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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 - 7 Mar 2026 4:23 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,412
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    tracey.marden tracey.marden@themanlythings.com 172.71.154.178
    Karla67F87 karla.mcdonnell73@support.51tiemo.com 154.86.113.62
    LydiaLeibo matthewmoore4254ybk6@d.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.36.125
    HollyAnn45984 joelnorthmore1388@spambog.com 196.18.175.173
    2001:410:401:3000::2918 2001:410:401:3000::2918 120.40.130.70
    MarianaFensterma mariana.fenstermacher@play-fortuna-tyo.top 72.56.158.124
    FrederickHarris lolamckie@b.cr.cloudns.asia 196.245.247.28
    MathiasMoffatt4 mathiasmathias53@tanuye.wish.rest 65.111.11.158
    LaraeCamara03 kaliyirawala@asia.dnsabr.com 168.227.140.175
    Newton6486 newton.mcilrath5358@2clubx.com 109.38.153.242
    len.a.gopkal.o7.3. len.a.gopkal.o7.3.@gmail.com 151.106.8.99
    CherylHubb cheryl.hubbs@support.51tiemo.com 154.199.69.187
    tesha-rosenbaum tesha-rosenbaum@emailgsa2.xyz 107.175.90.25
    AbbeyChapple210 abbeychapple.2271@play-fortuna-tyo.top 72.56.155.191
    DixieTaverner kassiefairchild@comprarcapcut.shop 168.227.140.175
    Vida53X66789 vida.vida@cefama.wins.guru 45.3.37.13
    Newton6486 newton.mcilrath5358@2clubx.com 109.38.157.139
    juliannheflin15 juliannheflin15@print.veauly.com 152.89.128.102
    FranciscaHammack allenemi@gmx.com 178.175.140.221
    paulmartinez140jztd paulmartinez140jztd@gsasearchengineranker.com 172.71.154.178
    chuck.keith chuck.keith@supremelending.com 120.40.130.70
    AmieBrookman5 amiebrookman@play-fortuna-tyo.top 72.56.155.166
    lucilegable7307 lucilegable7307@mailcatch.com 104.22.20.235
    WilbertHarkness wilbertharkness2363@goggol.nl 109.38.157.139
    AbeGallant shanelanglands1160@nhotv.com 146.70.86.222
    HerbertElem2660 charlesbrown98501wys@b.travel-e-store.com 156.241.223.111
    AnhElmer231 anhelmer@support.51tiemo.com 154.193.153.92
    CandraVeitch candraveitch10@support.51tiemo.com 154.193.154.243
    ZXBLeoma82 leoma.leoma77@dinumu.floor.casa 209.50.168.30
    juana.howerton juana.howerton@polosmail.com 172.71.158.69
    margarettecothran margarettecothran@polosmail.com 66.234.150.162
    GretaN80630815 lavscholz59@gmx.com 178.175.140.221
    AliceNegron8 jamessmith6586duwr@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 156.241.217.52
    AnhElmer231 anhelmer@support.51tiemo.com 217.181.84.166
    wefwefweew32222 wefwefweew32222@mail.ru 95.182.127.26
    andresleff11 andresleff11@tupo.vexint.com 104.22.17.127
    2001:410:401:3000::2918 2001:410:401:3000::2918 120.40.130.70
    abbieburbidge5578 abbieburbidge5578@0815.ru 104.22.17.126
    tbaron tbaron@mailvn.top 120.40.130.70
    202:1810:933:400:548:3:245: 202:1810:933:400:548:3:245: 120.40.130.70
    VonniePreciado lucakastner552@quinz.me 192.198.107.46
    miishxanyan miishxanyan@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    home1 home1@webtoteam.shop 172.71.154.178
    lcollins20 lcollins20@cogeco.ca 170.247.223.72
    itkcnemmax itkcnemmax@rambler.ru 84.239.42.140
    pomgmk9oheivabfooksm pomgmk9oheivabfooksm@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    siobhan-bloomfield.6335 siobhan-bloomfield.6335@openpedia.lol 104.22.20.234
    202:03:8598:601:8:25:0:35 202:03:8598:601:8:25:0:35 120.40.130.70
    JudsonEck437042 judson.eck@netsecuremail.xyz 45.3.48.183
    tyronetrue tyronetrue@1secmail.net 172.69.23.194
    rixdtkaw rixdtkaw@ronaldofmail.com 104.22.20.234
    MarinaRumm charlie@bchforeveryone.net 195.80.150.183
    AltaSalmon0916 alta-alta56@venecu.tele.christmas 104.207.34.202
    AdolphSadler627 tresatrinidad@solstris.com 177.234.143.121
    xrumer23Shole xrumer23Shole@gmail.com 217.60.60.105
    FaustinoW51 michaelgarcia3164rb1o@verifiedlinklist.com 103.87.142.68
    202:03:87:8301:51:3:90:689 202:03:87:8301:51:3:90:689 120.40.130.70
    RandellBernier randellbernier2@mode.ehomu.com 45.125.245.141
    gsachdev gsachdev@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    bnhoxtdtui bnhoxtdtui@rambler.ru 84.239.42.140
    Sherlene43 ashleysouthern9889@t.woeishyang.com 39.62.176.114
    tanialorenzo tanialorenzo@spambog.com 162.158.167.134
    sherrymccollum48 sherrymccollum48@armed.veauly.com 206.232.5.3
    mikanderson mikanderson@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    zoearkwookerum zoearkwookerum@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.134.83
    kristalpaxton6056 kristalpaxton6056@0815.ru 172.69.23.194
    tigu tigu@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    natulya.fedosova.96 natulya.fedosova.96@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    rjosyula rjosyula@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    TahliaT524 janiceheiman8609@ngontol.com 155.133.4.218
    pomgmk9oheivabfooksm pomgmk9oheivabfooksm@list.ru 120.40.130.70
    dwuertele dwuertele@tesla.com 120.40.130.70
    SheilaWilfong04 jessmyles@solstris.com 45.125.245.18