.47
    202:46:71:0:24:863:127:2846 202:46:71:0:24:863:127:2846 120.40.130.70
    andreamoroney andreamoroney@admiralx-challenge.top 120.40.130.70
    zzvzr76205 zzvzr76205@zornrax.cfd 216.106.183.189