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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 - 31 Aug 2026 10:23 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,499
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    b.r.i.a.n.se.e.le.ct.ric.altips. b.r.i.a.n.se.e.le.ct.ric.altips.@gmail.com 185.223.152.168
    Stephanie60E stephanie.stephanie@midure.supermail.space 193.142.37.24
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi214 newbloghi214@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bd3d98aaaf512167e541f5ffd72979a9 1571989944@qq.com 128.140.42.28
    cidcxqaacki cidcxqaacki@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    kathrinabraham kathrinabraham@8.dnsabr.com 23.95.239.32
    felipafetty felipafetty@secure.okay.email.safeds.tk 172.69.135.14
    weoobjrqdKi weoobjrqdKi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    HudsonDidomenico hudsondidomenico11@these.veauly.com 191.101.114.216
    FredricWooley ilsejacklyn@solstris.com 102.165.54.212
    Hattie2971 hattieedmiston83@stuff.mxdood.com 191.101.92.164
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DaltonDarosa81 daltondarosa40@list.cdfaq.com 191.101.92.60
    pojipgvxlSr pojipgvxlSr@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.62
    fsae fsae@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    martial-faith.tshiji martial-faith.tshiji@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bradlywestwood5278 bradlywestwood5278@b.cr.cloudns.asia 23.95.239.32
    luzbatchelor luzbatchelor@anonmails.de 162.158.167.44
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    nkhuwafvyKi nkhuwafvyKi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    LolitaGlass42 lolitaglass80@toy.pettin.com 102.165.54.218
    Hermelinda7054 hermelindacarden33@scene.muzaco.com 181.215.16.238
    Anand159 anandkumarsoni154@gmail.com 172.18.0.3
    NoelN710049118 noelalderson92@dear.mxdood.com 144.48.52.254
    wilsonnagel83 wilsonnagel83@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.18.54
    aimgkmflpKi aimgkmflpKi@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    rorybucklin rorybucklin@mailcatch.com 172.69.23.184
    RicoHansford46 ricohansford93@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.213
    paroge8232 paroge8232@neowd.com 120.40.130.70
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BrentGorsuch2 brentgorsuch89@brick.pettin.com 102.165.53.105
    shelli.shelli shelli.shelli@ditoju.randomxyz.life 172.69.23.184
    bock bock@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    BunnyBlush27 christianityblueacross@gmail.com 2606:500:2129:00:59:46:08:328
    LoisChapman6617 loischapman18@fast.veauly.com 191.101.114.220
    Kenneth 2009hulela2014@gmail.com 196.210.225.140
    2001:410:701:1100::547 2001:410:701:1100::547 120.40.130.70
    DanielaMarrero5 danielamarrero62@nut.mxdood.com 181.215.16.213
    newbloghi194 newbloghi194@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    202:3035:65:248:3:509:31:41 202:3035:65:248:3:509:31:41 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi194 newbloghi194@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    2001:410:701:1100::8588 2001:410:701:1100::8588 120.40.130.70
    andrescupparo-gatenby76 andrescupparo-gatenby76@healthypplevery.org 66.146.235.208
    TommyPicard tommypicard44@hell.milkgg.com 181.215.16.216
    2003:2:270:200:81:747:109:4164 2003:2:270:200:81:747:109:4164 120.40.130.70
    timothy.fitzgibbons9 timothy.fitzgibbons9@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.143
    praymdirect64 praymdirect64@praymdirect.site 120.40.130.70
    ngjcecnh ngjcecnh@bekommenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    contact contact@example.org 120.40.130.70
    nweyinhdnen nweyinhdnen@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    zajohnlittez zajohnlittez@vip.163.com 208.102.51.6
    brandenbranden21 brandenbranden21@jawupu.digimail.info 172.69.135.14
    judywollaston2236 judywollaston2236@discardmail.com 172.71.159.82
    RubinNeuman02 leodora@a.mustdoindubai.com 117.254.215.99
    syed mayb9013@gmail.com 2401:4900:885:1:82:653:5:41
    blanca.zandonati blanca.zandonati@healthypplevery.org 158.62.210.135
    xbpfllrmmen xbpfllrmmen@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    pajxtxghcki pajxtxghcki@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    SoniaBarge74173 soniabarge20@slow.pettin.com 154.16.69.173
    AustinRobins austinrobins84@only.veauly.com 102.165.54.52
    stevenmartin6468gtpt stevenmartin6468gtpt@backlinks.monster 45.224.229.81
    jana jana@newaddr.com 120.40.130.70
    ginamagana ginamagana@pestshielders.com 172.69.135.14
    FlorJonathan michellenelson@solstris.com 23.81.230.194