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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 - 1 Sep 2026 9:49 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,465
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2001:410:305:2100::538 2001:410:305:2100::538 120.40.130.70
    uvafffkrrsi uvafffkrrsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    betsy.zarate betsy.zarate@515511.xyz 120.40.130.70
    ma.nd.yyu.1.9.9.008.0.8 ma.nd.yyu.1.9.9.008.0.8@gmail.com 162.244.147.90
    Ryan ryan.ocallaghan806@schools.sa.edu.au 203.54.206.110
    nylvieptfsi nylvieptfsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    l.o.d.ibe.tof.fi.c.i.alv2 l.o.d.ibe.tof.fi.c.i.alv2@gmail.com 172.69.23.184
    l.vache l.vache@lavache.com 146.19.125.70
    TeresitaDenning teresita.denning22@erpin.org 120.11.96.48
    l.ink.s8.9.m.as.t l.ink.s8.9.m.as.t@gmail.com 104.28.246.125
    lena-lena lena-lena@tipipa.itpower.sbs 185.94.33.135
    jenniferanderson806wcan jenniferanderson806wcan@a.gsasearchengineranker.co 192.186.138.69
    kelly kelly@hogaboom.org 120.40.130.70
    wbcardoso wbcardoso@terra.com.br 120.40.130.70
    robstark1921 robstark1921@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    hansburg2532 hansburg2532@0815.ru 172.69.23.183
    matthewtaylor826hiq0 matthewtaylor826hiq0@c.verifiedlinklist.com 156.230.199.35
    sdysxegazOt sdysxegazOt@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    itvqesaxdsi itvqesaxdsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    secure secure@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
    jan-mintz4 jan-mintz4@jam.earnlivez.net 104.22.20.143
    marcuscarlile marcuscarlile@23.8.dnsabr.com 172.71.154.178
    draft7 draft7@pm.me 150.195.207.204
    prasanth.radhakrishnan prasanth.radhakrishnan@ideas2it.com 120.40.130.70
    helenecrespo96 helenecrespo96@b.cr.cloudns.asia 172.69.23.183
    social social@roblox-apk.download 162.158.167.43
    cornell.sappington86 cornell.sappington86@2eaa.gsas.site 104.22.18.53
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dendbulhe.9540 dendbulhe.9540@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    angusfred angusfred@sfr.fr 120.40.130.70
    xixomif894 xixomif894@aleitar.com 120.40.130.70
    alpaca.tundra8611 alpaca.tundra8611@eagereverest.com 120.40.130.70
    Jonathann.th13 Jonathann.th13@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    Koukaze Koukaze@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    ericcastelfranco-meston ericcastelfranco-meston@healthypplevery.org 104.22.20.142
    sahela1798 sahela1798@evasud.com 120.40.130.70
    harmony harmonynecklace@gmail.com 203.214.147.18
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    Tassadar28 Tassadar28@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    trash.broker117 trash.broker117@8shield.net 120.40.130.70
    danielaweymouth.4800 danielaweymouth.4800@genshinzone.cc 120.40.130.70
    pigar94079 pigar94079@mapsguy.com 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi226 newbloghi226@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    leifvogt7591 leifvogt7591@gsa.fghe.store 120.40.130.70
    id-1 id-1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nosha1 nosha1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    security-research security-research@example.com 120.40.130.70
    online2025 online2025@example.com 120.40.130.70
    legacy legacy@example.com 120.40.130.70
    d d@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lin.ks8.9.ma.s.t. lin.ks8.9.ma.s.t.@gmail.com 104.28.246.125
    ed ed@example.com 120.40.130.70
    expired expired@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dev dev@example.com 120.40.130.70
    repo repo@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kazuko.kazuko17 kazuko.kazuko17@nitewu.randomxyz.life 162.252.54.52
    ter.r.ysto.ne.s.am.j.r. ter.r.ysto.ne.s.am.j.r.@gmail.com 104.22.20.142
    je.nn.iel.u.9.7 je.nn.iel.u.9.7@gmail.com 147.53.122.45
    salinacoppleson salinacoppleson@1mail.x24hr.com 138.59.5.181
    andrewperez80763 andrewperez80763@a.seoautomationpro.com 107.173.217.177
    peppermintpatty2244+ty peppermintpatty2244+ty@gmail.com 146.19.125.70
    davidhernandez3184e6cu davidhernandez3184e6cu@b.gsaserbuilder.xyz 69.4.93.56
    jacelynrobillard jacelynrobillard@pecinan.net 172.71.154.178
    ANIEstelle sarahmartinez6986ru8e@c.welcometotijuana.com 196.51.8.181