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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 - 23 Apr 2026 5:30 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,926
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    vfrxrgij vfrxrgij@duhastmail.com 172.71.154.179
    ebonyhoddle25 ebonyhoddle25@tapi.claxyn.org 172.71.158.69
    donettechittenden donettechittenden@pw.epac.to 223.29.253.233
    GeorgettaJessop georgetta.georgetta@tapanu.sweetmom.cv 104.207.43.54
    2603:8002:0:210:69:20:845:657 2603:8002:0:210:69:20:845:657 120.40.130.70
    Leonardo0100 leonardoroddy62@mode.ehomu.com 181.215.16.216
    ramylgilmanov ramylgilmanov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    a.m.al75.ge.n.r.ick.s a.m.al75.ge.n.r.ick.s@gmail.com 84.239.43.59
    zam.o.kpet.ro.vs.ky202.3 zam.o.kpet.ro.vs.ky202.3@gmail.com 162.158.167.134
    genesisgenesis77 genesisgenesis77@sowuko.commumail.xyz 104.22.17.126
    fletanowell2999 fletanowell2999@alightmotion.id 162.158.167.133
    seanwells seanwells@sansan160.asianwebs.click 104.22.20.142
    Chau58L411 latricemeeson1058@anonmails.de 194.33.38.215
    danek506 danek506@wp.pl 120.40.130.70
    LorrieLoman877 miltonbackhaus7593@1secmail.com 172.93.188.91
    iaopckwz iaopckwz@vargosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    brigettesteadman brigettesteadman@81e9.rshrthertherth.net 172.71.154.178
    janineboismenu.7975 janineboismenu.7975@strategyinsights.xyz 104.22.20.142
    guadalupe.bon guadalupe.bon@fpsrealm.xyz 172.71.158.69
    rudolphmyers7113 rudolphmyers7113@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.23.194
    andrewanderson6813lll2 andrewanderson6813lll2@a.resorts-in-asia.com 98.178.72.21
    GracielaBaughman gracielabaughman32@cool.muzaco.com 191.101.114.39
    yasminkohl su.r.e.p.orn20.07@gmail.com 121.169.46.116
    CoreyBeaver3245 kathrynreed@solstris.com 102.165.53.105
    2601:380:8580:70:064:8:7038:78 2601:380:8580:70:064:8:7038:78 120.40.130.70
    hildegardegillingham.6538 hildegardegillingham.6538@funnyaussiesigns.com 193.149.225.79
    ThaoBird217822 thaobird74@mode.ehomu.com 196.198.13.252
    TraceyElias0 arturoshannan@solstris.com 144.48.52.31
    2603:3014:145:100:08:46:7:6836 2603:3014:145:100:08:46:7:6836 120.40.130.70
    a.m.al7.5.genr.icks a.m.al7.5.genr.icks@gmail.com 104.22.20.143
    Reliable-Ozempic-Purchase7744 ingeborgschmitz98@tapi.vexint.com 102.165.1.245
    202:3100:645:000:910:29:94:729 202:3100:645:000:910:29:94:729 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:8890:679:4:1557:47:258 2607:91:8890:679:4:1557:47:258 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:8890:679:4:1557:47:258 2607:91:8890:679:4:1557:47:258 120.40.130.70
    pasqualemackinnon pasqualemackinnon@1mail.x24hr.com 162.158.167.134
    WilfredSeal jessmyles@solstris.com 45.125.245.141
    remontbytex remontbytex@yandex.ru 5.139.232.4
    iaopckwz iaopckwz@vargosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    AlfredNicholls9 alfrednicholls94@river.muzaco.com 191.101.114.29
    poppysallee poppysallee@dvd.dns-cloud.net 146.103.1.168
    lynellsocha lynellsocha@help.gatewayrealestate.click 104.22.20.142
    ihnxaxaq ihnxaxaq@duhastmail.com 64.31.3.126
    iaopckwz iaopckwz@vargosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ppbujkisjq ppbujkisjq@rambler.ru 172.69.23.193
    beatrizstock3763 beatrizstock3763@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 89.21.85.28
    20:8142:9:25:20:4:6:7516 20:8142:9:25:20:4:6:7516 120.40.130.70
    blytheten39 blytheten39@list.cdfaq.com 172.69.134.82
    KeriNess5389898 keriness20@panel.cdfaq.com 103.221.232.106
    PennyMajeski12 pennymajeski24@river.muzaco.com 103.221.232.201
    ThaliaSkirving ellaspringthorpe3621@anonmails.de 185.166.161.177
    cqqdvpxpmKr cqqdvpxpmKr@kavkazmaz.ru 104.22.20.142
    2heregyhujju 2heregyhujju@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    vhytceygqKr vhytceygqKr@kavkazmaz.ru 104.22.17.127
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    bowpanaxaKr bowpanaxaKr@kavkazmaz.ru 172.71.154.178
    carolinelashley69 carolinelashley69@quickreply.beachflag.click 172.69.134.83
    abe-dartnell abe-dartnell@articl.biz 104.22.17.126
    2001:108:60:100:5:408:480:68 2001:108:60:100:5:408:480:68 120.40.130.70
    SunnySynan6 sunnysynan91@panel.cdfaq.com 102.165.54.218
    cribs1126h elviratober49@seti.ivolix.org 102.165.0.112
    2001:100:381:800:4186:552:16:98 2001:100:381:800:4186:552:16:98 120.40.130.70
    marcel-ackermann marcel-ackermann@emailsystems.shop 209.242.211.150
    barbarawilson8142tov6 barbarawilson8142tov6@verifiedlinklist.com 64.188.3.193
    200:20:010:844:135:3926:1:231 200:20:010:844:135:3926:1:231 120.40.130.70
    antoniettaantonietta antoniettaantonietta@fijini.mexicans.pro 172.71.158.69
    mavis.muramats95 mavis.muramats95@b005.klivo.online 172.71.158.68
    landnoconpu1970 landnoconpu1970@mailopenz.com 104.22.20.142
    francescason-1044 francescason-1044@articl.biz 162.158.167.133