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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 - 22 Feb 2026 11:59 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,734
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    marydavis7481w209 marydavis7481w209@verifiedlinklist.com 23.229.113.242
    JanetteDyason67 gwenny@e.astroarch.online 66.63.185.222
    scotwaldrop4850 scotwaldrop4850@koes.justdied.com 172.71.154.179
    xrum008 xrum008@pereskazfilma.site 37.212.88.233
    joshuajones3243zdw8 joshuajones3243zdw8@blog-stuff.com 172.71.154.178
    Alycia88S17216 alycia-mccullough89@gularte73.browndecorationlight 167.160.182.135
    bankjambi bankjambi@bankjambi.co.id 120.40.130.70
    colemanbottoms22 colemanbottoms22@armed.veauly.com 162.158.167.133
    OttoPalombo0 gemmaathaldo234@nguyenlieu24h.com 203.176.137.72
    finance finance@remsanteh-groupe.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    hjvdskfrtPn hjvdskfrtPn@problemno.shop 104.22.17.126
    reinaldosilas8280 reinaldosilas8280@mailmenot.io 46.8.10.206
    theotylor37 theotylor37@greenrose18.funny3delements.com 104.249.0.54
    marquitamagill6310 marquitamagill6310@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.23.193
    veldabelisario34 veldabelisario34@kormeli.elyquin.org 172.69.23.194
    arnoldmckay46 arnoldmckay46@fog.blyxen.org 216.26.240.58
    Plasticghd rdgoner@yahoo.com 72.207.113.97
    hila.shwartszorgen hila.shwartszorgen@riseup.co.il 120.40.130.70
    james.c.kelly36 james.c.kelly36@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    APEwNuYkutvYFfJjFZLhEVpLwGfIktuYCbbuRIdITmMYqgQ vujec.e.s.u.86@gmail.com 109.70.100.7
    jobs jobs@riseup.co.il 120.40.130.70
    KennyKco183153 kenny-cornwall@backlinkswp.com 216.213.29.173
    MauriceBeike147 mauricebeike86@river.muzaco.com 196.242.178.101
    GingerHeyne heyne.ginger70@gmail.com 188.240.57.112
    fannieyarborough87 fannieyarborough87@lower.ehomu.com 162.158.167.134
    AlyciaWhitley johnjackson7956yfv0@verifiedlinklist.com 194.26.178.115
    ShaunDellit4 shaundellit@general.beachboys.click 69.58.72.169
    jamesmartinez3925zbur jamesmartinez3925zbur@b.budgetthailandtravel.com 172.71.158.68
    judsonfurphy8709 judsonfurphy8709@dvd.dns-cloud.net 217.218.153.62
    vernabyron vernabyron@discard.email 104.22.17.126
    202:8108:8125:100:898:4:9:53 202:8108:8125:100:898:4:9:53 120.40.130.70
    harris-barrows harris-barrows@timminsgoldminetour.com 172.71.154.179
    ByronClark268 johnmoore4077tjr8@a.budgetthailandtravel.com 192.241.84.76
    MirtaPlume23 mirta-plume87@customercare.openbillieholiday.click 67.216.237.7
    leorawight leorawight@spambog.com 172.69.135.151
    retabrousseau retabrousseau@1mail.x24hr.com 217.218.152.214
    audrysnyder4 audrysnyder4@drda29.dynainbox.com 104.233.53.241
    KurtPenton65793 satoshiyamamoto884038ra9@seoautomationpro.com 192.161.160.81
    2001:410:601:1100::2545 2001:410:601:1100::2545 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:669:800::8234:977:341 202:3100:669:800::8234:977:341 120.40.130.70
    ChelseyNair wsciuscozvr79@nestmailbox.com 216.158.192.149
    lena.maes lena.maes@greenrose18.funny3delements.com 104.239.112.166
    2001:410:601:1100::536 2001:410:601:1100::536 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:898:4:9:53 202:8108:8125:100:898:4:9:53 120.40.130.70
    nicholas.kluge nicholas.kluge@gowlingwlg.com 2605:100:120:7:1018:3:74:677
    michaelmartinez8359yct5 michaelmartinez8359yct5@c.pattaya-mega.com 196.240.254.186
    nicholas.kluge nicholas.kluge@gowlingwlg.com 2605:100:124:1:352:833:931:1629
    CarissaC27 ranabianchi80060@seoautomationpro.com 45.33.145.216
    martin5612cheng martin5612cheng@sohu.com 170.254.178.239
    ColleenProffitt satoshiyamamoto884038ra9@seoautomationpro.com 194.26.177.138
    AnyaMcLellan michaelgarcia12233jgw@a.travel-e-store.com 192.126.144.82
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    AvisWell7908393 avis-well@e6ce.rshrthertherth.net 162.244.150.252
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    allto15 allto15@blogwebsite.top 74.114.150.37
    jsmith jsmith@knownwebhosting.com 120.40.130.70
    PamAusterlitz pam-austerlitz.2298@cryptoboss900.casino 72.56.153.145
    MarianoLester8 jeffereymazza69@anonmails.de 188.130.189.14
    jsmith jsmith@seii.net 120.40.130.70
    bbarrett bbarrett@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
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    202:810:121:1600:09:18:55:1 202:810:121:1600:09:18:55:1 120.40.130.70
    rena.novak rena.novak@ce39.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.193
    megan.morrissey megan.morrissey@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eaglecounty.us 120.40.130.70
    GlennWorthen andrewlopez4896k2n7@budgetthailandtravel.com 152.89.129.190
    john john@thesmallbiztech.com 120.40.130.70
    Vizovyy-tsentr-Kitaya_Mah building.s.alesr.u@gmail.com 154.16.115.97
    bbarrett bbarrett@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
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