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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 - 30 Aug 2026 1:55 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,009
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    dorotheah dorotheah@example.org 120.40.130.70
    x.y x.y@example.org 120.40.130.70
    ayyhltucdsl ayyhltucdsl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    kkbmnyhhiPt kkbmnyhhiPt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jeansebastien.gaudreau jeansebastien.gaudreau@hotmail.com 64.72.253.46
    2601:602:801:2480:20:970:2844:793 2601:602:801:2480:20:970:2844:793 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nope nope@example.org 120.40.130.70
    quinncurrier3097 quinncurrier3097@adult-work.info 104.22.20.142
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    MilesHite160 juliennedakota@solstris.com 223.29.254.39
    gnpdevvudPt gnpdevvudPt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    roseannroseann roseannroseann@fitabu.carshop.work 64.49.36.213
    2804:14:4683:9098:419:8:70:6281 2804:14:4683:9098:419:8:70:6281 120.40.130.70
    bruskksjhPi bruskksjhPi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    EpifaniaMussen3 epifania.epifania22@hexezo.topgun.fit 185.94.32.36
    clwfyyvasmr clwfyyvasmr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    selina.meudell8873 selina.meudell8873@xmail.cam 162.158.167.43
    piprefitwo piprefitwo@mail.ru 104.22.18.53
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    RICKIE datsrickie@gmail.com 41.59.9.235
    kjpjcexg kjpjcexg@blackfirsta.com 104.22.18.54
    corey.jacquetvirtual-ventures.us corey.jacquetvirtual-ventures.us 120.40.130.70
    201:599:08:14:984:821:647:38 201:599:08:14:984:821:647:38 120.40.130.70
    bykovvalentinrk2884 bykovvalentinrk2884@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    corey.jacquetvirtual-ventures.us corey.jacquetvirtual-ventures.us 120.40.130.70
    lindamartinez41648qeg lindamartinez41648qeg@f.welcometotijuana.com 156.230.193.190
    essielangler3473 essielangler3473@mailmenot.io 104.22.20.142
    ivanfaliso ivanfaliso@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    kdxkbvfz kdxkbvfz@blackfirsta.com 172.69.23.183
    BenjaminGloeckne benjamingloeckner66@deny.milkgg.com 196.198.13.165
    n.ep.ezu.ji.n42.9 n.ep.ezu.ji.n42.9@gmail.com 65.21.232.200
    2404:0:01:410:5:22:107:842 2404:0:01:410:5:22:107:842 120.40.130.70
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.64.192.217
    brittkiddle4449 brittkiddle4449@spambog.com 172.69.23.184
    StephenPus svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 178.20.45.159
    tpencdmdrpt tpencdmdrpt@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    oilhgdkpxPi oilhgdkpxPi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    MiriamHewitt813 miriamhewitt40@nor.mxdood.com 181.215.16.213
    thomaslopez8880022h thomaslopez8880022h@e.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.103.132
    donaldmartin10946uo4 donaldmartin10946uo4@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 120.40.130.70
    johniefraire johniefraire@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.44
    DonVincent zscid754n@mozmail.com 85.114.197.253
    woo.df.ordj.a.m.e.s.o.n.4. woo.df.ordj.a.m.e.s.o.n.4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    mamieculley mamieculley@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.135.13
    nike4241nike nike4241nike@example.org 120.40.130.70
    2001:861:38:640:888:4:57:66 2001:861:38:640:888:4:57:66 120.40.130.70
    tabithabutt92 tabithabutt92@51tiemo.com 172.71.154.178
    ivanov.i ivanov.i@example.org 120.40.130.70
    eduard-danilo-96 eduard-danilo-96@mail.ru 82.144.66.59
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23Tom xrumer23Tom@andro-players.com 120.40.130.70
    adolfolouis2596 adolfolouis2596@kenari.online 104.22.18.54
    MelissaRuckman melissa-melissa@vutatu.mailbook.xyz 212.87.219.194
    mail mail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    lena.delemer lena.delemer@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    signatures signatures@example.org 120.40.130.70
    testuser5 testuser5@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mail mail@example.org 120.40.130.70
    testuser5 testuser5@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mark mark@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test1 test1@example.org 120.40.130.70
    vinz16 vinz16@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jon.smith jon.smith@example.org 120.40.130.70
    acdipr acdipr@example.org 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.org 120.40.130.70
    caitlinpippin caitlinpippin@sentimentdate.com 223.73.39.23
    mustermann mustermann@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jhacker jhacker@example.org 120.40.130.70
    mallory mallory@example.org 120.40.130.70
    signatures signatures@example.org 120.40.130.70
    lh lh@example.org 120.40.130.70
    name name@example.org 120.40.130.70
    srghost srghost@example.org 120.40.130.70
    jane jane@example.org 120.40.130.70
    try1 try1@example.org 120.40.130.70