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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 - 9 Aug 2026 10:49 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,786
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    2604:000:208:23:29:8:209:8153 2604:000:208:23:29:8:209:8153 120.40.130.70
    ZeonLau modm69905@gmail.com 74.222.14.83
    231389441 231389441@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    BusterHylt clarkbiddell4978@anonmails.de 104.28.163.14
    elizabethtaylor991798a3 elizabethtaylor991798a3@b.pattaya-mega.com 196.51.49.218
    cliftoncass1997 cliftoncass1997@polosmail.com 120.40.130.70
    Aundrea3160 tamiaubrey@solstris.com 177.234.143.121
    231389441 231389441@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    RaymonJordan770 raymonjordan24@only.veauly.com 144.48.52.235
    arwen1001234 arwen1001234@proton.me 204.137.238.30
    ElisabethSleep0 elisabethsleep48@self.ehomu.com 102.165.55.40
    ila.crowe.9040 ila.crowe.9040@megaposty.com 185.128.43.51
    cristineclucas cristineclucas@discardmail.com 23.19.248.77
    MariaAshe03 wkarskivdr93@nestmailbox.com 94.46.247.238
    WinifredFroggatt winifredfroggatt58@brick.pettin.com 191.101.114.29
    m.ari.efernan.dez17030.3 m.ari.efernan.dez17030.3@gmail.com 89.110.87.56
    CarmelaFulkerson carmelafulkerson40@stuff.mxdood.com 102.165.53.34
    asdkalydfgmaga asdkalydfgmaga@needforspeeds.online 196.247.225.112
    li.nks89.mas.t. li.nks89.mas.t.@gmail.com 31.184.246.224
    MiguelWestmacott wuziyisesmr93@nestmailbox.com 23.236.212.180
    JeffreyLes jason.pepin@yahoo.com 88.80.26.3
    2804:5078:89:1200:81:4:56:77 2804:5078:89:1200:81:4:56:77 120.40.130.70
    IngridFarthing2 ingridfarthing64@toy.pettin.com 181.215.16.216
    LarryStephen966 larrystephen50@slide.veauly.com 102.165.53.235
    Petra61G079780 petrascales66@nor.mxdood.com 223.29.254.39
    Roslyn7120 matthewhernandez9564xdne@c.bestvpsfor.xyz 217.60.161.12
    AdalbertoZavala wmangayanimeuyr93@nestmailbox.com 78.157.213.37
    sarahmoore3206j8iz sarahmoore3206j8iz@c.mustdoindubai.com 167.160.165.247
    OdellMarra0100 odellmarra98@.mxdood.com 191.101.114.29
    elveracannatella-sasser99 elveracannatella-sasser99@healthypplevery.org 209.163.117.24
    FatimaDoak132 wmalanitaezr93@nestmailbox.com 78.157.213.28
    salvatore.giaquinto salvatore.giaquinto@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    tinanadeau tinanadeau@anonmails.de 46.8.157.253
    EdenMatias156 laceybermingham@t.woeishyang.com 217.60.161.38
    TommyStockwell4 tommystockwell62@only.veauly.com 102.165.54.218
    b.aue.r.br.a.d.bau.e.r.1st b.aue.r.br.a.d.bau.e.r.1st@gmail.com 216.24.212.47
    GreggPrimm yvettehollars@discardmail.com 156.241.218.88
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2600:100:123:3068:5402:1561:39:91 2600:100:123:3068:5402:1561:39:91 120.40.130.70
    nobody nobody@example.com 120.40.130.70
    rmax2 rmax2@caramail.com 120.40.130.70
    pqamedkigx pqamedkigx@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    nvpnnewstart nvpnnewstart@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    mickael.ackermann67800 mickael.ackermann67800@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    eliott.caton eliott.caton@youppie.net 120.40.130.70
    johndoe johndoe@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hys.a.in.t.iesan.chez hys.a.in.t.iesan.chez@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    willy-pierre.battermann willy-pierre.battermann@hotmail.fr 120.40.130.70
    jeannoelcerf jeannoelcerf@sfr.fr 120.40.130.70
    art15 art15@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    JohnathanCander JohnathanCander@proton.me 120.40.130.70
    newbloghi325 newbloghi325@blogranks.top 120.40.130.70
    envies envies@tutamail.com 120.40.130.70
    avangard666 avangard666@abv.bg 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    nidashell4528 nidashell4528@1mail.x24hr.com 216.26.240.55
    tj tj@example.com 120.40.130.70
    789 789@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test test@example.com 120.40.130.70
    bmr bmr@station200.example.com 120.40.130.70
    sofiaperez28310vuy4 sofiaperez28310vuy4@seoautomationpro.com 45.84.107.222
    BookerSchell6 booker.schell21@8138.guardianauspex.website 208.102.48.213
    secure secure@nsmall.com 120.40.130.70
    JoyceKallas9 joycekallas57@act.milkgg.com 196.198.13.252
    qfzpzcgcni qfzpzcgcni@rambler.ru 79.127.175.109
    Marikjop wbssmqyy@duhastmail.com 37.139.53.80
    ReubenEdgley5 reubenedgley28@.mxdood.com 181.215.16.238
    marianochong8695 marianochong8695@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    Mandy22M45957 wtermiekxlr93@nestmailbox.com 94.46.247.238
    kaylastgeorge5647 kaylastgeorge5647@freundin.ru 104.207.43.167
    2806:3:1584:1580:106:29:35:11 2806:3:1584:1580:106:29:35:11 120.40.130.70
    NoelMain5650672 wziegelart6fr93@nestmailbox.com 217.60.119.46
    Michelle10P michelle.spears@e980.proconsul.website 73.250.19.209
    BasilBurdette1 yzokhwkw@ishowfirstmail.com 64.31.3.126
    kaylenealmond2587 kaylenealmond2587@anonmails.de 45.15.236.151
    ImogeneFlannagan finlaylynette@solstris.com 144.48.52.206