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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 - 2 Aug 2026 11:49 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,669
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    202:1810:9402:500:7:957:285:6468 202:1810:9402:500:7:957:285:6468 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:596:800:93:526:873:443 202:1810:596:800:93:526:873:443 120.40.130.70
    JeremyCouvreur jeremy.couvreur@baupo.pl 5.157.5.50
    celiadycus86 celiadycus86@nut.mxdood.com 104.22.20.143
    carolebn1 carolebn1@syy3110.msci28.postmark-relay.top 185.220.101.7
    pk2 pk2@topcrush.org 95.216.44.14
    clairetasman8397 clairetasman8397@wuuvo.com 172.71.159.81
    andrewbianchi78965dsj6 andrewbianchi78965dsj6@seoautomationpro.com 162.158.167.44
    daniilraweha daniilraweha@mail.ru 172.69.23.183
    linacolascione67 linacolascione67@banglamoviespot.com 167.160.78.177
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    wavenoc wavenoc@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    jacklyn jacklyn@c.seoneo.info 172.69.135.14
    LilithKal imjlz@proton.me 2001:68:18:853:45:998:01:827
    li.nks.89ma.s.t. li.nks.89ma.s.t.@gmail.com 104.22.20.142
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    wavecable wavecable@wavecable.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dannielle-dannielle33 dannielle-dannielle33@xapeju.greenweed.sbs 172.71.154.178
    kseniyamonama kseniyamonama@mail.ru 104.22.18.53
    jessicasmith378717yh jessicasmith378717yh@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.159.81
    leomagaggia leomagaggia@healthypplevery.org 66.146.237.10
    movi.em.ar.tc.lu.b movi.em.ar.tc.lu.b@gmail.com 172.71.159.81
    mariam-fultz-caporizzo1 mariam-fultz-caporizzo1@healthypplevery.org 67.218.5.216
    202:1810:42:700:62:6554:248:9452 202:1810:42:700:62:6554:248:9452 120.40.130.70
    info info@zrenergy.hu 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Warner32J61447 warnercallaway97@only.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    g.e.or.g.ecra.wford251005 g.e.or.g.ecra.wford251005@gmail.com 77.238.230.117
    zellarobertson8023 zellarobertson8023@kenari.online 104.22.18.53
    202:1810:42:700:62:6554:248:9452 202:1810:42:700:62:6554:248:9452 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    charli-charli57 charli-charli57@cabeje.smile.coupons 172.69.23.183
    EleanorX74 eleanorjorgenson75@dear.mxdood.com 223.29.254.45
    202:03:11:4501:8408:765:6:943 202:03:11:4501:8408:765:6:943 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vidalcastro038 Eq vidalcastro038+Eq@gmail.com 146.19.125.67
    mill-test-user mill-test-user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ThaoClick6762 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 181.215.16.216
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    richardbrown11229z6x richardbrown11229z6x@c.gsasearchengineranker.com 104.22.18.53
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ashleewaldman5554 ashleewaldman5554@anonmails.de 172.71.154.178
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jack jack@twitter.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kasey-betz.4509 kasey-betz.4509@gsa.fghe.store 81.57.88.246
    mamab2024 pjrmom20@gmail.com 2600:387::31::6
    DawnMackintosh dawnmackintosh9@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.54.52
    jazmin.bello jazmin.bello@fonacot.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    BoydWardell2053 markrodriguez1474pqcd@b.pattaya-mega.com 217.60.120.183
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 162.158.167.44
    luis.santiago luis.santiago@fonacot.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    rodolfo.gabilondo rodolfo.gabilondo@fonacot.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rbbowd rbbowd@cogeco.ca 209.171.85.215
    nylogohz nylogohz@legenmail.com 37.139.53.80
    mill-test-user mill-test-user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    elisha.greathouse elisha.greathouse@mailus.thewisetransfer.click 172.71.159.82
    ivanfuvuso ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    annettlocke annettlocke@gsa.fghe.store 172.71.159.82
    f.oi.wj.e.oj.to.iwj f.oi.wj.e.oj.to.iwj@gmail.com 104.22.18.54
    referenciasbancarias referenciasbancarias@fonacot.gob.mx 120.40.130.70
    SherriCrowder andrewanderson37463xnp@gsasearchengineranker.com 103.240.99.136
    ToniaH473768691 toniarandolph1@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.226