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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 - 11 May 2026 5:15 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,216
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987 prohor.zlobin.14.11.1987@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:420:2448:065:10:0:984:53 202:420:2448:065:10:0:984:53 120.40.130.70
    filip.pavla.chokeir filip.pavla.chokeir@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    dd dd@aiitem.net 172.69.134.83
    irinazavona irinazavona@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    RickOtto39289203 rickotto98@lower.ehomu.com 154.16.69.250
    202:3100:5:100:349:27::96 202:3100:5:100:349:27::96 120.40.130.70
    richardrodriguez270o03k richardrodriguez270o03k@gsasearchengineranker.guru 167.160.165.235
    philippe.daniel.raymond philippe.daniel.raymond@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    reed.schnell reed.schnell@yaaho.nl 104.22.20.142
    philippe.daniel.raymond philippe.daniel.raymond@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    JudsonO6423411 judsongilpin71@act.milkgg.com 102.165.54.218
    AkiboxaInvix4 brian.lheureux@vlscrusaders.org 185.94.34.205
    azh1l86yehs azh1l86yehs@kanyeomg.com 104.22.17.127
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    inezthigpen9886 inezthigpen9886@trashmailr.com 172.71.154.179
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    KeishaLiles5 keishaliles51@nut.mxdood.com 102.165.55.164
    kseniyakifume kseniyakifume@mail.ru 172.71.154.179
    waai8stccwnc waai8stccwnc@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    202:03:8628:2201:2::838:953 202:03:8628:2201:2::838:953 120.40.130.70
    202:3100:5:100:349:27::96 202:3100:5:100:349:27::96 120.40.130.70
    fabianlunceford fabianlunceford@anonmails.de 104.22.20.142
    MaricelaGiles2 florenemoreno@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 165.231.121.18
    frqb7vrj0a9 frqb7vrj0a9@kanyeomg.com 172.71.158.69
    vasyukov.mityusha vasyukov.mityusha@list.ru 104.22.17.127
    romandoxomo romandoxomo@mail.ru 172.69.134.82
    200:6020:6540:36:50:715:508:42 200:6020:6540:36:50:715:508:42 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    MillaSelleck80 winstonhollinworth@hidebox.org 45.117.63.156
    janistevenson janistevenson@discardmail.com 172.71.158.68
    2federrtgyhuuj 2federrtgyhuuj@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    karina.cavanaugh karina.cavanaugh@rahmad40.telscorp.xyz 172.69.23.194
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    amasiabdu57 amasiabdu57@gmail.om 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    RichieHardwicke monikawillis@hidebox.org 45.117.63.156
    veronika.goryunova.06.09.2001 veronika.goryunova.06.09.2001@mail.ru 162.158.167.133
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    adell.grace adell.grace@sunyygo103.pechro.com 104.22.17.127
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    CorinaBurston timclimpson8155@duriancompany.us 45.117.63.156
    elena.sidorovich.98 elena.sidorovich.98@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    w.o.odford.j.a.me.s.on.4. w.o.odford.j.a.me.s.on.4.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:8870:96:94:273 202:8108:8125:100:8870:96:94:273 120.40.130.70
    FerminHeckman ferminheckman68@nor.mxdood.com 177.234.143.137
    202:8108:8125:100:980:84:93: 202:8108:8125:100:980:84:93: 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    example example@example.com 120.40.130.70
    kramatorsk kramatorsk@kpdtke.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    volnovaha volnovaha@kpdtke.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    xfocqfyym xfocqfyym@lackmalelilea.shop 178.83.10.157
    kr.liman kr.liman@kpdtke.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    dimitrov dimitrov@kpdtke.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    drugkovka drugkovka@kpdtke.com.ua 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    RufusToler rufustoler93@trick.veauly.com 223.29.254.45
    glinda-cates glinda-cates@rahmad40.etdip.com 172.71.158.68
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    sarahj sarahj@eurovip.club 138.59.206.153
    adriannebalas adriannebalas@sunyygo103.baynetre.com 172.69.23.194
    2001:100:538:800:1971:014:87:6667 2001:100:538:800:1971:014:87:6667 120.40.130.70
    jeseniadugas jeseniadugas@ce39.scalesurge.io 172.69.23.193
    fruity skjxoxkd@gmail.com 112.201.164.33