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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 - 19 Aug 2026 12:53 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,614
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    danilayokeri danilayokeri@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    isabell.isabell isabell.isabell@jagesa.mailr.click 94.154.113.74
    DouglasKirch douglaskirch94@only.veauly.com 102.165.53.252
    shoshanaeleanor shoshanaeleanor@stonecreekdesk.com 196.196.169.161
    anthonylopez7321ejdj anthonylopez7321ejdj@swartluxury258.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    BennyOrmiston2 bennyormiston98@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.238
    edmundwaldrup65 edmundwaldrup65@4048.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.191
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    EdwinBostick edwinbostick28@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.92.83
    aleksandrrosuna aleksandrrosuna@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Burton5742 burton-burton@vaceri.newgang.info 199.96.164.79
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xbxbcmwy xbxbcmwy@firsthidden.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    ganievamasha199326 ganievamasha199326@inbox.ru 120.40.130.70
    ErnestoOdu ernestoodum90@gribel.orvionix.eu 154.21.34.213
    XavierHilyard96 xavierxavier@daruba.winston.support 185.77.223.161
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    osvaldo.swartz.3165 osvaldo.swartz.3165@sexshop-en-cordoba.com 74.0.97.30
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    DominikGeary930 markwilliams53775fgk@welcometotijuana.com 103.240.99.136
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    QMYBret00820 bret-michalski6@8e69.zouytr.xyz 217.60.126.3
    2600:8800:2400:470:70:82::606 2600:8800:2400:470:70:82::606 120.40.130.70
    xbxbcmwy xbxbcmwy@firsthidden.com 120.40.130.70
    Effie52702795685 effieleason15@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.186
    CallumNecaise kathrynreed@solstris.com 102.165.53.87
    jsmith jsmith@gunbycomm.net 120.40.130.70
    201:599:2:928:08:746:7089:441 201:599:2:928:08:746:7089:441 120.40.130.70
    EltonGki366748 halliesconce597@dvd.dns-cloud.net 23.129.64.224
    DenishaBenn35 denishabenn39@stuff.mxdood.com 181.215.16.238
    marinadill alexander6013ynt@tev-lev.de 199.102.107.145
    mklraymon6 pg1@unblockedgamesup.com 148.135.188.203
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:80:44:900:18:476:88:38 2001:80:44:900:18:476:88:38 120.40.130.70
    ej.r.o.iwer ej.r.o.iwer@gmail.com 66.84.91.73
    DeandreSuggs0 deandresuggs78@brick.pettin.com 144.48.52.117
    LurleneBidwill3 lurlene.bidwill30@9253.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.19
    DeanRosenbaum13 deanrosenbaum24@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.247
    TammiDacey189 tammidacey92@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    KennyHeymann00 kennyheymann70@hell.milkgg.com 191.101.92.175
    JennieLorenzo05 jennielorenzo19@fiber.pettin.com 154.16.69.173
    VWHFilomena filomena-oakes26@4048.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.56
    Janine67Q06326 janineeuler84@cool.muzaco.com 102.165.53.166
    LilianGalvan1 liliangalvan21@brick.pettin.com 102.165.54.212
    cfuuxgsrjmn cfuuxgsrjmn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    securitiesfinancesales securitiesfinancesales@six-group.com 120.40.130.70
    Ansarchi Ansarchi@mail.ru 195.170.201.243
    support.billing-payments support.billing-payments@six-group.com 120.40.130.70
    KayleeTorreggian kayleetorreggiani33@just.cdfaq.com 181.215.16.219
    MartinaHatch martina-hatch65@d17d.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.173
    NiamhWtv00976 niamh.hartfield15@d17d.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.95
    2620:31:4001:1018:610:365:49:4260 2620:31:4001:1018:610:365:49:4260 120.40.130.70
    CharlieConnal77 charlieconnal60@put.pettin.com 223.29.254.56
    lindamoore6265vo53 lindamoore6265vo53@a.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.12.220
    BelleManor bellemanor40@slow.pettin.com 191.101.92.83
    JerrellHowes852 jerrellhowes5@toy.pettin.com 102.165.54.52
    AdrianaP01 adriana-edmond86@8e4c.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.128
    MelC6114200 melkeeling31@yell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.161
    MikaylaProeschel mikaylaproeschel11@e41a.scalesurge.io 172.241.142.229
    EbonySlayerzKok babarkek@atomicmail.io 201:1:40:1300:39:134:892:7
    michaeljones6932zhez michaeljones6932zhez@gsasearchengineranker.guru 31.132.1.231
    williamjohnson75748bx3 williamjohnson75748bx3@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    Dr.Abrams dr.abramsunlimitedwealth@gmail.com 172.59.11.175
    williamjohnson75748bx3 williamjohnson75748bx3@gsasearchengineranker.guru 120.40.130.70
    markodempsey83 markodempsey83@81d9.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.56
    HarriettBundey4 harriett-bundey@e41a.scalesurge.io 23.82.80.76
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    me me@dunkyboy.com 209:2:620:2773::3:46
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