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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 - 16 Sep 2026 8:10 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,345
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    ooxfscnmrkt ooxfscnmrkt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    dnfdgoph dnfdgoph@fuhrenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    khzlqaenfkr khzlqaenfkr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    magdalena.markham-6472 magdalena.markham-6472@gsa.fghe.store 140.235.169.91
    ifkbswaiskt ifkbswaiskt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    syxcjoggspr syxcjoggspr@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    uumiokuxwpl uumiokuxwpl@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    ewieduko ewieduko@mail.ru 162.158.167.144
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 195.2.71.225
    HoustonChiaramon alliesima@veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    JayneConeybeer soonzita@veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    2607:90:37:45:8:472:137:891 2607:90:37:45:8:472:137:891 120.40.130.70
    Shinergyawt en.te.r.off.ic.e22.07202.2.3@gmail.com 141.98.100.204
    Ashton39D59 ashtonmutch5982@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    e.nt.e.ro.f.f.ic.e220.720.2.23 e.nt.e.ro.f.f.ic.e220.720.2.23@gmail.com 172.71.154.169
    AngelikaFehon francislottie@veauly.com 191.101.92.183
    Wixc57 Wixc57@mailboxvip.org (empty)
    tdmGeami ivanova.l66ed@rambler.ru 195.200.28.67
    margieflorez77 margieflorez77@brivex.veranta.eu 172.71.154.169
    6992 6992@farironalds.com 172.69.135.14
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    randifreytag819 randifreytag819@mailmenot.io 172.69.135.14
    muzogbiomo muzogbiomo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    introduction-events-sts introduction-events-sts@uva.nl 120.40.130.70
    Stacie1088 franklindelphia@veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    elliotsimas60 elliotsimas60@tala.ylixo.com 107.172.139.93
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    2804:298:5434:834:85:816:481:553 2804:298:5434:834:85:816:481:553 120.40.130.70
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 172.69.23.184
    kosarevaalena1981113 kosarevaalena1981113@list.ru 178.20.43.173
    stevenmoore812lymw stevenmoore812lymw@welcometotijuana.com 172.69.23.184
    enwktyfdmOi enwktyfdmOi@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    Charlessak sophia.rodriguez5318@gmx.com 45.74.3.87
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kostyanlixoma kostyanlixoma@mail.ru 178.20.44.82
    FernThrelkeld00 fernthrelkeld.113@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    shaunteedmunds3905 shaunteedmunds3905@gsa.fghe.store 172.71.159.81
    antonioquinto82 antonioquinto82@4048.scalesurge.io 23.80.153.26
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    PearleneFults0 pearlenefults@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    yvonne.grammer5651 yvonne.grammer5651@gsa.fghe.store 104.22.17.79
    Emerson16R emersonnemeth@515511.xyz 192.18.143.53
    milagrosmilagros milagrosmilagros@mukilo.wisecook.xyz 120.40.130.70
    hnghaxuofkn hnghaxuofkn@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    antoniochauncy4142 antoniochauncy4142@anonmails.de 162.158.167.143
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    batlukovgeorgy batlukovgeorgy@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahwilliams1916gyr9 sarahwilliams1916gyr9@budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.154.168
    shaunadey shaunadey@koes.justdied.com 172.71.159.82
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    78331787 78331787@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    dyadyazavune dyadyazavune@mail.ru 172.71.99.63
    ent.eroff.i.ce.2207.2022.3 ent.eroff.i.ce.2207.2022.3@gmail.com 141.98.100.204
    e2571a7d64196840b7a6a044221850fa evolusoulvisionarymusic@gmail.com 2804:210:23:800:162:7:85:359
    lmdtvrrdmEa lmdtvrrdmEa@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    finnward2879 finnward2879@tempr.email 172.71.154.169
    lazkuounaSr lazkuounaSr@savmask.com 120.40.130.70
    78331787 78331787@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    zwrjqonivpr zwrjqonivpr@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    rachelecatlett rachelecatlett@1377.emailma.store 104.22.17.79