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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 - 5 Jul 2026 2:02 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,683
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    hiltonried hiltonried@trashmailr.com 162.158.167.121
    202:267:58:67:0:000:0: 202:267:58:67:0:000:0: 120.40.130.70
    202:267:04:414:0:800:0:3 202:267:04:414:0:800:0:3 120.40.130.70
    j.e.gajukose8.9 j.e.gajukose8.9@gmail.com 146.103.113.162
    202:1808:48:918:11:05:6101:3 202:1808:48:918:11:05:6101:3 120.40.130.70
    maksimsupala maksimsupala@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:5469:40:565:20 202:8108:8125:100:5469:40:565:20 120.40.130.70
    SuzanneKrauss77 suzannekrauss1554@championslots777play.top 72.56.191.1
    DevinBarnes devinbarnes46@stuff.mxdood.com 223.29.254.39
    2600:6401:245:3683:52:7:434:62 2600:6401:245:3683:52:7:434:62 120.40.130.70
    PamalaKash48721 daniellopez3199qb4p@c.gsavps.xyz 196.51.23.212
    JoleneLaster7 jolenelaster25@among.ehomu.com 181.215.16.213
    pestovafivr1985 pestovafivr1985@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:24:00:181:36:9944:315 202:1810:24:00:181:36:9944:315 120.40.130.70
    kompanichenko89 kompanichenko89@mail.ru 212.212.103.31
    LyndonFranklyn lyndonfranklyn37@trick.veauly.com 191.101.114.29
    MaritzaOLoughlin maritzaoloughlin6@list.cdfaq.com 23.81.230.194
    jennifergoodman jennifergoodman@mailmenot.io 120.40.130.70
    AhmedPickard2 ahmedpickard@ottopc.com 78.142.18.172
    TVHHenrietta matthewgonzalez7824orzb@d.blog-stuff.com 77.83.1.167
    Ada931125878850 patriciahernandez9564895a@f.seoautomationpro.com 151.247.184.223
    d.j.mann d.j.mann@hushmail.com 120.40.130.70
    m.egas.to.p.l.a.y m.egas.to.p.l.a.y@gmail.com 104.22.17.126
    Linette9448 linettedunning32@wild.ehomu.com 191.101.114.216
    MaxineOrd645118 maxineord74@scene.muzaco.com 102.165.53.34
    delorasmontes delorasmontes@bd.dns-cloud.net 172.71.154.178
    timothypriestley5809 timothypriestley5809@gmailot.com 172.69.135.13
    c.r.i.s.pw.hi.m4.20 c.r.i.s.pw.hi.m4.20@gmail.com (empty)
    demetrius.demetrius demetrius.demetrius@joveve.greenweed.sbs 45.80.106.67
    userustx userustx@pm.me 81.27.86.150
    CoreySlh414 kristeenwinifred@solstris.com 196.198.13.165
    willa-willa46 willa-willa46@mogupi.banter.cv 162.158.167.122
    LaureneMarcum82 laurenemarcum83@yell.milkgg.com 196.198.13.67
    202:020:381:6573:916:469:72:429 202:020:381:6573:916:469:72:429 120.40.130.70
    williamlopez8785apvx williamlopez8785apvx@a.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.125.252
    ksapxdgg ksapxdgg@bekommenmail.com 162.158.167.122
    m.a.x.dl.ugy. m.a.x.dl.ugy.@gmail.com 216.24.212.190
    merlinvanish merlinvanish@mailmenot.io 162.158.167.121
    2003:0:8724:0:6877:4:896:34 2003:0:8724:0:6877:4:896:34 120.40.130.70
    LaurieDrummond3 lauriedrummond90@act.milkgg.com 102.165.55.131
    floydburdekin7258 floydburdekin7258@1mail.x24hr.com 172.69.22.86
    MindyLibby hwalucio@solstris.com 223.29.254.45
    barbaranelson7518 barbaranelson7518@gmailot.com 172.69.22.87
    trudywhitson1511 trudywhitson1511@epcu.org.ua 186.194.88.29
    vnpnfzvyva vnpnfzvyva@rambler.ru 156.243.132.19
    Teddy95Z92133241 teddybronner54@fiber.pettin.com 154.16.69.81
    31520360217 btffmzzxrl@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    J0708161147 iycfnjycog@rambler.ru 95.171.5.77
    DortheaLewers dorthealewers20@cool.muzaco.com 144.48.52.235
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xyz xyz@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3 vuydkndihdkndyjdbfjhdkhdihfj3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    AmparoSelig1 amparoselig15@query.meettravellersrest.click 66.84.92.11
    clinton.clinton clinton.clinton@febahe.smush.space 120.40.130.70
    MilagroMcMullan anthonymartin475347w7@a.welcometotijuana.com 20:22:3:806:13:5479:849:4
    bennie-bennie bennie-bennie@toniko.kanye.online 45.136.25.89
    AngleaFarnham66 jessicamartinez466t16i@a.travel-e-store.com 20:21:8:368:6342:768:68:1
    Eli07D1030995 eli.macaluso@query.meettravellersrest.click 139.180.224.185
    c.ris.p.wh.im42.0 c.ris.p.wh.im42.0@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:414:100:2129:8623:618:48 202:1810:414:100:2129:8623:618:48 120.40.130.70
    ArmandoAndrews armandoandrews13@slide.veauly.com 23.81.230.194
    JacquesBrookshir jacquesbrookshire70@these.veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    margaretanderson7827 margaretanderson7827@gmailot.com 162.158.167.121