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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 - 16 Aug 2026 2:03 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,467
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    Zelma15423594 richardmartin498okzp@c.budgetthailandtravel.com 94.46.247.89
    MarianneMeece94 mariannemeece92@nut.mxdood.com 144.48.52.206
    casey-casey casey-casey@nezojo.uknews.help 193.56.20.156
    panterka21 panterka21@bk.ru 128.71.35.6
    b.auerbrad.b.a.u.er1.st b.auerbrad.b.a.u.er1.st@gmail.com 216.24.212.22
    2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 2001:8:710:732:00:1:29:2 120.40.130.70
    k.s.amer.80 k.s.amer.80@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    k.s.amer.80 k.s.amer.80@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    rbakos rbakos@pm.me 2001:569:5071:7700:22:9:5:3
    PerryPreiss46 perrypreiss46@fast.veauly.com 144.48.52.169
    luhmanov00 luhmanov00@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    henry1 henrycari1122@gmail.com 207.244.89.161
    zaykin.artem zaykin.artem@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    MaxwellBarajas1 lindamoore1706brpw@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 72.57.65.87
    zajkinartem2808 zajkinartem2808@yandex.ru 120.40.130.70
    joc joccouture@hotmail.com 2001:56:4:700:447:76:38:1
    LinoLightner928 jessicarodriguez88862pzx@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.229.71.116
    08.67.222.222 08.67.222.222 120.40.130.70
    202:8108:8125:100:129:833:36:1697 202:8108:8125:100:129:833:36:1697 120.40.130.70
    anthonyrodriguez7087h6ht anthonyrodriguez7087h6ht@b.welcometotijuana.com 153.72.141.114
    202:3100:5898:2000:61:412:5:80 202:3100:5898:2000:61:412:5:80 120.40.130.70
    nuser nuser@example.com 120.40.130.70
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LonDesrochers maryjackson1933outh@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 94.46.184.167
    oustabas oustabas@erdemir.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    cecilgodson24 cecilgodson24@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    maryjohnson566pbsy maryjohnson566pbsy@a.gsasearchengineranker.com 81.92.194.245
    charlesmiller3217h1wt charlesmiller3217h1wt@b.welcometotijuana.com 107.173.217.181
    hannarehkop hannarehkop@anonmails.de 45.89.100.5
    20:41:306:812:1:73:3:348 20:41:306:812:1:73:3:348 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cecilgodson24 cecilgodson24@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    kruger29 kruger29@yandex.ru 82.209.98.94
    2001:569:612:13:5494:710:5:64 2001:569:612:13:5494:710:5:64 120.40.130.70
    WilliemaeAfford cc@woodaway.net 2602:873:13:1100:0:1:24:98
    Dwight8907 jessicajones3109ncu2@a.travel-e-store.com 107.173.217.181
    2607:90:08:7383:12:217::50 2607:90:08:7383:12:217::50 120.40.130.70
    ademir ademir@erdemir.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    blank blank@example.com 120.40.130.70
    LonnieCusack47 lonniecusack78@yell.milkgg.com 191.101.114.29
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hisik hisik@erdemir.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ZXRLakeisha aauu3@birulangit.dev 177.234.138.169
    ocelebi ocelebi@erdemir.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    cliff-champlin22 cliff-champlin22@healthypplevery.org 5.255.117.127
    matilda-gardellini matilda-gardellini@take-ur-vites.org 139.180.7.214
    LenaMacGillivray wdoornorpreltyflr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.119.176
    2607:90:511:1:70:680:364:7 2607:90:511:1:70:680:364:7 120.40.130.70
    2003:8:31:500:478:7:6:525 2003:8:31:500:478:7:6:525 120.40.130.70
    katerina2545 katerina2545@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    Ulrike25Q christopherthomas4619ig5d@c.gsasearchengineranker. 66.63.171.134
    damarismiltenberger4520 damarismiltenberger4520@freundin.ru 23.19.248.198
    2003:8:31:500:478:7:6:525 2003:8:31:500:478:7:6:525 120.40.130.70
    tina.levchuk5 tina.levchuk5@mail.ru 92.36.54.79
    m.ikem.as.t.e.r.s2.02.6 m.ikem.as.t.e.r.s2.02.6@gmail.com 93.114.192.119
    LeonardoFrisina wrenaudahwr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.119.176
    developer developer@vkma.shop 120.40.130.70
    barbaraanderson7447lbg2 barbaraanderson7447lbg2@swartluxury258.com 81.92.195.242
    legal legal@vkma.shop 120.40.130.70
    b.ra.dt.he.m.as.te.r.7.7.7. b.ra.dt.he.m.as.te.r.7.7.7.@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    contactus contactus@vkma.shop 120.40.130.70
    donaldlopez741pgvi donaldlopez741pgvi@gsasearchengineranker.info 120.40.130.70
    201:599:10:33:11:732:3:4611 201:599:10:33:11:732:3:4611 120.40.130.70
    202:472:555:0:24:33:024:462 202:472:555:0:24:33:024:462 120.40.130.70
    2607:91:17:629:776:37:94:906 2607:91:17:629:776:37:94:906 120.40.130.70
    LaverneQtx lavernemerrifield12@hell.milkgg.com 144.48.52.102
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    orvillefaith82 orvillefaith82@no.mxdood.com 206.232.5.152
    MichealRock341 art11@blogranks.top 2.57.23.72
    KurtMacias oliviarossi96594pdot@b.seoautomationpro.com 217.60.120.179
    wiltonwilken31 wiltonwilken31@ardelin.orvionix.eu 120.40.130.70
    ErnestinaRagland wligbundel3ir93@nestmailbox.com 81.92.195.51
    200:237:6:801:43::322:65 200:237:6:801:43::322:65 120.40.130.70
    morsmnt morsmnt@aol.com 208.125.211.106