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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 - 17 Oct 2026 2:07 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,864
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    WinifredPalumbo mathiasguerra@1secmail.org 45.190.85.40
    siti.harwanti siti.harwanti@unsoed.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    yamistlarmki yamistlarmki@mail.ru 172.69.135.4
    nanang.kusuma nanang.kusuma@unsoed.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    klaudiadresner klaudiadresner@anonmails.de 172.69.135.4
    ngocnt ngocnt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    erangifest1980 erangifest1980@mail.ru 104.22.17.112
    fikes fikes@unsoed.ac.id 120.40.130.70
    ngocanhp ngocanhp@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ponomaryov.borya.1983 ponomaryov.borya.1983@bk.ru 104.22.21.10
    caridad.canterbury caridad.canterbury@emailgsa2.xyz 104.22.17.113
    sehlmewj sehlmewj@microversemail.com 64.31.3.126
    acc0016 acc0016@mail-corp.online 104.22.17.113
    salvatorerosenberger9670 salvatorerosenberger9670@23.8.dnsabr.com 120.40.130.70
    edithlyng edithlyng@anonmails.de 172.71.158.55
    2806:10::77:1828:3:7912:947 2806:10::77:1828:3:7912:947 120.40.130.70
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 172.71.154.242
    EstelaSimas7096 soonzita@veauly.com 191.101.114.68
    budbud42 budbud42@pegita.commail.online 172.69.22.77
    waai8stccwnc waai8stccwnc@mail.ru 162.158.167.183
    TamiePierre55 tamie-pierre@xmail.cam 65.111.27.201
    lprqhqaf lprqhqaf@microversemail.com 172.69.40.198
    d.ap.egop.imi6.1 d.ap.egop.imi6.1@gmail.com 172.71.154.243
    2806:10::77:1828:3:7912:947 2806:10::77:1828:3:7912:947 120.40.130.70
    holsale holsale@i.ua 120.40.130.70
    garryscullin garryscullin@t.woeishyang.com 172.69.135.4
    Errol35G842338 issackandi@veauly.com 102.165.53.34
    HollisBattarbee ashlisheri@veauly.com 154.16.69.58
    domenic-clever89 domenic-clever89@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.135.4
    genegene genegene@maxiba.woz.golf 185.202.108.50
    ramil-gilmanov1993 ramil-gilmanov1993@mail.ru 172.69.135.4
    KentDonohoe francislottie@veauly.com 102.165.55.133
    roslyn-loar25 roslyn-loar25@shieldmarkroofing.com 104.22.21.10
    jacquesmoon jacquesmoon@481f.driftwoodpost.com 196.244.48.253
    charlesdeitz charlesdeitz@23.8.dnsabr.com 104.22.21.10
    TonyTapia9958 rodolfoandres@veauly.com 154.16.69.173
    natiya.abraamyan natiya.abraamyan@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:987:700:180:943:3:92 202:8108:987:700:180:943:3:92 120.40.130.70
    nganq nganq@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    WFPAmparo6774049 beauclarita@veauly.com 181.215.16.161
    gidgetcoffey gidgetcoffey@bd.dns-cloud.net 104.22.17.113
    blairwardell9421 blairwardell9421@anonmails.de 79.127.175.68
    2806:10::77:7072:83:721:638 2806:10::77:7072:83:721:638 120.40.130.70
    stefaniyamorozova8282 stefaniyamorozova8282@inbox.ru 162.158.167.184
    thuongtv thuongtv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    harry1404 w.a.ng.meiline@gmail.com 98.194.101.217
    maritaknorr maritaknorr@koes.justdied.com 104.22.21.10
    leopoldo.landrum leopoldo.landrum@jam.earnlivez.net 162.158.167.183
    elvia.whitaker elvia.whitaker@jam.earnlivez.net 172.69.22.76
    genevacorrigan genevacorrigan@skypayreal.online 120.40.130.70
    KelseyAckermann ryanzella@veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    pashasociha pashasociha@mail.ru 172.69.135.3
    MarianneMarkley franklindelphia@veauly.com 144.48.52.102
    nganlt nganlt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    j.ok.e.s.on.u7.0.4 j.ok.e.s.on.u7.0.4@gmail.com 23.129.64.191
    jenniferdavis1778rfir jenniferdavis1778rfir@c.blog-stuff.com 38.154.155.168
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kofsfacghKl kofsfacghKl@lvdskjn.store 120.40.130.70
    xmaaobcbzOa xmaaobcbzOa@lvdskjn.store 120.40.130.70
    eric eric@equilibrium.cfd 172.71.158.54
    scot-luna scot-luna@shieldmarkroofing.com 162.158.167.183
    thuongctt thuongctt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    ivanfuvuso ivanfuvuso@mail.ru 172.69.22.77
    zuyev-vadik zuyev-vadik@bk.ru 172.71.154.242
    issackish3 issackish3@elitewaterrepair.com 104.22.21.10
    vittoria.bertolino2000 vittoria.bertolino2000@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    ArianneAntle482 chongfelix5828@trashmailr.com 194.110.115.166
    emily emily@trustworthy.bond 104.22.17.113
    randalvennard randalvennard@anonmails.de 172.71.154.243
    mylt mylt@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    thunt1 thunt1@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahbrown5008p28x sarahbrown5008p28x@f.seoautomationpro.com 220.93.109.117
    tholv tholv@foobla.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:1017:480:968:6:4:64:416 2600:1017:480:968:6:4:64:416 120.40.130.70