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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 - 26 Jul 2026 11:39 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,575
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Aldair washbromai191+sherry@gmail.com 38.43.130.84
    techsupport.pwni techsupport.pwni@kemlu.go.id 120.40.130.70
    neutrino259722 neutrino259722@belettersmail.com 172.69.135.13
    TyrellFletcher tyrellfletcher24@toy.pettin.com 144.48.52.254
    ElvinLoder elvin-loder17@3fa5.darknessfalls.space 96.27.234.99
    DorisParte y.ang.yangya.n.g1.99005.0.5@gmail.com 185.113.139.149
    nikizelman nikizelman@1mail.x24hr.com 162.158.167.128
    finlaykerry finlaykerry@veauly.com 104.22.18.53
    KurtisS214220946 kurtis.knorr@vipitv.com 183.198.172.194
    gay.cavagnetto27 gay.cavagnetto27@healthypplevery.org 130.254.112.15
    jenifer-jenifer jenifer-jenifer@mocenu.casamucho.buzz 172.71.159.81
    ArnoldBalderas arnoldbalderas43@brick.pettin.com 102.165.55.40
    Nydia31U4267426 nydiaeads93@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    hello hello@starlighttech.work 120.40.130.70
    Chasitybeake r.o.o.fe.rmatt.05@gmail.com 216.24.212.232
    202:03:6:101:81:4:21:704 202:03:6:101:81:4:21:704 120.40.130.70
    irinasuvihi irinasuvihi@mail.ru 172.69.23.183
    pe.nemezv7177 pe.nemezv7177@jaebd.com 172.69.23.183
    gagagsgyxjx gagagsgyxjx@mIl.ru 120.40.130.70
    hildredtrammell-2866 hildredtrammell-2866@emailcenter.store 161.184.185.185
    AbrahamHam8 leszack@veauly.com 179.61.156.13
    felix.conti-3387 felix.conti-3387@emailportal.site 142.120.84.121
    AlisonCorona7 maryellentilly@solstris.com 172.245.87.79
    LucieValladares lukeheriberto@solstris.com 181.215.16.213
    2601:348:384:450:273:134:16:7 2601:348:384:450:273:134:16:7 120.40.130.70
    NydiaFreese4363 tomokoleandra@veauly.com 102.165.55.40
    boy boy@example.com 120.40.130.70
    abcde abcde@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Gleetyesomi Gleetyesomi@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testQB testQB@example.com 120.40.130.70
    joe joe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    john.smith john.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testsig+primary testsig+primary@example.com 120.40.130.70
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    foobar foobar@example.com 120.40.130.70
    invalid invalid@example.com 120.40.130.70
    aurel.test aurel.test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    abc abc@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nonexistant nonexistant@example.com 120.40.130.70
    text text@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example13x example13x@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ip-172-24-2-15-root ip-172-24-2-15-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KelleeThrelkeld kelleethrelkeld33@trick.veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    PreciousLuevano preciousluevano60@hell.milkgg.com 154.16.69.146
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    viconia.de.vir viconia.de.vir@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    206:5900:4:600:29:51:22:26 206:5900:4:600:29:51:22:26 120.40.130.70
    deevote8888 deevote8888@example.com 120.40.130.70
    systems systems@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    r.smith r.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ip-172-24-3-195-root ip-172-24-3-195-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ghostrider ghostrider@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fake fake@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    phrixus phrixus@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:03:83:000:109:18:804:361 202:03:83:000:109:18:804:361 120.40.130.70
    ip-172-24-3-190-root ip-172-24-3-190-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alexey-rrr alexey-rrr@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pinkfish9000 pinkfish9000@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cdc-notifier cdc-notifier@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DeloresPurvis70 delorespurvis60@code.milkgg.com 107.158.95.138
    ThurmanKeane328 thurmankeane6038@koiot.de 45.95.118.239
    qq.afbyjk9068jaebd.comb9ual1u8xpdx1tmail.jaebd.com qq.afbyjk9068jaebd.comb9ual1u8xpdx1tmail.jaebd.com 172.69.135.13
    dummy dummy@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BessBruton87 bess-bess@ritumo.noman.cc 194.70.234.108
    202:3100:5875:7500:145:06:57:80 202:3100:5875:7500:145:06:57:80 120.40.130.70
    MaeAhp9691 lo.lo.l.o1.9900.30.3@gmail.com 68.71.249.158
    yakm0 yakm0@pm.me 120.40.130.70
    AugustinaEpp denishateresa@veauly.com 102.165.54.4
    NicholeDxo irageorgina@veauly.com 172.245.75.102
    202:03:8574:201:285:0:4241:82 202:03:8574:201:285:0:4241:82 120.40.130.70
    gavrilov gavrilov@nstu.ru 120.40.130.70
    tristantrey tristantrey@veauly.com 104.22.20.142
    chanel-hilder chanel-hilder@healthypplevery.org 148.59.184.115
    202:03:8574:201:285:0:4241:82 202:03:8574:201:285:0:4241:82 120.40.130.70