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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 Jul 2026 6:18 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,125
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    fredfeilhaber-reiner31 fredfeilhaber-reiner31@healthypplevery.org 172.71.159.82
    lindamiller7369zlq6 lindamiller7369zlq6@travel-e-store.com 104.22.18.53
    doloresjessie doloresjessie@veauly.com 172.69.135.14
    avaesd avaesd@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    li.nk.s8.9.m.a.st li.nk.s8.9.m.a.st@gmail.com 104.28.246.127
    mariannebrittny mariannebrittny@veauly.com 172.71.159.82
    malikovalv83w malikovalv83w@rambler.ru 152.232.66.158
    tacusol-6816 tacusol-6816@mail.ru 162.158.167.127
    ian ian@deathe.net 2605:590:462:3110:2:9:2:48
    ian ian@deathe.net 2605:590:467:110::202:0:556
    2601:40:4000:570:1874:30:35:67 2601:40:4000:570:1874:30:35:67 120.40.130.70
    m9ltaaa m9ltaaa@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ian ian@deathe.net 174.91.119.78
    ian ian@deathe.net 184.144.9.25
    traceyfk69 traceyfk69@noc4210.ko39.lavabitmail.digital 45.84.107.97
    genaelphinstone genaelphinstone@fbviamail.com 82.24.232.245
    patriciabrown9929zyvv patriciabrown9929zyvv@e.welcometotijuana.com 172.71.159.81
    jodiemcgough jodiemcgough@1secmail.com 162.158.167.127
    tamiekaylene tamiekaylene@veauly.com 172.69.135.14
    2804:30:3:9765:356:2801:5012:438 2804:30:3:9765:356:2801:5012:438 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:404:200::5843 2001:410:404:200::5843 120.40.130.70
    JoniFritz927448 joni.fritz@grumm.pl 196.242.89.97
    tchi tchi@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    JustinLindley justin-calabro@inssein-mit-mir.net 148.59.184.115
    StefanieBanning stefaniecelanza@take-ur-vites.org.org 167.160.79.249
    mahdesai mahdesai@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    jiangu jiangu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Ofelia9560 ofeliaofelia74@lajaga.commumail.xyz 45.141.128.221
    CliffordMarrone clifford.clifford@ciyuya.kanye.online 31.134.13.50
    yulyagabipo yulyagabipo@mail.ru 62.113.113.162
    gsa13 gsa13@webclouddata.pl 172.71.159.81
    ycjtjc85 ycjtjc85@aviator-game-best.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:8:711:646:00:1:23:3 2001:8:711:646:00:1:23:3 120.40.130.70
    celsajamika celsajamika@veauly.com 162.158.167.128
    es.a.su.ripu.r18 es.a.su.ripu.r18@gmail.com 172.71.159.82
    chelewis chelewis@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    klyert klyert@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    10747264 10747264@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    wilburdobson wilburdobson@web.run.place 172.69.23.184
    505310836 505310836@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    laylawampler50 laylawampler50@enarix.nexanta.eu 172.71.159.81
    Andreyabsu Andreyabsu@mail.ru 84.22.197.120
    romeoboyle romeo-boyle@graniteloom.com 191.96.106.146
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    aurelio-fortin18 aurelio-fortin18@heartvistanow.com 104.22.18.54
    zita.summy zita.summy@sanad.top 162.158.167.128
    poxege8652 poxege8652@jobraux.com 204:7:100:96:69:166:236:93
    namelessgoodddess matthewdumbs@gmail.com 212.102.46.72
    j0utz8eafxt j0utz8eafxt@kanyeomg.com 104.22.18.53
    ReaganMcGrowdie reaganmcgrowdie89@put.pettin.com 43.225.191.224
    2402:8780:1063:50:4:607:945:7 2402:8780:1063:50:4:607:945:7 120.40.130.70
    uba.ce.hugazi.065 uba.ce.hugazi.065@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    DanielleKohn417 daniellekohn46@iverant.orvionix.eu 23.105.151.33
    royjanine royjanine@veauly.com 104.22.20.143
    YaniraNicolay8 dessiecaridad@veauly.com 192.241.72.123
    2607:91:258:930:39:57:7056:77 2607:91:258:930:39:57:7056:77 120.40.130.70
    serkank serkank@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    carlo.cattaneo1002007 carlo.cattaneo1002007@yahoo.com 120.40.130.70
    2003::872:891:216:40:724:7122 2003::872:891:216:40:724:7122 120.40.130.70
    TLNFoster870 hollissterling@solstris.com 198.23.169.32
    nzhmcf53 nzhmcf53@aviator-game-best.com 120.40.130.70
    YvonneJelks420 yvonnejelks64@trick.veauly.com 191.101.114.21
    gildatopp9190 gildatopp9190@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
    OnaJunker898 danieljackson7934ip2h@a.blog-stuff.com 66.63.178.177
    muratg muratg@logo.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:903:4700:9:82:5981:484 202:1810:903:4700:9:82:5981:484 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    svetlanaxopome svetlanaxopome@mail.ru 104.22.18.54
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    carloshamlet carloshamlet@pecinan.net 172.69.23.183
    20:5687:5:425:52:20:64:12 20:5687:5:425:52:20:64:12 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70