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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 - 11 Jun 2026 8:27 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,350
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    m.a.x.dlu.gy m.a.x.dlu.gy@gmail.com 92.119.36.134
    dd dd@ahy.ai 172.71.159.82
    sommer.finn7694 sommer.finn7694@megaposty.com 104.22.17.127
    KateOgilby7 kateogilby25@only.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    202:1810:830:500:412:849:55:100 202:1810:830:500:412:849:55:100 120.40.130.70
    BAWBoyce7986 kathrynreed@solstris.com 102.165.54.4
    antoineantoine antoineantoine@raxiya.pokemonica.online 172.71.154.179
    0yb93zq6a 0yb93zq6a@lifewow.ru 195.209.212.88
    rukminiacharya39 rukminiacharya39@growwithgoals.online 172.69.23.194
    202:8108:8125:100:569:73:731:26 202:8108:8125:100:569:73:731:26 120.40.130.70
    WilburnCosh86 wilburn-cosh23@d17d.scalesurge.io 131.196.53.234
    nikolaii-shevcov nikolaii-shevcov@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    admin admin@dimrot.ru 172.69.135.181
    markiewicz.dawid markiewicz.dawid@interia.pl 120.40.130.70
    Nicki Nicki36G@gmail.com 200:238:20:01:32:54:1:387
    squape squape@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    NiklasColquhoun hiteshgogoi143@growwithgoals.online 45.115.194.222
    x.ed.a.viw.o.x.o62.8 x.ed.a.viw.o.x.o62.8@gmail.com 109.248.138.109
    re.ed.2.51.67 re.ed.2.51.67@gmail.com 24.156.78.28
    AlexGreene2946 rinajackson12570seya@b.seoautomationpro.com 185.200.188.234
    kathyreasoner20 kathyreasoner20@enarix.nexanta.eu 120.40.130.70
    PatrickDonovan patrick.donovan@jmailservice.com 143.137.167.115
    202:1810:9407:900:85:21:65:695 202:1810:9407:900:85:21:65:695 120.40.130.70
    JerriShackleton jerrishackleton-7210@cheapwinner.com 213.7.196.26
    Sara13005053 matthewjohnson5447u1h3@a.verifiedlinklist.com 23.229.120.47
    GlenKeefe938255 glenkeefe63@toy.pettin.com 191.101.114.21
    202:1810:9407:900:85:21:65:695 202:1810:9407:900:85:21:65:695 120.40.130.70
    2001:100:484:300:84:6:066:75 2001:100:484:300:84:6:066:75 120.40.130.70
    CorinaBreen127 corinabreen60@nut.mxdood.com 196.198.13.67
    miheidrozdov1992 miheidrozdov1992@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    202:020:546:463:40:9304:755:31 202:020:546:463:40:9304:755:31 120.40.130.70
    li.ue.wan.g942 li.ue.wan.g942@gmail.com 172.71.154.179
    MervinNeace1843 mervinneace73@.mxdood.com 102.165.55.131
    sanford.dunshea35 sanford.dunshea35@67ba.catche1.com 172.71.159.82
    SherriePfaff96 sherriepfaff25@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    Katherin03D katherinheng90@hell.milkgg.com 102.165.55.164
    202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 202:3100:635:00:4:170:5:328 120.40.130.70
    julian julian@jsh.marketing 120.40.130.70
    sarahjones38489mre sarahjones38489mre@c.verifiedlinklist.com 196.51.119.50
    sarahrodriguez5427mjir sarahrodriguez5427mjir@f.seoautomationpro.com 120.40.130.70
    annebridges annebridges@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 104.22.17.127
    daniaudrea daniaudrea@veauly.com 172.71.154.178
    ColetteRobichaud thaddeuslaws@ggvendas.store 154.208.61.195
    kimber-coungeau.1468rogerbedford1901 kimber-coungeau.1468rogerbedford1901@vargosmail.co 78.111.155.244
    heatherkuefer heatherkuefer@b.cr.cloudns.asia 142.54.239.1
    varoro1992 varoro1992@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    GraceSpyer01 gracespyer33@stuff.mxdood.com 154.16.69.58
    andreazhao87259 andreazhao87259@b.seoautomationpro.com 23.229.116.82
    parceiros parceiros@magalu.cloud 120.40.130.70
    VivienClemmer23 vivienclemmer22@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    geza99 geza99@poczta.onet.pl 120.40.130.70
    kristaldaniels2601 kristaldaniels2601@1mail.x24hr.com 172.71.159.81
    FelixCervantes felixcervantes100@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.101
    annemarie.kleinschmidt annemarie.kleinschmidt@sus-mhl.de 120.40.130.70
    a.czyzynski a.czyzynski@interia.pl 120.40.130.70
    LavondaGandy856 lavonda-lavonda38@lewoyi.bonusmail.art 31.134.3.245
    ReynaBentham933 reynabentham-7826@grumm.pl 192.210.194.159
    jabberwock jabberwock@vp.pl 120.40.130.70
    vetapalmore vetapalmore@coffeepancakewafflebacon.com 120.40.130.70
    deanschell87 deanschell87@9253.scalesurge.io 172.69.135.182
    VickyMcKinnon 9zhs6gj7tt7@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    1gereeedyh 1gereeedyh@anonmails.de 65.111.26.97
    krystalgilreath krystalgilreath@hotbird.giize.com 172.71.154.179
    heidisternberg3851 heidisternberg3851@mailmenot.io 172.69.22.194
    jabberwock jabberwock@vp.pl 120.40.130.70
    patient jacquepatient@outlook.com 2600:1700:819:6800:88:58:410:5952
    KendrickRbf hq1m1szc5nh@kanyeomg.com 50.118.178.250