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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 - 5 Sep 2026 4:53 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,107
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    senin.zheka.1980.9.11 senin.zheka.1980.9.11@list.ru 172.71.102.132
    joshuathomas3144j7lw joshuathomas3144j7lw@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.8.127
    olensalo4287 olensalo4287@1secmail.org 89.117.104.18
    jarrod-borovansky jarrod-borovansky@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.43
    DougD45790 doug.tyrell1@df78.zouytr.xyz 217.60.160.32
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    amparofogg49 amparofogg49@thick.mxdood.com 172.71.154.168
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    decanato.comercioyadministracion decanato.comercioyadministracion@umax.edu.py 120.40.130.70
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    vernitasasaki6498 vernitasasaki6498@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.69.23.183
    MaritaO569699530 maritawebber21@.mxdood.com 223.29.254.45
    AnnettVial annett.vial@b47a.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.127.28
    anthonymoore10108vct anthonymoore10108vct@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 172.69.23.183
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    davidsmith9771rtrf davidsmith9771rtrf@d.blog-stuff.com 23.236.144.203
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FloridaBerg095 christophermartin8585t2c6@d.blog-stuff.com 66.63.185.208
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 104.22.20.57
    Rigoberto8789 rigobertodebeuzeville54@yell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    novikovivan1978104 novikovivan1978104@bk.ru 162.158.167.43
    KeriBadgett7168 joshualopez8716y94z@c.pattaya-mega.com 192.186.170.26
    matthewmoore3725phyv matthewmoore3725phyv@e.gsaserbuilder.xyz 172.70.80.222
    mizNep ficlsinswake@gismail.online 45.147.192.184
    disclosure disclosure@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    uwroodwn uwroodwn@firsthidden.com 104.22.20.57
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rz rz@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    jessicasmith25744vw7 jessicasmith25744vw7@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.159.82
    statsig-sdk-releases-inbox statsig-sdk-releases-inbox@openai.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2604:309:27:300:990:935:62:446 2604:309:27:300:990:935:62:446 120.40.130.70
    dalton-blakeley-8970 dalton-blakeley-8970@genshinbox.cc 103.197.168.59
    StephaniaKeel barbarawilson1338sxty@b.resorts-in-asia.com 78.157.213.212
    GabrieleBravo63 myrtleleila@solstris.com 191.101.114.220
    agueda-agueda44 agueda-agueda44@koriva.kanye.online 172.69.135.14
    DorthyMaxwell09 dorthy.dorthy6@dateso.greenweed.sbs 176.126.111.211
    1gerrryhujj 1gerrryhujj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    barbaraanderson381gghd barbaraanderson381gghd@c.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    info info@aston.ru 120.40.130.70
    barbaraanderson381gghd barbaraanderson381gghd@c.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    LuAnn ltammelin@charter.net 24.231.128.184
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DulcieWilbur76 dulciewilbur93@trick.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    barbaraanderson381gghd barbaraanderson381gghd@c.welcometotijuana.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahbrown4603zx2 sarahbrown4603zx2@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.25.125
    ZYODeangelo deangelopark79@nut.mxdood.com 191.101.114.29
    hh.xartxy3618jaebd.com8l7xisogkrd9w3mail.jaebd.com hh.xartxy3618jaebd.com8l7xisogkrd9w3mail.jaebd.com 172.71.154.169
    PiperBower2 charlesjohnson5139h1uv@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 196.51.8.1
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ChristianGuzman Trinitymechanicalsolutionscg@gmail.com 65.188.96.164
    RebeccaHogben jenniferthomas4066ngpt@b.gsavps.xyz 196.51.204.80
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FloreneDinkins florenedinkins@vipitv.com 110.244.98.56
    anitadominique4460 anitadominique4460@asia.dnsabr.com 162.158.167.43
    OZMEssie8423144 essieurban38@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.213
    TahliaBxo9854 tahliaself73@these.veauly.com 144.48.52.206
    AlbertinaBodin3 sherryltrudi@veauly.com 102.165.54.7
    UYFChanel7 karendavis4713257s@a.mustdoindubai.com 66.63.185.96
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    URSKelly5504400 kelly-wolken20@c461.zouytr.xyz 217.60.160.188
    LetaFried30930 letafried33@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.206
    Rosalina76 sarahmoore982vc9a@c.mustdoindubai.com 196.51.11.82
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70