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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 - 21 Aug 2026 10:17 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,443
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    agustinzinn3 agustinzinn3@korvit.zerivo.eu 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    p.w.o.e.iur p.w.o.e.iur@gmail.com 172.96.95.138
    yanlv yanlv@mail.ru 212.74.196.217
    Dannyel mubus@ruutukf.com 66.163.112.120
    raliwi1981 raliwi1981@rambler.ru 83.217.211.45
    tiffanistecker tiffanistecker@byte1.ru 120.40.130.70
    DeetheLMT161 chelseymelvin6@healthypplevery.org 139.180.225.212
    ValeriaMendenhal valeriamendenhall63@slow.pettin.com 23.95.81.223
    MelisaMoon675 gg@funny-names.net 77.73.8.105
    MelisaMoon675 gg@funny-names.net 2602:873:13:1100:0:1:24:98
    GemmaPritchard3 arturoshannan@solstris.com 177.234.143.137
    paulthomas729339nh paulthomas729339nh@backlinks.monster 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ZIUVirginia williamtaylor6163xaij@b.pattaya-mega.com 94.46.184.167
    205:014:61:270:2319:06:225:78 205:014:61:270:2319:06:225:78 120.40.130.70
    zndpnwccxg zndpnwccxg@rambler.ru 98.159.36.20
    Domenic9777 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 177.234.143.137
    corinebrandenburg corinebrandenburg@mailtech.ro 89.45.125.115
    MickeyLavoie231 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 102.165.54.227
    dorotheaca dorothea.cadell9948@birulangit.dev 107.150.80.180
    br.cbr br.cbr@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    dessig dessig@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    b.e.n.nie.ch.a.vez6.18.6 b.e.n.nie.ch.a.vez6.18.6@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    giorgio.dessi giorgio.dessi@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    ettore.denunzio ettore.denunzio@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    giuseppe1.caruso giuseppe1.caruso@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    antonio.dellamonaco antonio.dellamonaco@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    9st-ead 9st-ead@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    fabrizio.vignozzi fabrizio.vignozzi@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    lindahernandez1102x5by lindahernandez1102x5by@backlinks.monster 120.40.130.70
    tcrrsuduipi tcrrsuduipi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    mlctcsmqupi mlctcsmqupi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    uikvnulf uikvnulf@analismail.com 162.158.79.5
    b.enniecha.v.e.z.61.8.6 b.enniecha.v.e.z.61.8.6@gmail.com 104.28.246.128
    juliettegao juliettegao@qq.com 2001:8004:450:978:06:45:1686:469
    2601:84:400:470:5802:9:136:2046 2601:84:400:470:5802:9:136:2046 120.40.130.70
    2604:309:27:300:463:636:8:85 2604:309:27:300:463:636:8:85 120.40.130.70
    KaitlynCooch kaitlyncooch45@slow.pettin.com 102.165.54.52
    lnbvyngkupi lnbvyngkupi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    avmarichev avmarichev@mail.ru 92.36.17.210
    andrea.tagliavento andrea.tagliavento@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    ettore.denunzio ettore.denunzio@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    antonio.dellamonaco antonio.dellamonaco@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    br.cbr br.cbr@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    frikkiefakeaccount12928383 frikkiefakeaccount12928383@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    fabrizio.vignozzi fabrizio.vignozzi@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    SIYEugenia eugeniaeugenia@yetovo.musicart.club 31.134.15.164
    202:420:2293:7876:0:249:938:75 202:420:2293:7876:0:249:938:75 120.40.130.70
    giorgio.dessi giorgio.dessi@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    9st-ead 9st-ead@aeronautica.difesa.it 120.40.130.70
    CorineColby corinecolby79@put.pettin.com 191.101.92.175
    WJMLouise948 louisethornton50@seat.muzaco.com 191.101.92.175
    kiril.momchev kiril.momchev@abv.bg 78.133.236.132
    rttfrifzjKi rttfrifzjKi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    hinnagbojerusalemlaurence+d1 hinnagbojerusalemlaurence+d1@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    ma.riefer.nandez17030.3 ma.riefer.nandez17030.3@gmail.com 89.110.100.148
    CharaZarate5 klaudiachadwick@solstris.com 191.101.114.68
    u.fukopu.w.20 u.fukopu.w.20@gmail.com 195.200.16.14
    dewxacfpaPl dewxacfpaPl@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    Valorie2444 valoriesolberg52@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.227
    JasonNax maksimovvadimsq0863@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    poyaxed poyaxed@poppmailnewr.com 120.40.130.70
    UtaHirschfeld89 wpremetatiuer94@nestmailbox.com 217.60.116.53
    2001:100:79:4800:9:36:224:3869 2001:100:79:4800:9:36:224:3869 120.40.130.70
    KingLattimore04 kinglattimore30@yell.milkgg.com 23.95.81.223
    BernardoMaurice bernardobernardo17@patuju.greenweed.sbs 94.154.127.123
    jeanett.crookes jeanett.crookes@a.lovepettoys.shop 120.40.130.70
    202:420:2214:067:40:75:63:8035 202:420:2214:067:40:75:63:8035 120.40.130.70
    TeganEtter315 teganetter17@feed.cdfaq.com 102.165.55.164
    magdabolt992 magdabolt992@versewears.com 120.40.130.70
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    abc abc@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
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    ghost ghost@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    bounces bounces@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    service service@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    iris.mailer iris.mailer@mailgun.org 120.40.130.70
    JoshuaBracegirdl charlesknowlton@samaltour.site 192.198.126.139
    arturo.alonso-sandoval arturo.alonso-sandoval@okhouse.gov 120.40.130.70