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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 - 30 May 2026 6:58 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,248
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    williemaedonnell36 williemaedonnell36@sito.ivolix.org 120.40.130.70
    6f06fedc9dbf391f2e4fe2e0b1ac1c78 6f06fedc9dbf391f2e4fe2e0b1ac1c78@sentry-api.ops.na 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:666:300:8:576:1362:161 202:3100:666:300:8:576:1362:161 120.40.130.70
    kingfite8879 kingfite8879@tribunnews.page 172.71.158.68
    olaf-pueschel olaf-pueschel@t-online.de 172.69.23.193
    206:701:42:2000:26:43:280:49 206:701:42:2000:26:43:280:49 120.40.130.70
    guerfupe guerfupe@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    lakeishagarten46 lakeishagarten46@tapi.ylixo.com 172.71.154.179
    CarltonAlngindab quiana@awsome-gadgets.com 167.71.42.89
    stephaniadescoteaux5658 stephaniadescoteaux5658@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    ZulmaMcKenzie08 zulmamckenzie35@slide.veauly.com 103.221.232.201
    niklas.schlink.6202 niklas.schlink.6202@cryptoboss023.site 72.56.159.227
    so.kol.q.u.ee.nf.ore.ve.r so.kol.q.u.ee.nf.ore.ve.r@gmail.com 172.69.23.194
    pricilla pricilla@i.cosmicbridge.site 184.181.217.213
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hv8i825j4 hv8i825j4@qzoreteam.ru 195.209.216.160
    willodean willodean@a.echocosmos.online 185.47.131.108
    rochelleabendroth730 rochelleabendroth730@t.woeishyang.com 104.22.20.142
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    ChanelHoward252 chanelhoward27@river.muzaco.com 144.48.52.206
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    christoperbloom6753 christoperbloom6753@adult-work.info 216.26.241.117
    UlyssesChaffin gvejmqvm@duhastmail.com 64.31.3.126
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dimanoyopa dimanoyopa@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    fish76-07 fish76-07@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    thomasmartinez3051aj1u thomasmartinez3051aj1u@c.verifiedlinklist.com 162.158.167.134
    galeisaacs galeisaacs@latbet.click 172.71.158.69
    georgiannagarica georgiannagarica@1mail.x24hr.com 172.71.158.69
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    2607:90:311:18:2:351:690:34 2607:90:311:18:2:351:690:34 120.40.130.70
    ninavochujo ninavochujo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    wallycolebe4316 wallycolebe4316@pecinan.net 104.22.17.127
    ChristinHolguin christinholguin23@nor.mxdood.com 102.165.53.252
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SidneyBroadway shantaedusty@solstris.com 196.198.13.252
    nancee.mccranie79 nancee.mccranie79@d17d.scalesurge.io 38.57.255.145
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    VanceGdu11 vancepark94@feed.cdfaq.com 191.101.114.223
    wolfgangduigan wolfgangduigan@adult-work.info 104.22.20.143
    emmettrector6454 emmettrector6454@anonmails.de 104.22.17.126
    ozpantylover ozpantylover@pm.me 103.216.220.123
    cl.ini.cfo.r.h.i.m7.6 cl.ini.cfo.r.h.i.m7.6@gmail.com 172.71.158.69
    mktmkpof mktmkpof@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    localrepo localrepo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    neddunckley neddunckley@sdbbs.cc 162.158.167.134
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    some some@example.com 120.40.130.70
    FelicitasO54 chun@awsome-gadgets.com 192.252.211.197
    sdcard61 sdcard61@mail.blogwebsite.top 120.40.130.70
    alexisltt alexisltt@yahoo.com.tw 2001:400:23:18:56:221:89:04
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    walter-perkin walter-perkin@b4b0.bestsmmservice.online 172.71.158.68
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kristalwoolls kristalwoolls@lajoska.pe.hu 104.22.17.127
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    qszfqqcf qszfqqcf@duhastmail.com 64.31.3.126
    ElliotDale55 elliotdale28@these.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    BasilEpps20750 basil-epps45@fadems.org.br 104.249.46.64
    202:475:2438:0:51::768:71 202:475:2438:0:51::768:71 120.40.130.70
    RolandoGilman rolandogilman7@only.veauly.com 181.215.16.238
    yedognip yedognip@ak.gy 202.14.5.167
    sarahj sarahj@eurovip.club 181.177.86.18
    202:1808:4:66:0:755:1841:38 202:1808:4:66:0:755:1841:38 120.40.130.70