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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 - 24 Jun 2026 10:44 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,410
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    floriancouture floriancouture@quickreply.51tiemo.com 172.71.159.82
    samiracamidge samiracamidge@8e4c.scalesurge.io 172.71.154.179
    rbw5pv7jkv7 rbw5pv7jkv7@kanyeomg.com 162.158.167.121
    krislesouef23 krislesouef23@carne.blyxen.com 104.22.17.127
    zara.woolnough.3392 zara.woolnough.3392@gizbos4532.top 172.71.154.179
    278377292 278377292@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    andrewmoore3192h9h7 andrewmoore3192h9h7@backlinks.monster 192.126.252.82
    jill jill@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    jerome jerome@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    20:8143:942:918:174:::7 20:8143:942:918:174:::7 120.40.130.70
    nitrenanyu nitrenanyu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    10fsfgslwrgw 10fsfgslwrgw@seomodul.ru 195.209.218.175
    matthewrodriguez8852ici6 matthewrodriguez8852ici6@travel-e-store.com 104.22.20.143
    paige paige@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    jennifer jennifer@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    todd todd@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    eric eric@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    andrew.amm andrew.amm@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    contact contact@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    Lilian30N580 wddylifetpr90@nestmailbox.com 196.51.76.255
    laceychurch laceychurch@twitch.work 120.40.130.70
    PaulineKnorr jackferrari926540ks2@a.seoautomationpro.com 80.65.220.61
    20:8141:9:29:926:52:35:338 20:8141:9:29:926:52:35:338 120.40.130.70
    780350131 780350131@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    JaquelineStorm6 susanmartin4769p7g1@b.verifiedlinklist.com 156.241.246.63
    odessavalladares5 odessavalladares5@deny.milkgg.com 172.71.154.178
    BritneyMeiners8 jessicataylor7007k35j@b.travel-e-store.com 209.101.150.99
    stellamccorkle stellamccorkle@spambog.com 162.158.167.121
    maricruzwaid6520 maricruzwaid6520@asia.dnsabr.com 82.47.253.76
    roseanna-roseanna roseanna-roseanna@katixe.fuc.best 172.69.135.13
    Geri09L35534149 elizabethjohnson97000l5i@gsasearchengineranker.gur 69.4.90.24
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    donotuse donotuse@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bogie bogie@example.com 120.40.130.70
    v v@example.com 120.40.130.70
    JennyCorones6 jenniferthomas6709b3cs@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 151.247.53.98
    none none@example.com 120.40.130.70
    merican merican@cialis-otc.com 5.3.218.164
    alice+sigtest alice+sigtest@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Rdx64 Rdx64@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blueplanet blueplanet@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vlas vlas@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jdoe jdoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    HeleneOGrady sarahrodriguez392lvfg@gsasearchengineranker.shop 192.186.131.45
    nino nino@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SherlynRemley63 wmangosolovely3pr90@nestmailbox.com 23.236.236.71
    xyovsbtlase xyovsbtlase@kanyeomg.com 104.22.20.143
    kennith-colleano58 kennith-colleano58@1fdd.getmerankings.store 193.24.208.14
    tester8888 tester8888@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sherrievasser22 sherrievasser22@toy.pettin.com 172.71.159.82
    HildegardeKuster wdraethuhbr90@nestmailbox.com 196.51.76.255
    matthewbrown6054k8x8 matthewbrown6054k8x8@f.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.95.171
    scorpius scorpius@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hello hello@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test3 test3@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user01 user01@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yongblackman93 yongblackman93@slide.veauly.com 172.71.154.179
    ip-172-24-2-38-root ip-172-24-2-38-root@example.com 120.40.130.70
    eleanorebourchier87 eleanorebourchier87@helovin.orvionix.eu 172.69.135.14
    suzannemcdowall59 suzannemcdowall59@fox.claxyn.com 120.40.130.70
    sakldfj sakldfj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RobertoToomey34 sanv9jessenia@gmx.com 98.158.235.230
    lonniegarran3065 lonniegarran3065@discardmail.com 162.158.167.122
    Dale583975495 donaldwilson270adn6@b.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.23.100
    jennifer jennifer@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    youpiefofo youpiefofo@yopmail.com 120.40.130.70
    jerome jerome@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    xrumer23zokep xrumer23zokep@gmail.com 157.22.124.27
    ralftreacy63 ralftreacy63@good.oxilv.com 162.158.167.121
    paige paige@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    jill jill@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    reginaspragg reginaspragg@shopaccmmo.com 120.40.130.70
    aoifeesposito60718 aoifeesposito60718@a.seoautomationpro.com 23.236.172.122
    alt.c1-6o9pp0dy alt.c1-6o9pp0dy@yopmail.com 120.40.130.70
    contact contact@your-type.com 120.40.130.70
    andrew.amm andrew.amm@your-type.com 120.40.130.70