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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 - 6 Sep 2026 4:25 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,172
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    milenamilla milenamilla@mail.ru 128.71.249.220
    ThomasMot pawubale892@gmail.com 104.23.166.46
    RichieTreadway9 donettewinfred@veauly.com 102.165.53.166
    noahkates noahkates@theking.id 172.71.154.168
    Josephavals li.nks8.9m.a.st.@gmail.com 34.134.231.117
    znaaliejnrz6901 znaaliejnrz@gmail.com 116.202.172.187
    geriweatherford geriweatherford@anonmails.deanonmails.de.ini0geriw 104.22.17.79
    p.w.o.e.iu.r p.w.o.e.iu.r@gmail.com 104.22.17.78
    ajuliaittz6334 ajuliaittz@163.com 183.215.23.242
    eilusasdz280 eilusasdz@163.com 199.7.149.96
    KentWjl45850 susangarcia2273bdig@c.gsavps.xyz 72.57.70.183
    paulmartin71909ao6 paulmartin71909ao6@a.verifiedlinklist.com 120.40.130.70
    vrouws007 vrouws007@gmail.comDHL 202:420:2256:5:8499:6:5:19
    carissa-culotta-brenner18 carissa-culotta-brenner18@healthypplevery.org 203.19.38.114
    202:461:930:1:117:316:567:833 202:461:930:1:117:316:567:833 120.40.130.70
    edgardowra edgardo.wragge34@001b.bulbulda.xyz 217.60.127.24
    Laurie5177 lauriegagai91@deny.milkgg.com 191.101.92.60
    202:461:930:1:117:316:567:833 202:461:930:1:117:316:567:833 120.40.130.70
    FinleyMcGovern5 finleymcgovern85@these.veauly.com 144.48.52.254
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    xvtrnbhq xvtrnbhq@firsthidden.com 172.69.23.183
    2600:100:12:7391:999:120:879:3 2600:100:12:7391:999:120:879:3 120.40.130.70
    ShayneCobb560 shaynecobb92@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.11.251
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:1808:63:782:7880:1:2:91 202:1808:63:782:7880:1:2:91 120.40.130.70
    kinsnsnskk kinsnsnskk@hmail.com 220.92.13.45
    2601:201:8201:240:90:11:2664:9111 2601:201:8201:240:90:11:2664:9111 120.40.130.70
    georgianamcclendon georgianamcclendon@pt.benefactor.website 172.71.154.168
    MillaParrish susanjones8859ap3c@b.gsasearchengineranker.com 209.127.76.121
    DougMay41986 richardtaylor9498vwoy@c.gsavps.xyz 94.46.184.241
    202:1810:942:900:3113:183:151:38 202:1810:942:900:3113:183:151:38 120.40.130.70
    StephanieLenz stephanielenz93@dear.mxdood.com 102.165.55.131
    202:1810:942:900:439::439:2826 202:1810:942:900:439::439:2826 120.40.130.70
    taunuradqqa taunuradqqa@1win.xyz 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    elisamedlock67 elisamedlock67@siro.glinxy.com 172.71.154.168
    GVKEzequiel francessybil@veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    IsabelWentz985 harrispratt3531@anonmails.de 138.59.204.30
    con.sabor.a.diciembre con.sabor.a.diciembre@hotmail.com 120.40.130.70
    norrisdeneeve norrisdeneeve@7d94.emailma.store 172.71.158.117
    beverly-beverly93 beverly-beverly93@zivade.swanson.today 120.40.130.70
    Josephavals l.i.n.k.s89.m.ast.@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    nxxvgknq nxxvgknq@legenmail.com 120.40.130.70
    amf5979 amf5979@movistar.es 120.40.130.70
    matthewwilson9196v5ac matthewwilson9196v5ac@c.welcometotijuana.com 192.186.138.68
    Josephavals l.i.n.k.s89.m.ast.@gmail.com 116.202.172.187
    202:03:637:8701:646:896:0:90 202:03:637:8701:646:896:0:90 120.40.130.70
    juncpecni1980 juncpecni1980@mail.ru 172.71.154.169
    KermitVesely26 jamesdavis7035fvon@b.resorts-in-asia.com 196.51.11.80
    aleksandrgafubu aleksandrgafubu@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    zaalexsholzeo9413 zaalexsholzeo@vip.163.com 183.110.216.129
    haleyaarleyz3832 haleyaarleyz@gmail.com 116.202.172.187
    zaaustinfraces5439 zaaustinfraces@gmail.com 14.251.13.20
    Martin mirtincarri@hotmail.com 213.194.148.182
    Josephavals li.n.ks.89m.ast@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    202:8108:8125:100:88:510:533:236 202:8108:8125:100:88:510:533:236 120.40.130.70
    GildaMaclanachan gildamaclanachan90@trick.veauly.com 102.165.53.87
    BrodieDuvall markwilliams49183aor@b.mustdoindubai.com 152.232.160.131
    KiaMacleod90 thomaswilson3843vggj@b.blog-stuff.com 192.186.170.193
    BrentonSantos brentonsantos43@seven.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.103.132
    DexterR061 kimeve@veauly.com 102.165.55.238
    FelipaClapp5 felipaclapp52@seven.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.11.251
    202:1810:9428:4300:7196:1:39:66 202:1810:9428:4300:7196:1:39:66 120.40.130.70
    MitchelTearle9 mitcheltearle58@six.vietnambrandmatters.com 196.51.8.127
    ChelseyManifold tedtia@solstris.com 23.95.81.223
    DeenaAirey8272 williamjackson85477m5r@f.seoautomationpro.com 196.51.9.226
    DamonS60038802 damon-damon36@peseyu.promail.guru 193.142.36.118
    203:4000:36:26:8469:9:55:404 203:4000:36:26:8469:9:55:404 120.40.130.70
    ElishaMcDonald elishamcdonald37@last.muzaco.com 23.95.204.251
    leighhasan leighhasan@discard.email 172.71.154.168